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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

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The sustainable production of safe, nutritious food — and ensuring reliable access for consumers — is essential to advancing developing nations. Led by a collaboration between Purdue University and Cornell University, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety aims to enhance global agricultural sustainability and resilience, as well as food security. Our applied research leverages collective expertise in food safety, food production, nutrition and international development to reduce the global burden of foodborne disease.

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Food safety technician conducts microbial assessments
COVID-19 Hub

Investing in Cambodia’s Food Safety Capacity During the Coronavirus Pandemic

The first challenge faced by this Innovation Lab’s inaugural project in Cambodia was unexpected – how to maintain momentum in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and international lockdowns.

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

Dec 03, 2020
COVID-19 Food Safety Resilience
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Food Safety and One Health: Approaches to Reducing Foodborne Pathogens and Zoonotic Diseases

Nov 19, 2020 online
The second installment in our webinar series explores how a One Health approach to food safety in meat production can reduce, manage, and mitigate risks to animal and human health.
Food Safety Resilience
Photo: Senegalese woman sorts groundnuts. Picture taken with consent.

Food for Thought: Contaminants in Groundnuts (Peanuts)

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety recently funded a research collaboration to identify the extent of microbial and fungal contaminants in groundnuts that are produced and consumed...

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

Jun 01, 2020
COVID-19 Food Safety Markets and Trade
The sale of natural enemies of the pearl millet head miner to farmer cooperatives in Niger has created a new market for farmers and producers in which to earn income.

Request for Applications: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety Long-Term Research Subawards

This Request for Applications (RFA) is issued by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL), and the full solicitation is available on the FSIL Piestar RFx site...

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

Apr 07, 2020
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Opportunities
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Overview

In 2019, USAID awarded $10 million to Purdue University, in partnership with Cornell University, to lead the first-ever Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL).

Our work aims to enhance agricultural sustainability and resilience, as well as food security, for developing nations — with research and capacity development that increases the production of, and access to, safe and nutritious food.

Objectives

Our research and capacity development activities focus on four key objectives:

  • Increase awareness of food safety issues, impacts and measures
  • Build capacity to conduct localized research on food safety challenges
  • Develop public-private partnerships, policies and networks for effective engagement
  • Translate research into training, guidelines and commercialized products

Research Investments

In its first year, the Food Safety Innovation Lab leads foundational research grants — referred to as QuickStarts — with pre-identified partners in four initial countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, and Senegal.

These QuickStarts incorporate country-wide and site-specific assessments, including:

  • Mapping key stakeholders at all levels
  • Cataloging food safety programs, practitioners and policies
  • Initiating discussions of food safety research priorities

Future projects and activities will follow, funded by competitive requests for applications, associate awards, buy-ins and other investments.

For more information, please visit our website: https://ag.purdue.edu/food-safety-innovation-lab/

Contact: [email protected]

Molly Webb, Managing Director of the Food Safety Innovation Lab [email protected]

Dr. Haley Oliver, Director of the Food Safety Innovation Lab [email protected]

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