Curt Carnemark, The World Bank
Gender In Agriculture: Identifying the Monicas
“Monica was a street hawker, and a very good one too. I purchased a flashlight she was selling, despite my own perfectly functioning flashlight being in the bag I was carrying on that very walk. So I immediately I asked her to work with me.”... read more
May 24, 2013
 | Tatiana Puscasu
Heartland Global CEO calls for strengthened African seed companies and associations
Specialists discuss the importance of providing African farmers with reliable source of locally adapted seed through African seed businesses, represented by robust national and regional seed industry groups.... read more
May 24, 2013
 | Tatiana Puscasu
Man with phone. Photo: Internews
Freedom Fone: Expanding mobile reach via Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and SMS
Freedom Fone, an open source, interactive voice-based communications platform, enables users to engage with their audiences across literacy, language, and connectivity barriers using mobile phones.... read more
May 22, 2013
 | Lindsay Levin
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This lush cowpea field contributes to improved productivity and household nutrition in poor rural communities in Mozambique. The Mozambique Platform for Agricultural Research and Technology Innovation supports research on maize, sweet potato, beans, soybeans, cowpeas, pigeon peas, sesame and groundnuts. Photo by USAID/Mozambique
Scalable Agricultural Technologies Inventory
Feed the Future is developing an inventory of "ready-to-scale" technologies. What is missing? Technical input is welcome from Agrilinks members. ...read more
May 20, 2013
 | Elizabeth Skewgar
Dar at her computer.
KM Insights
Lessons on engaging global audiences online: KM Insights from Dar Maxwell of Engility
In this short interview which is part of the KM Insights series, Dar discusses the various components of ensuring a successful, interactive webinar. ...read... read more
May 15, 2013
 | Joy Chen
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Video Note
Climate-Smart Adaptation in the Sahel: An interview with Peter Gubbels of Groundswell International
Through his work in the Sahel, Peter Gubbels has seen farmers develop many endogenous risk management strategies and innovations for coping with climate change. He discusses three examples in the interview.... read more
May 13, 2013
 | Julie MacCartee
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Reader's Corner
Reader's Corner: Some of the best knowledge-driven agriculture and food security websites
This week Veronica looks at different knowledge sharing food security platforms. ...read more
May 13, 2013
 | Veronica Letelier
A strawberry farmer waters rows of plants
Meeting the Financial Needs of Agricultural Families
With an estimated 2.5 billion people living in 500 million smallholder farm households in the developing world, agricultural production plays a powerful role in poverty reduction. ...read... read more
May 10, 2013
 | Erin Scronce
Kenyan farmer shows her crops. Photo credit: Jimmy Wambua
Why Open Data Matters: G-8 and African Nations Increase Open Data for Food Security
The concept of open ag data fuses transparency and technology to improve food security worldwide; farmers, entrepreneurs, and researchers recognize the impact of increasing access to information and are increasingly receiving high-level support.... read more
May 9, 2013
 | Kat Townsend
News
News Roundup: Food prices in Africa, value chains, open data
International symposium discusses pro-poor changes to the way food moves from field to fork, WFP releases report on "Innovations in Africa," USDA blogs about open data, and IFPRI discusses "Fickle food prices in #Africa: fact or fiction?"... read more
May 9, 2013
 | AgTeam

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