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Agriculture

Most of the world doesn't have the benefit of picking up food from the corner store — they grow it themselves. A family's plot of land has to provide for their nutritional and economic needs. Mercy Corps works with families to ensure quality inputs, a good crop yield and a fair price at local markets.

Video:  How Farmers Can Keep Their Kids in School ›

Country: Central African Republic

The vast majority of Central Africans depend upon agriculture to feed their families and earn a living.

Video:  Distributing Seeds and Feeding Families ›

Country: Central African Republic

The Central African Republic is one of the least-developed countries in the world.

Special Report:  Reinterpreting Tea Leaves ›

Country: India

Mercy Corps and Tazo Tea Company are helping almost 13,000 people empower themselves and find opportunities to build better lives for themselves, their families and communities.

Perfect Harmony Family ›

Country: China
The 500 pounds of homemade noodles that Guo Guifen sells each market day keep local cook-pots full - and have won her family the village's top honor.

Blog Post:  Haiti, nine weeks after the earthquake — what happens next ›

Country: Haiti

Mercy Corps has been focused on emergency response. We’ve been busy with distributions, Comfort for Kids, water and sanitation provision.

Blog Post:  Protecting Ethiopia's people, animals and environment ›

Country: Ethiopia

We’ve been in the car for a long time in the last couple of days. We’re in Gashamo, a small town in the desert.

Blog Post:  Now it’s time to trade ›

Country: Indonesia

"Going to shop for your everyday needs — rice, vegetables, fruit, fish, meat, spices, various food...please visit PASAI TANI!"

Five Years of Hard Work, Together ›

Country: Indonesia

My name is Nurhayati. I'm 52 years old, and I live in the village of Rima Jeunue, Indonesia. Five years ago, my life changed forever.

Blog Post:  Six days on the road ›

Country: Tajikistan

I'm both exhausted and exhilarated by my six-day journey through the red clay rocky back-roads of Tajikistan's border area with Kyrgyzstan in the Rasht Valley.

Blog Post:  The tenuous return  ›

Country: Uganda

While many long-displaced Acholi people have returned home to their pre-war villages, the return is not always easy.

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In the countries where Mercy Corps works, agriculture provides the main source of household income and is the primary means of food security for 57 percent of the population. These people face incredible obstacles: soaring prices for food, seeds and other supplies; outdated technology; unfavorable or limited access to markets and financial services; and poor soil and water resource management.

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