Agus, is the leader of a small group of vanilla bean farmers in his village in Papua, an isolated province with Indonesia’s highest poverty rate. Here, most farmers only grow crops for their families to eat. “I want my village to move beyond subsistence,” Agus said.

With USAID support, a global supply market for Indonesia’s vanilla was established and helped farmers rehabilitate abandoned vanilla farms and establish new ones.

Learn more about Agus's story, and how USAID is partnering with the private sector to promote economic growth with Indonesian spice farmers:

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Funding ranges from $250,000 to $1,000,000 and focus on: energy, safe water, sanitation, life-saving information, and health. The request for proposals is open May 21 and closes on July 16: https://humanitariangrandchallenge.org/rfps/