By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9.7 billion. Farmers, already challenged to produce more food, need new tools and technologies to keep pace.
Agricultural Productivity
Mar 19, 2020
USAID's U.S. Global Development Lab is seeking concept notes to establish a Development Impact Science Corps (DISC) which will build the professional capabilities of scientists and technical experts to promote evidence-based policies and practices, and advance innovative solutions to development...
Mar 19, 2020
It took just three years for the pest to inflict over $10 billion in losses in Africa alone. The IPM Innovation Lab looks at solving the fall armyworm problem.
Mar 19, 2020
Taking a closer look at what it will take for more farmers to get started with small scale irrigation.
There’s no need to leave home to join a digital community of experts exploring the use of non-traditional finance to deliver sustainable and scalable agricultural innovations for smallholder farmers. As many events worldwide shift to digital formats, MEDA INNOVATE invites you to participate in a...
Mar 17, 2020
On the rising importance of grains.
Mar 13, 2020
Seed System Definitions This post provides go-to definitions Context Global Development uses in discussing the early generation seed systems from across the globe that were reviewed by USAID and BMG F. The definitions were sourced from an Africa Lead commissioned study, sponsored by USAID’s Bureau...
Mar 12, 2020
Looking to past viruses as well as China’s handling of COVID-19 might help guide future responses in public policy and programming.
Mar 10, 2020
Seeking to understand commonalities among thriving formal seed systems, a BMGF and USAID partnership project on early generation seed systems reviewed ten seed systems across the world. This post explores the project’s background and purpose. It is part of a series, so stay tuned for more seed...
Mar 09, 2020
Seeking national breeding programs that will drive genetic gain for the development of improved crop varieties for key product profiles that underpin economic growth, resilience and nutrition development goals.
With just ten years to go before the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG 2030) is to be met, eliminating food loss and waste is increasingly urgent. Building on the 2019 inaugural event , this special event will discuss whether, as a global community, we can or will end food loss and waste...
Mar 19, 2020
USAID's U.S. Global Development Lab is seeking concept notes to establish a Development Impact Science Corps (DISC) which will build the professional capabilities of scientists and technical experts to promote evidence-based policies and practices, and advance innovative solutions to development...
Mar 19, 2020
It took just three years for the pest to inflict over $10 billion in losses in Africa alone. The IPM Innovation Lab looks at solving the fall armyworm problem.
Mar 19, 2020
Taking a closer look at what it will take for more farmers to get started with small scale irrigation.
Mar 17, 2020
On the rising importance of grains.
Mar 13, 2020
Seed System Definitions This post provides go-to definitions Context Global Development uses in discussing the early generation seed systems from across the globe that were reviewed by USAID and BMG F. The definitions were sourced from an Africa Lead commissioned study, sponsored by USAID’s Bureau...
Mar 12, 2020
Looking to past viruses as well as China’s handling of COVID-19 might help guide future responses in public policy and programming.
Mar 10, 2020
Seeking to understand commonalities among thriving formal seed systems, a BMGF and USAID partnership project on early generation seed systems reviewed ten seed systems across the world. This post explores the project’s background and purpose. It is part of a series, so stay tuned for more seed...
Mar 09, 2020
Seeking national breeding programs that will drive genetic gain for the development of improved crop varieties for key product profiles that underpin economic growth, resilience and nutrition development goals.
Mar 04, 2020
In November 2019, Yamikani and Jireh won a competition sponsored by the Mastercard Foundation and the Resolution Project that includes seed funding to pursue systemic agricultural and social change in their communities. Their idea was to train women and youth to grow mushrooms.
Mar 03, 2020
Response Due Date: Mar 13, 2020
Feb 28, 2020
For this month’s Agrilinks theme on “why policy matters”, we aim to show why policy is vital for guiding the sustainable development and use of resources and catalyzing large-scale transformation.
Feb 28, 2020
USAID partnered with the Government of Kosovo to help kick-start the agricultural renaissance.
Feb 27, 2020
In the face of adversity, this coffee cooperative is using credit and training from Root Capital to help its farmers thrive.
Feb 26, 2020
When the Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL) began their work in Ghana in 2016, they saw a pressing need for mechanized crop threshers to relieve the huge burden of stick threshing that is often done by women and young people.
Feb 25, 2020
Fighting Newcastle Disease for rural communities in Africa.
Feb 24, 2020
Use of non-conventional collateral in agricultural lending, together with an effective registry system and appropriate regulatory frameworks, can contribute to improved access to and use of appropriate and affordable credit by smallholder women farmers.
Feb 21, 2020
Using what TREES calls the Forest Garden Approach for the last four years, over 200 farmers have successfully planted themselves out of hunger and poverty.
