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 # Building Resilient Food Systems Starts Locally: Lessons From CARE and Cargill’s PROSPER III Partnerships

 


 

 Aug 5, 2026 9:30 AM ET

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 ![Isabel Cortez, a tomato farmer stands amid tomato plants](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/Isabel.jpeg "Isabel Cortez, a tomato farmer in San Juan Ostuncalco, Guatemala. Photo credit: CARE Guatemala") Isabel Cortez, a tomato farmer in San Juan Ostuncalco, Guatemala. Photo credit: CARE Guatemala 

 

 

 ![A farmer from the Philippines in a community nursery for coconut seedlings](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/Lorna_0.png "Lorna Padillos, a 47-year-old farmer from Barangay Lucob, Calape, Bohol, Philippines, in a community nursery where farmers can cultivate coconut seedlings.") Lorna Padillos, a 47-year-old farmer from Barangay Lucob, Calape, Bohol, Philippines, in a community nursery where farmers can cultivate coconut seedlings. 

 

 

 ![Corazon Malano, 72, a coconut farmer holding up soil](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/Corazon.jpeg "Corazon Malano, 72, a coconut farmer in Baang, Catigbian, Bohol, Philippines.") Corazon Malano, 72, a coconut farmer in Baang, Catigbian, Bohol, Philippines. 

 

 

 

      

   ![Isabel Cortez, a tomato farmer stands amid tomato plants](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/Isabel.jpeg?h=1c9b88c9 "Isabel Cortez, a tomato farmer in San Juan Ostuncalco, Guatemala. Photo credit: CARE Guatemala")   ![A farmer from the Philippines in a community nursery for coconut seedlings](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/Lorna_0.png?h=1c9b88c9 "Lorna Padillos, a 47-year-old farmer from Barangay Lucob, Calape, Bohol, Philippines, in a community nursery where farmers can cultivate coconut seedlings.")   ![Corazon Malano, 72, a coconut farmer holding up soil](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/Corazon.jpeg?h=29234840 "Corazon Malano, 72, a coconut farmer in Baang, Catigbian, Bohol, Philippines.") 

 

 

*Originally published on* [*Cargill’s LinkedIn*](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-resilient-food-systems-starts-locally-lessons-from-care-qjo5e/) *by Eliza Clark, Vice President of Sustainability, Cargill Food, and Heather Pfahl, CARE's Managing Director of Agribusiness and Sustainable Food Systems.*

- Farmer livelihoods and supply chain resilience are deeply connected.
- Long-term progress depends on market access, local leadership and community-led systems that continue beyond project funding.
- CARE and Cargill’s PROSPER III initiative shows how private sector-NGO partnerships can support stronger communities and more resilient supply chains over time.

Akua Laadi, 34, is a mother of four from the Achiase community in Ghana. Before joining a local savings group and receiving training in baking and business management, she relied primarily on seasonal [cocoa farming](https://www.cargill.com/doc/1432227748042/a-decade-of-impact-in-cocoa-communities.pdf) to support her family. Today, she runs her own bakery business, earns additional weekly income and is training two young women in her community.

Akua’s progress is meaningful on its own. It also reflects a broader lesson CARE and Cargill have learned over time: **lasting progress depends on whether communities can keep building long after a project ends.**

For [more than 65 years](https://www.cargill.com/sustainability/care), CARE and Cargill have partnered across agricultural communities around the world. Through that work, we’ve seen that durable outcomes depend on whether farmers and communities are connected to reliable markets, supported by strong local institutions and equipped with the knowledge and tools to adapt over time.

[Read the full blog on lessons learned through our partnership here.](https://www.care.org/our-work/case-studies/building-resilient-food-systems-starts-locally-lessons-from-care-and-cargills-prosper-iii-partnerships/)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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