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Serbia Plugs Into Cow Power

With support from USAID’s Agribusiness Project, manure from the Lazar Dairy is being “digested” by Serbia’s first biogas plant and converted into electricity, which the dairy sells to the national electricity company, EPS, at a preferential rate applicable to renewable energy suppliers.

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Taking Action to Combat Climate Change

The United States is taking action to combat climate change. Read more >>

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Video of the Week: Adapting to Melting Glaciers: A Partnership Approach

Through the USAID-supported High Mountain Partnership, Peru and Nepal are addressing the impacts and risks of rapidly melting glaciers in high mountain areas. Read more >>

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From Addis Ababa: A Power[ful] Africa Message

Gizaw, an Ethiopian-American, is fascinating realization of the American Dream. A graduate of the University of Gdansk in Poland, Daniel was able to transfer to the University of Wisconsin and work on his PhD there.

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USAID in the News

A review of USAID’s top news highlights for week of June 24, 2013. Read more >>

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Financing a Clean Energy Future for India

USAID’s Development Credit Authority partners with a clean energy investment fund to build a clean energy future for India. Read more >>

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Climate Change in the Context of Development

I am in Durban, South Africa at the Seventeenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-17).  These annual negotiations address issues of great importance for developed and developing countries (e.g. finance, technology transfer, adaptation, mitigation, reducing deforestation, capacity building) during the two weeks.  On the […]

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From the Field

In Senegal, we will launch a new training curriculum on Value Chain and Agri-Food Business in collaboration with Michigan State University. The 4-semester Master’s Degree program is mainly aimed at regular fourth-year agricultural engineering students and includes tailor-made short-term training modules for working people. The overall objective is to promote excellence beyond national boundaries and […]

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When Lights Come Back on, New Asia Training Center Glows Green

USAID Asia “walks the walk” as a green leader. Read more >>

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From the Field

USAID updates from Missions abroad. Read more >>

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