Feb 21, 2020
How can researchers work with the private sector to make sure that products both meet the real needs of farmers and are commercially viable in the market?
Feb 20, 2020
A new business supplying animal feeds to rural Niger is helping to overcome vast distances and other hurdles that constrain the productivity and incomes of goat and sheep farmers
Feb 19, 2020
One-year awards of up to $15,000 per research team (mentor and one or more graduate students and/or postdocs) are available.
Global agricultural development is increasingly shaped by the unprecedented growth of the digital economy. Digital technologies have demonstrated the potential to redefine economic growth models, empower poor people with new communications tools, and facilitate more productive interactions and...
Smallholder farmers are critical to global food security and economic growth, however they have largely been overlooked by the private sector, constraining their productivity and income potential. To successfully engage the private sector and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, it is...
The recording for this webinar is now available! This webinar will provide a demonstration on how to use the tools on the Global Agricultural and Disaster Assessment System (GADAS) to do desktop analysis, and a case study on how USDA/FAS is using GADAS to build host country capacity with the...
Current capabilities for effective at-scale monitoring of smallholder agricultural systems are limited at best. However, increased availability of high- and medium-resolution Earth observation (EO) data and modern computational capacities mean that the promise of EO data for effective agricultural...
USAID and the Renovation & Rehabilitation Collective Action Network of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge (SCC) are hosted this webinar on Renovation & Rehabilitation (R&R) for Resilient Coffee Farms on April 24, 2019. Aging or diseased coffee trees are a major constraint to productivity...
In October 2017, a revised set of Feed the Future indicators was announced, in alignment with the Feed the Future results framework and the USG Global Food Security Strategy. In March 2018, Feed the Future's MEL Division published the updated Feed the Future Indicator Handbook , which contains...
In theory, Sub-Saharan Africa could feed a large part of the world. Yet the region struggles to achieve its full agricultural potential, let alone its potential in agricultural value addition and processed foods. In this webinar, presenters from the USAID Investment Support Program and Dalberg will...
There is no universally-accepted framework for how to measure the performance of agricultural extension and advisory services. The best-fit framework suggests an impact chain approach, where components of the system (e.g. governance and management structures, organizational and individual...
In the wake of fall armyworm's devastating effects on African agriculture, farmers are turning to pesticides as a means to combat the pest. Unfortunately, pesticides are not always well targeted or properly handled. This webinar will focus on the use of pesticides in Africa and the challenges for...
USAID’s Bureau for Food Security is working in partnership with experts from around the world to develop a set of tools to assist countries in addressing the Fall Armyworm. This Agrilinks webinar will walk you through the latest tools available, from country-specific decision guides to animated...
Fall Armyworm is here to stay. So, what can be done to address this threat to food security and farmer incomes? A key to effective management of FAW is farmer access to the full range of technologies used to control the pest. This webinar will walk through innovative tools available in Africa and...
Unsafe food threatens public health and undermines food security at local, regional and global levels. The benefits of extensive development activities targeting food insecurity are drained away when food products are contaminated. Microbial and chemical contaminants are of particular concern, as...
The USAID Bureau for Food Security's Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Division invites you to the third installment in our Feed the Future MEL Webinar Series . New Indicators: Application of improved practices and technologies In October 2017, a revised set of Feed the Future indicators...
Agriculture and food policy is a critical development tool that can help direct agricultural transformation to best suit country needs and goals. On June 7, Agrilinks will host a special 30-minute Ask the Expert Chat for an online discussion and live audio Q&A on using policy to facilitate or...
Agriculture is an inherently risky activity. This risk exposure can make and keep farmers poor. Agricultural index insurance can help farmers avoid costly coping mechanisms and unlock opportunities for increased investment and greater resilience, but such positive development impacts largely depend...
Impact evaluations help attribute outcomes to a development intervention, which can be an elusive connection. Feed the Future is excited to showcase findings from its recently completed impact evaluation that assessed the impact of Water Users Associations (WUAs) on water and land productivity,...
Technology has the potential to scale up agricultural production and get timely information and tools into the hands of farmers to inform their agricultural planning and investments. On Thursday, April 26, Agrilinks will host a special Ask Ag Online Chat in conjunction with the organizers of the...
Women play a unique role guaranteeing household food security and building resilience to shocks and stresses. While discussions at the intersection of gender equity/social inclusion and resilience often focus on the vulnerabilities of women, girls, and disadvantaged persons during disasters, these...
Improving staple crop production is widely viewed as crucial for increasing food security and reducing poverty in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). However, smallholder households in SSA who cultivate maize and other grains face two major post‐harvest challenges. First, pests cause post‐harvest loss of up...
Join us in person, or online, for this event to learn more about the keys to commercializing agricultural research.