Strategies for International Development (SID), a U.S. nonprofit, designs, proves, and promotes better methods for helping poor farmers make the transition from subsistence to sustainable commercial farming. There is not enough funding for reaching all the poor farmers in regions of hundreds of communities and thousands of farm families. Most farmers in a region produce a common cash crop, and we have developed an approach that gives the majority of them a chance to graduate from poverty. We measure results in terms of increases in farmers' income and cost-effectiveness as the ratio of the increases in farmer income to project cost. The ratios of increases in farmer income to cos... read more Strategies for International Development (SID), a U.S. nonprofit, designs, proves, and promotes better methods for helping poor farmers make the transition from subsistence to sustainable commercial farming. There is not enough funding for reaching all the poor farmers in regions of hundreds of communities and thousands of farm families. Most farmers in a region produce a common cash crop, and we have developed an approach that gives the majority of them a chance to graduate from poverty. We measure results in terms of increases in farmers' income and cost-effectiveness as the ratio of the increases in farmer income to project cost. The ratios of increases in farmer income to cost of our projects have ranged from 4.1 to 8.68.
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By Judith Russo | Program Director
The 2021-22 coffee year was a good year for the project. Alta Verapaz gradually controlled the expanse of Covid, vaccinations became available, and cases and deaths declined. The farmers in... Read the full report ›By Judith Russo | Program Director
Good news! SID's regional approach to increasing poor farmer income in Guatemala is producing major results. In December 2018, 767 farmers from 193 coffee-growing communities in Guatemala's Alta... Read the full report ›By Brooke Cain | Development Officer
SID’s Innovative Regional Program that gives all farmers a chance to graduate from poverty is going well. The methodology is proving to be effective, farmers are pleased with the assistance, and... Read the full report ›
