IFDC Annual Report 2014 | Page 7

A Message to Our Staff and Partners 2014 marked IFDC’s 40th year empowering farmers to grow more food for their families and the world. Since 1974, we have advanced agricultural markets in nearly 100 nations. With 26 active projects, IFDC continues supporting farmers’ access to technology, markets and training. In 2014, UDP expanded into a new nation – Myanmar. The rice fertilization technique accomplished what agriculture must do in a changing climate: lower pollution and increase efficiency. UDP is proving profitable for more than 2 million Bangladeshi farmers and many others in 15 sub-Saharan countries. In Bangladesh, project beneficiaries in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Feed the Future (FTF) focus areas increased their gr