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Chemonics Invests in Young Innovators’ Promising Development Solutions
Agriculture and Food Security Climate-Smart Agriculture Corporate Partnerships Cross-Sector Development Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Environment and Natural Resources Environmental Management Improved Production Practices and Technologies Innovation and Technology Water and Wastewater Food Security Capacity Building December 5, 2019
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The company's investment of cash and in-kind services recognizes scalable solutions to global development challenges created at recent UNLEASH global innovation lab.
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Making the Future Accessible: Safeguarding Women with Disabilities in the Workplace
Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Trafficking in Persons Disability-Inclusive development Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Mainstreaming Gender into Development Social Inclusion Violence Prevention Women’s Empowerment December 3, 2019
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How can the global development community do more to safeguard and empower women with disabilities in the workplace?
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Building Bridges Between Financial Institutions and Rural Communities in Post-Conflict Regions
Access to Finance Economic Growth and Trade Peace, Stability, and Transition Vulnerable Groups November 26, 2019
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How does the development community incentivize the financial sector to include rural, marginalized clients that it may consider too risky and too costly to reach?
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Chemonics Invests in Young Innovators’ Promising Development Solutions
December 5, 2019
3 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Corporate Partnerships
Cross-Sector Development
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Environment and Natural Resources
Environmental Management
Improved Production Practices and Technologies
Innovation and Technology
Water and Wastewater
Food Security
Capacity Building
The company's investment of cash and in-kind services recognizes scalable solutions to global development challenges created at recent UNLEASH global innovation lab.
She Is an Agripreneur: Enabling Female Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness
October 22, 2019
4 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Inclusive Agricultural Market Systems and Value Chains
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Food Security
When economically empowered, women reinvest in their communities — leading to greater self-reliance, prosperity, and food security. To support these outcomes, the development community should adopt high-impact initiatives for female entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector.
News: Building Resilience Through Market Systems: Chemonics Presents at SEEP 2019
October 21, 2019
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Economic Growth and Trade
Agriculture and Food Security
Market Dynamics
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Financial Services
Gender Equality
Climate Change
Data Visibility
From October 21 to 23, Chemonics experts are participating in the SEEP Network Annual Conference, leading peer learning sessions on financial inclusion and resilience.
Maximizing the Power of Climate Data by Building Trust
September 25, 2019
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Agriculture and Food Security
Climate Change
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Business Enabling Environment
Economic Growth and Trade
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Improved Production Practices and Technologies
Inclusive Agricultural Market Systems and Value Chains
Environment and Natural Resources
As populations around the world are increasingly affected by climate change, we must build trust in climate data to foster greater resilience.
3 Questions with Najib Seguya on Pay-for-Results Financing
September 17, 2019
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Economic Growth and Trade
Access to Finance
Business Enabling Environment
Agriculture and Food Security
Youth Workforce Development
Empowering Youth
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Pay-for-results can drive effective, cost-efficient development programming. Najib Seguya shares lessons learned on this results-based financing mechanism.
Development Works Here with Robert Anyang
June 5, 2019
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Agriculture and Food Security
Food Security
Enabling Environment for Agriculture
Improved Production Practices and Technologies
Inclusive Agricultural Market Systems and Value Chains
Innovation and Technology
Development works here because great people work here. We’re excited to introduce you to our team.
3 Questions with Cynthia Steen on Transforming Moldova’s Agriculture Sector
May 21, 2019
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Agriculture and Food Security
Improved Production Practices and Technologies
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Economic Growth and Trade
Enabling Environment for Agriculture
Youth Workforce Development
Food Security
In Moldova, agricultural producers are diversifying their markets, while brokering new relationships and harnessing innovative technologies. Cynthia Steen discusses challenges and successes in this venture.
When Projects Close: Lessons Learned from an Ex-Post Study
March 29, 2019
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Agriculture and Food Security
Resilience
Inclusive Agricultural Market Systems and Value Chains
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
An ex-post study of project impact can inform future programming and validate development approaches. But, what factors should implementors consider when planning such studies? Ilisa Gertner and Caryl Merten share their recent ex-post experience.
News: Chemonics Welcomes New Agriculture and Food Security Practice Director
March 21, 2019
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Agriculture and Food Security
Nutrition
Enabling Environment for Agriculture
Access to Finance
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Garron Hansen will lead Chemonics’ efforts to facilitate inclusive market system development while improving nutrition outcomes and climate-smart agriculture practices.