Strategies for International Development

Strategies for International Development (SID) is a U.S. nonprofit that designs, proves, and promotes better methods for eradicating rural poverty. We help farmers conserve the land upon which their livelihoods depend, while they also increase their income. We also help them adopt business practices and make better business decisions. We ensure equal participation of women in all project activities and benefits.

More than 75% of the world's poor are small farmers trying to make the transition from subsistence to successful commercial farming, but only a small percentage of them have access to technical assistance in making the change. In every region of every developing country, there are hundreds of communities and thousands of farm families.

Fortunately, in many of these regions farmers produce a common cash crop. SID is applying a regional approach that gives all the farmers producing the common crop or product a chance to graduate from poverty. We work in Guatemala, Uganda, and Malawi.