LAND O'LAKES VENTURE37

LAND O'LAKES VENTURE37 PROVIDES IN-KIND, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED IN 2025 INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:BANGLADESH:THE USDA-FUNDED BANGLADESH TRADE FACILITATION PROJECT (BTF) WILL EXPAND REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL GOODS BY ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC CONSTRAINTS TO AGRICULTURAL TRADE AT BANGLADESHI PORTS; SIMPLIFYING AND AUTOMATING IMPORT AND EXPORT PROCESSES; IMPROVING THE CAPACITY OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LABORATORIES, AND WAREHOUSES; AND BY FOSTERING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY IN COLD STORAGE.ETHIOPIA:ETHIOPIA TRANSFORMING AGRICULTURE (SUB TO RTI) - INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY DIETS, PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, BY IMPROVING THE COMPTETIVENESS, INCLUSIVENESS AND RESILIENCE OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS.SUSTAINABLE COMMERCIALIZATION OF SEXED DAIRY GENETICS IN EAST AFRICA (SUB TO ABS GLOBAL) - ESTABLISHING A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE SEXED SEMEN MARKET THAT WILL INCLUSIVELY GROW THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE DAIRY MARKET BY INCREASING SMALL SCALE PRODUCER DEMAND AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR SEXED SEMEN, IMPROVING LAST MILE DELIVERY OF AI SEXED SEMEN, AND IMPROVING THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT TO ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL MARKET. LEBANONUSAID EMPOWERING LOCAL SYSTEMS IN AGRICULTURE (ELSA) ACTIVITY - THE GOAL OF ELSA WAS TO DEVELOP VIABLE LOCAL SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT AND AFFORDABLE INPUTS AND CREATE INCLUSIVE MARKET CHANNELS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN LEBANON.MADAGASCAR:MIRANGA (SUBRECIPIENT TO CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES) - VENTURE37 WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON FOOD SAFETY AND PHYTOSANITARY STANDARDS FOR PRODUCTION AND POST-HARVEST ACTIVITIES FOR PRODUCERS, POS, COOPERATIVES, AND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SME). VENTURE37 WILL ALSO LEVERAGE ITS BREADTH OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH US- AND COMESA-BASED COMPANIES TO EXPAND MARKETS AND TRADE FOR SMES AND POS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT.HAREA (SUBRECIPIENT TO CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES) - VENTURE37 WILL SUPPORT LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES AS PART OF A CONSORTIUM, STRENGTHEN AGRICULTURAL MARKET SYSTEMS THAT BETTER SERVE SMALLHOLDER FARMERS AND THE RURAL POOR.MALAWI: FCAT - ACTIVITIES ON THIS PROJECT WILL DRIVE AND ACCELERATE THE TRANSFORMATION OF MALAWI'S AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AND FOSTER FARMERS WHO ARE PROSPEROUS, RESILIENT, DIVERSIFIED AND FOOD-SECURE. RWANDA: ROW - WILL SUSTAINABLY INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF, ACCESS TO, AND CONSUMPTION OF ANIMAL-SOURCE FOODS (ASF) THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFITABLE MARKET. EGYPT:TAIB - BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT TO BUILD THE CAPACITY AN AGENCY OF THE G0E WHOSE CHARTER IS TO DEVELOP AND NATIONALIZE FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.EGYPT TRADE (SUB TO PALLADIUM) - FACILITATING TRADE EXPORT STANDARDS FOR FOOD SAFETY IN EGYPTGEORGIA:SQIL - USDA FUNDED PROJECT THAT IS WORKING TO IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN THE BEEF AND DAIRY VALUE CHAIN.CAMBODIA:CAMBODIA FOOD FOR PROGRESS - USDA FUNDED FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRESS PROGRAM SEEKS TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY , EXPAND DOMESTIC AND EXPORT TRADE OF CAMBODIAN-GROWN HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY OF CAMBODIAN HORTICULTURE FARMERS THROUGH IMPROVED COMPLIANCE WITH FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS.DRC:DRC FALL ARMY WORM (FAW) - IN COORDINATION WITH DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH ACTORS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DRC, THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THREE COMPONENTS: VALIDATE SAFE AND COST-EFFECTIVE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM) TECHNOLOGIES SUITABLE FOR SMALLHOLDER MAIZE PRODUCERS; FACILITATE SYSTEM ADOPTION OF SUITABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND APPROACHES