CNFA

Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) is a non-profit international development organization based in Washington, DC.[1] CNFA's mission is to increase and sustain rural incomes in less developed areas of the world by assisting farmers and rural entrepreneurs.[2] CNFA works in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, South and Central Asia, Africa, the Near and Middle East and the Caribbean to improve agricultural economies by:[1][3]

  • Strengthening market linkages
  • Building input supply networks
  • Promoting enterprise growth and development
  • Enabling agribusiness financing
  • Improving processing and marketing

CNFA receives funding from a variety of donors, including USAID, USDA, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.[4]

History

CNFA was founded in 1985 as the Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs.[1]

The Citizens Network's National Policy Roundtable Programs was focused on expanding grassroots dialogue on the U.S. stake in global economic growth to include women, minorities, farmers, agribusinesses and small- and medium- size companies.[5]

In 1993, CNFA began the Food Systems Restructuring Program, using USAID funds to bring about agricultural reform in the NIS (Post-Soviet states), and sent out its first international volunteers to Russia and the Ukraine.[5]

Having shifted its focus from fostering dialogue to using public funds to promote international development, the Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs legally changed its name to CNFA in September 2007.[6]

Current programs

CNFA is active in the following countries:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.cnfa.org/aboutus/our-history
  2. ↑ http://www.cnfa.org/aboutus
  3. ↑ http://www.cnfa.org/our-work/core-capacities
  4. ↑ http://www.cnfa.org/our-work/donors
  5. 1 2 CNFA Annual Report 1993-1994
  6. ↑ CNFA Annual Report 2006, published in 2007
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