Sep 17, 2019
Krista Jacobs is the Senior Gender Advisor for USAID’s Bureau for Food Security. This Feed the Future Week, Agrilinks sat down with Krista to discuss her role as a leader, the women who inspire her and the most critical barriers to women’s progress in the agriculture sector. Krista will be taking...
Sep 17, 2019
Input suppliers are involved with extension and advisory services (EAS) programs in most countries and – like it or not – will continue to be involved as this is in their self-interest.
Sep 16, 2019
Agrilinks is excited to celebrate Feed the Future Week, dedicated to raising awareness about efforts to combat hunger and build food security around the world. This year, Feed the Future week is focused on elevating the voices of women leaders, entrepreneurs, volunteers, scientists, farmers and...
Sep 12, 2019
The delivery of extension messages and advisory services to farmers in Kosovo is through both public and private sector providers.
Sep 10, 2019
This blog is written by Kristin Davis, IFPRI, and Steven Franzel, ICRAF We said in an earlier post this month that we can’t talk about the future without mentioning youth. But what do youth (defined by the UN as ages 15-24 and the AU as ages 15-35) have to do with agriculture or agricultural...
Sep 09, 2019
In the 1970s up until recently, most developing countries had agricultural sectors with extensive public oversight; this state control often extended into regulating the supply of physical inputs, extending credit, conducting research, and providing extension services.
Sep 06, 2019
Even though often under-appreciated, producer organizations play an important role in extension. Internationally, a review of USAID extension activities in 28 countries found that 93 percent included substantive participation by producer organizations.
Sep 05, 2019
Natural calamities and disasters of various of varying magnitudes impact our lives. From April 26 to May 5, the cyclone Fa ni hit eastern Indian states, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, with winds as high as 215 km/h (three minutes sustained) and 250 km/h (one minute sustained). This caused severe...
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Sep 03, 2019
What future do we want in international rural development, and how can agricultural extension and advisory services (EAS) contribute to this? This September, Agrilinks is teaming up with several Feed the Future extension activities to highlight investments and programs that are working to build a...
Aug 29, 2019
The CLIFF-GRADS program invites applications for short-term (4-6 month) scientific training and research on the measurement and management of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage in agricultural systems.
Sep 17, 2019
In collaboration with the USAID Feed the Future Learning Community for Supply Chain Resilience—a consortium comprised of climate scientists from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); and the...
Sep 17, 2019
Krista Jacobs is the Senior Gender Advisor for USAID’s Bureau for Food Security. This Feed the Future Week, Agrilinks sat down with Krista to discuss her role as a leader, the women who inspire her and the most critical barriers to women’s progress in the agriculture sector. Krista will be taking...
Sep 17, 2019
Input suppliers are involved with extension and advisory services (EAS) programs in most countries and – like it or not – will continue to be involved as this is in their self-interest.
Sep 16, 2019
Agrilinks is excited to celebrate Feed the Future Week, dedicated to raising awareness about efforts to combat hunger and build food security around the world. This year, Feed the Future week is focused on elevating the voices of women leaders, entrepreneurs, volunteers, scientists, farmers and...
Sep 12, 2019
The delivery of extension messages and advisory services to farmers in Kosovo is through both public and private sector providers.
Sep 11, 2019
Complementary Foods for Africa (ComFA) is a tasty, affordable complementary food that can be made in households from local, readily available ingredients throughout Sub-Saharan Africa – soy flour, orange-fleshed sweet potato, fish powder and oil.
Sep 10, 2019
This blog is written by Kristin Davis, IFPRI, and Steven Franzel, ICRAF We said in an earlier post this month that we can’t talk about the future without mentioning youth. But what do youth (defined by the UN as ages 15-24 and the AU as ages 15-35) have to do with agriculture or agricultural...
Sep 09, 2019
In the 1970s up until recently, most developing countries had agricultural sectors with extensive public oversight; this state control often extended into regulating the supply of physical inputs, extending credit, conducting research, and providing extension services.
Sep 06, 2019
Even though often under-appreciated, producer organizations play an important role in extension. Internationally, a review of USAID extension activities in 28 countries found that 93 percent included substantive participation by producer organizations.
Sep 05, 2019
Natural calamities and disasters of various of varying magnitudes impact our lives. From April 26 to May 5, the cyclone Fa ni hit eastern Indian states, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, with winds as high as 215 km/h (three minutes sustained) and 250 km/h (one minute sustained). This caused severe...