THAT WILL BUILD THE RESILIENCE OF SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS AND THE SUPPORTING MARKET SYSTEM; STRENGTHEN THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT NECESSARY TO COORDINATE SYSTEMIC APPROACHES TO FALL ARMYWORM (FAW) RESPONSE.TANZANIA:TANZANIA INCLUSIVE PROCESSOR-PRODUCER PARTNERSHIPS IN DAIRY PROJECT (TI3P) - A THREE-YEAR PROJECT LEAD BY THE TANZANIA AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK (TADB) AND FUNDED BY THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION (BMGF). LAND O'LAKES VENTURE37 IS A SUBAWARDEE OF TADB, ALONG WITH BAIN & COMPANY, INC. (BAIN) HEIFER INTERNATIONAL, AND GLOBAL DAIRY PLATFORM (GDP). LAND O'LAKES VENTURE37 WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INCLUSIVE AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION GOALS BY ENABLING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO (A) INCREASE THE INCOMES OF SMALL-SCALE PRODUCERS BY ENABLING INCLUSIVE ACCESS TO FORMAL MILK AGGREGATION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING SYSTEMS; (B) SUSTAINABLY INCREASE ON-FARM PRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY AND INCOME OF SMALL-SCALE DAIRY PRODUCERS BY ENABLING THEM ACCESS TO EFFECTIVE INPUTS AND SERVICES (E.G. CATTLE VACCINES, FEED, FORAGE AND GENETICS); (C) INCREASE WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING GENDER-TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES TO ENHANCE WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE DAIRY VALUE CHAIN AND INCREASE THEIR ACCESS AND CONTROL OVER PRODUCTIVE ASSETS; AND (D) INCREASE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO IMPROVED QUALITY DAIRY NUTRITION BY IMPROVING THE DISTRIBUTION AND SALES OF SAFE AND AFFORDABLE MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS IN BOTH RURAL AND URBAN AREAS AND BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL CHANNELS.DNA BUILDING INCLUSIVE LIVELIHOODS - THIS PROJECT, FUNDED BY THE SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, FOCUSES ON REACHING RESOURCE-POOR, OPPORTUNITY-CONSTRAINED STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE DAIRY VALUE CHAIN, PARTICULARILY WOMEN AND YOUTH, TO ENABLE INCLUSIVE CLIMATE-SMART ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.HAITI:THE RESILIENT LIVESTOCK MARKET SYSTEM ACTIVITY (PARE) PROJECT IN HAITI, A FIVE-YEAR PROJECT FUNDED BY USAID, IS FOCUSED ON INCREASING THE RESILIENCE OF HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH IMPROVEMENT OF THE LIVESTOCK MARKET SYSTEM, INCREASING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF IMPUTS AND SERVICES IN THE LIVESTOCK MARKET SYSTEM AND IMPROVING MARKETING AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN LIVESTOCK.LESOTHO:SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION OF ENTERPRISES IN THE POULTRY SECTOR (STEPS) -- THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS 5-YEAR USDA FUNDED PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY OF DUAL AND SINGLE PURPOSE POULTRY THROUGH IMPROVING PRODUCER ACCESS TO IMPROVED INPUTS, SERVICES, FINANCE AND END-MARKET LINKAGES, AS WELL AS TO EXPAND TRADE OF ARGICULTURAL POULTRY PRODUCTS LOCALLY THROUGH IMPROVED ACCESS TO FINANCE, QUALITY INPUTS AND CONSISTENT END MARKETS. OTHER GLOBAL PROJECTS ARE:NOURISHING PROPERITY ALLIANCE (NPA) - THIS GATES FUNDED PROGRAM BEING IMPLEMENTED IN BOTH ETHIOPIA AND KENYA IS FOCUSED ON INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND INCOMES OF SMALL SCALE FARMERS THROUGH ACCESS TO IMPROVED ANIMAL FEED SOURCES. THE 5-YEAR COOPERATIVE RESILIENCE & EQUITY ACTIVITY (CORE) PROJECT FUNDED BY USAID WILL FOSTER VIBRANT, SUSTAINABLE COOPERATIVE ECOSYSTEMS IN RWANDA AND ZAMBIA, IN WHICH SELF-MANAGED COOPERATIVES AND ALL THEIR MEMBERS FLOURISH ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY. THROUGH CORE, VENTURE37 WILL TAKE A LOCALIZED AND MARKET-RESPONSIVE APPROACH, ENGAGING MARKET ACTORS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND YOUTH, IN ACTIVITY DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT TO TAILOR ACTIVITIES TO THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS WHILE STRENGTHENING THEIR CAPACITY TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS.FARMER-TO-FARMER INCLUSIVE FOOD SYSTEMS (IFS) IS FUNDED BY USAID AND SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN FOOD SYSTEMS AND INCLUSION IN EGYPT, LEBANON AND RWANDA THROUGH VOLUNTEER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.