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In Uganda, Finding Strength in Numbers

With the help of WFP’s Purchase for Progress programme, over 7,000 farmers in northern Uganda’s Acholi subregion are learning new farming techniques and business skills. By working together, farmers are experiencing better harvests and improved food security.  

Purchase for Progress: Progress So Far

WFP's Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative is generating a wealth of information on connecting smallholder farmers to markets. As the pilot initiative goes into its final year, this video shares important lessons learned and challenges identified to date.

Empowering Rural Women In Guatemala

With the help of WFP's Purchase for Progress programme, a group of women in rural Guatemala are learning to become successful commercial farmers, through new farming techniques and greater access to local markets. 

Malawi: Helping Farmers Build The Future They Want

Farmers are getting ahead in the southern African country of Malawi by taking part in the Purchase for Progress initiative that helps them grow more and better food that they can sell at local markets. WFP supports the project by buying food at fair market prices, which it uses for aid programmes in other parts of the country.

For Struggling Mother, The Answer Is On The Farm

Working many hours a day in an office far from home, Karla Trujillo was losing touch with her children and with her roots in farming. So she decided to change her life. She gave up her job, went back to the family farm in western El Salvador and began learning how to get more out of farming. The training she received through the Purchase for Progress initiative, coordinated by WFP, has already produced huge dividends - in every part of her life.