For farmers in the Kyrgyz Republic, keeping livestock is a vital source of income. Over the last 20 years, the cattle population in the country has increased by 60 percent, and whilst this has improved the socioeconomic standing of farmers…
Pokhut is a small village located in Tajikistan’s Zarafshon valley. Many residents are farmers who grow potatoes, fodder and breed cattle for income and subsistence. A lack of arable land has left them with few options to diversify their incomes…
High up in the mountains of Tajikistan’s Sughd region is the small village of Imbef. Located at an altitude of over 2,000m above sea level, the cold and dry climate and lack of arable land make growing crops an ongoing…
After decades of war and political turmoil, Afghanistan remains one of the most under-privileged countries in the world. The country’s delicate political situation and its impact on the population are well-known to the international community, but less widely discussed is…
An emergency project aimed at reducing Tajikistan’s vulnerability to COVID-19-related food insecurity will benefit an estimated 11,985 people directly, including 5,865 women and girls, and about 80,395 indirectly. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), with the support of the Government of…
Morogoro, Tanzania, is a bustling rice hub, exporting to the rest of the country. But smallholder rice farmers there can lose a lot of their yields. AKF (UK)’s Patrick Sayer travelled to the region to explore what AKF and the…
The Aga Khan Foundation is supporting businesses, like that of Pascal Mohimbo, in rural Tanzania to spark local economic development and, with it, an increase in farmers incomes. Once an accountant in the oil and gas sector in Dar es…
In 2017, the Aga Khan Foundation’s farm livelihoods and natural resources management interventions benefitted over one million people worldwide. AKF’s Aditya Rau meets one of those farmers to learn how he is working with local smallholder farmers to create an…
Tinni Sawhney, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation India, in conversation with Matt Reed, CEO AKF (UK), discussed how the Foundation is enhancing women’s financial security, improving incomes and promoting safe sanitation that provides both dignity and security. View the video…
AKF General Manager Michael Kocher and Early Childhood Development Specialist Sheila Manji speak about the Foundation’s work in “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty” on 27 November 2015 at the Ismaili Centre, London. In the first of a series of Aga…