Agriculture & Food
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Photo: Erin Gray/Mercy Corps
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.
When food shortages occur due to drought and conflict, Mercy Corps helps prevent hunger and treat malnutrition in the most vulnerable — children, pregnant women, the elderly and the displaced.
Distributing food is necessary in times of crisis, and we always try to procure food from local suppliers to save money, ensure faster delivery and support of the local economy. Learn more about the success of this model in Niger (PDF) ▸
In addition to emergency responses, we quickly focus on long-term solutions that strengthen harvests and livestock for the long-term. Mercy Corps works with families to ensure quality inputs, smart land use, good crop yields and a fair price at local markets.
All stories about Agriculture & Food
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Afghanistan: Master Trainers July 11, 2002
On the inhospitable border, nicknamed "No Man's Land", between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a husband and wife team is working to improve the lives of Afghan refugee families flowing to and from Pakistan. Parveen and Syed Safdar are Master Trainers for Mercy Corps.
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Afghanistan: Cash-for-Work July 11, 2002
In Uruzgan, a destitute province in southern Afghanistan, the local people define "rich" as "possessing a two-months supply of food." The worst drought in living memory and 22 years of ongoing war has left this region in ruins.
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Tajikistan: A Better Day July 2, 2002
The Behruz farm in Hozamalik, just outside of the Tajikistan capital, Dushanbe, is appropriately named. Behruz means a "better day" in Tajik, and, thanks in part to a Mercy Corps program, a better day is exactly what this farm is seeing.
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Pakistan: Hope Springs Eternal June 28, 2002
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Kosovo: Finding common ground in Kosovo June 19, 2002
Caring for bees is more than just a job or a hobby to Metush Maxuti. It is his passion. Maxuti, a beekeeper and head of The Beekeepers Association in Cernica, Kosovo, believes that people living in Kosovo can learn an important lesson from the insects he loves.
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Afghanistan: A Class Project Worthy of High Marks June 11, 2002
This is one class assignment that the students in Mr. McElroy's third-grade class at Alameda Elementary School in Portland, Oregon would not mind repeating.
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Afghanistan: Rice, roads and little bit of hope May 6, 2002
"It is an impressive sight," enthuses Engineer Saddiq of Mercy Corps' Taloqan office.
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Mongolia: Livelihoods Destroyed as 800,000 Livestock Perish in Mongolia—Emergency Relief Efforts Underway February 24, 2002
Extraordinarily harsh winter weather in Mongolia has killed more than 800,000 animals - the cattle, horses, goats and camels that many nomadic Mongolians rely on for survival.
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Pakistan: Field Update: Mercy Corps Preparing Large Refugee Transition Near Pakistan Border January 16, 2002
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Mongolia: Market Watch Keeping Herders in Mongolia Informed December 18, 2001