Peace Corps Agriculture Sector

Strengthen food security

Become an Agriculture Volunteer and work with smallholder farmers to improve food security, nutrition, and resilience to social, economic, and environmental stresses.

Agriculture Volunteers work with smallholder farmers to increase the diversity, productivity, and sustainability of their farming activities; boost income; and improve food security. Ready to help the planet grow better?

Opportunities in Agriculture

Peace Corps Volunteer

Nepal
Agriculture and Nutrition Coordinator
Ghana
Sustainable Agriculture Agent
Senegal
Sustainable Agriculture Agent
Senegal
Environmental Education Facilitator
Guatemala
Food Security Extension Officer
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Peace Corps Response

Nepal
Agroforestry Program Specialist
Panama
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Advisor
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Virtual Service Pilot

There are currently no Virtual Service Pilot opportunities available.
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From the blog

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A Volunteer works in a garden with a community member in Nepal.

Sushil talks to workshop participants in about goat management practices in Nepal.

A Volunteer tends to plants in a garden in Nepal.

Workers walk through plantations and bush in western Samoa.

Digging holes to help stop, sink, spread, and save water during the Rwandan rainy season allows the garden to support crops during long dry seasons with minimal additional watering.

Volunteer Maria and a community member plant a high-yield variety of rice that is also resistant to pests and drought in southern Cameroon.

Gardening in Vanuatu.

Volunteers worked alongside community members in Botswana to build a solar dehydrator as a part of a moringa tree nursery project.

A community member irrigates crops in Tanzania.

Brianna is an Agriculture Volunteer in Tanzania. She supports community members in raising chickens and constructing chicken coops.

Volunteer Devon visits a greenhouse where a youth group helps grow tomatoes for commercial sale and sale to nearby schools in Guatemala.

Volunteer Daniel and local college students are developing this nursery as a seed bank for the surrounding community.

A Volunteer and community member stroll through a local market in Guatemala.

Volunteer Will and a community member work in a permagarden in Guatemala.

Volunteer Liliana helps connect agriculture extension agents with the communities they serve in Guatemala. Here she watches a community member weave traditional fabric.

A Volunteer consults with a local farmer to improve marketing of her agricultural products.

Youth learn about apiculture (beekeeping) in Panama.

Volunteer John helps youth learn apiculture (beekeeping) in Panama.

To improve the nutrition and health of a community in Paraguay, Volunteer Russell works with women’s groups and other interested local residents to maintain small-scale urban gardens. He also facilitates cooking workshops.