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Food safety is not only a public health issue; it is also a market development and trade issue for developed and developing countries alike.

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A family in Kenya tests new recipes based on nutrient-rich crops, to improve food security and child nutrition

Unpacking the Impacts of COVID-19 on Long-Term Food Security

Exploring the challenge of undernourishment in the wake of COVID-19.

Agrilinks Team

May 03, 2022
COVID-19 Food Safety
Woman waters garden in Senegal.

West Africa Faces Mixed Food Security Impacts from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Food security in West Africa has been deteriorating since 2015. Now, the region faces growing impacts from Russia’s war in Ukraine, including spiking food prices and disruptions in markets.

Agrilinks Team

Apr 29, 2022
Food Safety
Senegalese food business production manager checking container lids before filling product (2022).

Food Safety Policy Environment: Constraints and Challenges for Growing Food Businesses

Food safety policies are not always straightforward, and growing food businesses (GFBs) are particularly vulnerable when policies are ambiguous or overly complex.

Food Enterprise Solutions (FES)

Apr 28, 2022
Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
Three stakeholders at Kebbi Central Market.

Food Safety Policy Can Protect Consumers in Traditional Markets: Insights from Nigeria and Ethiopia

To better understand the policy landscape and intersections — or lack thereof — with traditional markets, we recently conducted reviews of food safety policy in Nigeria and Ethiopia.
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Evidence and Action Towards Safe, Nutritious Food (EatSafe)

Haley Swartz

Anouk de Vries

Apr 22, 2022
Food Safety Policy and Governance
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EatSafe Innovation Challenge

The EatSafe Innovation Challenge is calling all students, researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators passionate about food safety and/or nutrition!
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Feed the Future’s EatSafe: Evidence and Action Towards Safe, Nutritious Food

Apr 20, 2022
Food Safety Opportunities
Carvi Food flyer showing their commitment to food safety.

Safer Food Reaches Major Senegal Supermarkets: Creating a Market-Linked Food Safety Culture with Growing Food Businesses

Growing food businesses in Senegal face challenges in establishing and maintaining market positions, particularly as consumer concerns about food safety grow.

Food Enterprise Solutions (FES)

Apr 19, 2022
Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender
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The International and Bangladesh Rice Research Institutes Continuously Work Together to Ensure Food Security in Bangladesh

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) continuously work together to ensure food security through hybrid rice adoption by farmers.

Agribusiness Education and Research International

Apr 18, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Nutrition
Man and livestock (brown cattle) in field.

Transforming Vietnam’s Animal Health Information System

An animal health information system in Vietnam is an important tool to address potential outbreaks of zoonotic diseases.
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William Corley

Apr 14, 2022
Food Safety Policy and Governance
Mary Joel standing in front of a barn with cows.

Mary Joel: A Female Farmer’s Story of Resilience

By building the capacity of female farmers through cooperatives, Nuru strengthens food systems and supports resilience at the household level while elevating the role of women.

Ian Schwenke

Apr 06, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Nutrition Resilience Youth
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Food Safety Assessment of Senegalese Markets through Mobile App Technology

An assessment of characteristics in 64 food markets aided Feed the Future Business Drivers for Food Safety (BD4FS) in understanding issues around food hygiene and temperature control in Senegal.

Food Enterprise Solutions (FES)

Apr 05, 2022
Food Safety Markets and Trade

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Crops to End Hunger: Accelerating Seed Delivery through Sustainable Seed Systems

Jul 15, 2021 online
Identifying approaches and making recommendations that will diversify the range of publicly bred crop varieties available to smallholder farmers and increase varietal turnover through commercial channels.
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade
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Feed the Future Business Drivers for Food Safety – Cool ‘n Clean Approach in Senegal

Jun 09, 2021 online
Temperature control and food hygiene are vital for keeping food safe as it moves through the food system. Disruption of the cold chain and poor hygiene practices during food handling...
Food Safety Markets and Trade
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Supporting the Management of Fall Armyworm in Africa and Asia: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Jun 18, 2020 online
Fall Armyworm (FAW) is an invasive and damaging pest endemic to the Americas that is spreading across Africa and Asia, particularly targeting maize, a vital staple crop. FAW will have...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety
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Securing the Harvest: Post-harvest Strategies to Increase Resilience

Apr 30, 2020 online
In developing countries, as much as one-third of a season’s harvest is lost along the value chain from harvest to consumption. For grain alone, more is lost in sub-Saharan Africa...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety
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Pesticides: Safety, Efficacy and Access

Sep 05, 2018 online
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...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Resilience
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Fall Armyworm Dissemination Tools from USAID

Aug 29, 2018 online
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...
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Technologies for Managing Fall Armyworm and Lessons from Brazil

Aug 22, 2018 online
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...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Resilience
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues to Achieving the Global Food Security Strategy: Cases on Fall Armyworm and Aflatoxin

Jun 20, 2018 online
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...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Resilience
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Your Input is Requested: The new Global Food Security Strategy Indicators

Jun 15, 2017 to Jun 30, 2017 online
See final list of GFSS indicators submitted to the U.S. Congress in October 2017. [Note: Now that the indicators have been sent to Congress, the other documents and links on...
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Market Systems Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (GLEE) - Dakar, Senegal

Jun 05, 2017 to Jun 10, 2017 Hotel Novotel Dakar Avenue Abdoulaye Fadiga Dakar, Senegal
The U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Food Security (USAID BFS) has collaborated with leaders and practitioners across the development landscape to share knowledge, good practices and lessons learned...
Markets and Trade Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Nutrition

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