USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security COVID-19 Learning Hub

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Welcome to the COVID-19 Learning Hub!

Read through our community-generated learnings on COVID-19 and its impacts on food security, resilience, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene.

Over the next months, Agrilinks will be featuring case studies on adaptations tied to COVID-19 on this hub.

If you believe your project or organization has evidence to share on adaptations due to COVID-19 and are interested in creating a case study with the Agrilinks team, email us at [email protected]

If you'd like to submit your learnings as a blog post, log into Agrilinks and submit your learnings through the standard posting process.

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EatSafe's World Food Safety Day Interview Cruncher

Jun 07, 2021 online

EatSafe is hosting a global dialogue around traditional markets, food safety and nutrition, and how traditional markets have been impacted by COVID-19 and what more can be done. 

farmer wearing a mask picking and packing greenery into a crate

COVID-19: Accelerating the use of digital agriculture

Jun 17, 2021 online

Join the GSMA AgriTech team and a panel of providers of digital agriculture solutions to explore the impacts of COVID-19 on the adoption of digital agriculture and smallholder farmers.

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Markets and Trade Resilience

Less Risk, More Reward: Empowering Smallholder Coffee Farmers to Better Manage Risk

Jun 16, 2021 online

Join USAID's Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation program for a webinar discussing approaches for helping smallholder coffee farmers better manage risk.

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Resilience

Pan–Asian Food Industry Virtual Office Hours

May 27, 2021 online

Join us for an overview of COVID-19 and food safety, a review of control strategies used by different sectors of the food industry in ten Asian countries; and a facilitated Q&A session on COVID-19.

COVID-19 Education and Extension Food Safety

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How a Year of Shocks Strengthened EthioChicken

A seemingly simple strategic decision enabled Feed the Future Partner EthioChicken to stay in business during a year of multiple shocks and gain a new approach to building resilience.

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Apr 30, 2021

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Markets and Trade Resilience

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Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event

Jun 21, 2021 to Jun 24, 2021 online

Register today for the Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event taking place from June 21-24, 2021! The deadline to register is June 6, 2021.

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Agribusiness Investments One Year into the Pandemic: Where Are We Now?

Apr 28, 2021 online

The panel will unpack the impact of the pandemic on investment in and performance of agricultural value chains in Africa; and discuss the next challenges on the horizon.

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Markets and Trade

Call for Submissions: Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event

USAID's IDEAL activity invites the food security community to submit content for the upcoming Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event happening from June 21-24, 2021.

Kim Jurczyk

Apr 19, 2021

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Resilience

Survey: Impact of COVID-19 on Workforce Participation and Aspirations

The Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Activity invites all current, former, or aspiring senior leaders on market systems development programs to participate in a rapid industry survey.

Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Activity

Apr 17, 2021

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Facilitating Successful Harvest Seasons during COVID-19

The Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project has responded to urgent harvest season needs with targeted remote agribusiness support throughout COVID-19.

Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project

Apr 16, 2021

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Education and Extension

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Pan–Asian Food Industry Virtual Office Hours

May 27, 2021 online

Join us for an overview of COVID-19 and food safety, a review of control strategies used by different sectors of the food industry in ten Asian countries; and a facilitated Q&A session on COVID-19.

COVID-19 Education and Extension Food Safety

USAID COVID-19 Posts

Keeping Afghanistan's Essential Food Businesses Open during the COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 has disrupted the way industries operate globally.

Agrilinks Team

Mar 09, 2021

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Feed the Future’s EatSafe: Nutritious and Safe Food Access in Key Markets

EatSafe: Evidence & Action Towards Safe Food is a five-year project of Feed the Future (FTF) and funded by USAID

Rishi Banerjee

Jan 11, 2021

COVID-19 Food Safety Resilience

USAID COVID-19 Posts

A Year Like No Other: Stories of Resilience and Innovation from Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

As we close on an unprecedented year, Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation offers inspiring stories of resilience and innovation from our private sector agribusiness partners around the world.

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Dec 18, 2020

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Markets and Trade Resilience

USAID COVID-19 Posts

Accelerating Research on Resilience for Rural Families Worldwide

In 2020, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk & Resilience launched research and initiatives to empower families and communities to achieve prosperity and resilience.

MRR Innovation Lab

Dec 16, 2020

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance Resilience

Farmers plant Chinese kale in seedling trays

USAID COVID-19 Posts

COVID-19 in Cambodia: Farmer Experiences, Gendered Impacts and Ways Forward

Amid COVID-19, the IPM Innovation Lab is introducing farmers to ecological solutions that will help improve the quantity and quality of their crops.

Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab

Dec 08, 2020

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Gender

Food safety technician conducts microbial assessments

USAID COVID-19 Posts

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.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

Dec 03, 2020

COVID-19 Food Safety Resilience

people attending a training in a banana plantation

USAID COVID-19 Posts

Contributing to Food Security through Agro-Processing: The Story of Stawi Foods and Fruits Limited

With a desire to use smart business decisions to break the cycle of poverty among smallholder farmers and to feed Kenyan families with nutritious foods, Stawi Foods and Fruits Limited...