Photo essay

Women at the Rwanda border
Country's cross-border traders persevere despite COVID-19 challenges

Aligning agriculture and trade
In countries where farming sustains families and economies, sustainable trade in agricultural products means everything

Malawi reaping what it's sowing
Targeting soy and groundnuts for export, the country and its farmers are seeing rewards

Comoros making scents
Three tiny, volcanic Indian Ocean islands are producing 60% of the world's supply of ylang-ylang

Cashing in on cashews in The Gambia
A journey from farmers’ fields to export markets

Cambodia's white gold
Driving through Cambodia’s country-side, one can’t help but notice the endless rice paddies that appear to extend in every direction. This should come as no surprise given that, for millennia, rice has been a central part of the country’s diet, and its most important crop. One that to this day occupies up to three quarters of the country’s cultivated land.

Rebuilding Vanuatu
Vanuatu, a series of small islands surrounded by clear, blue water in the South Pacific, is a natural tourist attraction – and its economy depends heavily on the sector, which employs 55 percent of Vanuatu’s labor force and represents 65 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP).