Like many Vietnamese farmers, Lang Thi Kieu struggles to make ends meet. Farming doesn’t produce enough to support her family, so she supplements her income with weaving — but the silk she needs to make her crafts is expensive. Now Mrs. Kieu is raising her own silk worms with help from an MDG-F-funded programme to boost rural incomes. The initiative provided 200 households with a high-yielding variety of mulberry, which silkworms eat. The higher production has generated the equivalent of 3-4 months’ extra income for Mrs. Kieu’s family.