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How Three African Agribusinesses are Responding to COVID-19 in Real-Time

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Sep 14, 2020

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation is helping three African agribusinesses roll out new tech solutions to respond to COVID-19 and become better prepared for future crises.

Solutions to Animal Sourced Food Challenges during COVID-19

Mark Mitchell

Sep 11, 2020

Animal Source Foods (ASF) play an important role in our development. There are some gaps in the ASF value chain.

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Food Safety Markets and Trade Nutrition Resilience

Capitalizing on Digital Tools to Sustain Bean Production, Trade and Consumption Amidst COVID-19

Patricia Onyango

Sep 09, 2020

We gather lessons on how the deployment of some digital tools to aid interactions in mitigating the COVID-19 crisis.

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Resilience

Virtual Dialogue: A Systems Approach for Climate-resilient and Inclusive Aquatic Foods

Sep 11, 2020 online

A high-level discussion on the impacts of climate change on aquatic food systems and the way through which a systems approach can enhance the effectiveness of interventions to build social...

Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Resilience

3 Marketing Factors for Animal Source Food System Success

Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security

Sep 02, 2020

In this post, EEFS examines three marketing factors in the enabling environment that support animal source food market systems.

Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

Learning and Adapting during COVID-19 Series | How Can Markets Improve Resilience?

Sep 15, 2020 online

Across the globe, agricultural market systems support farmers, consumers, and a wide range of other actors during normal times, but when hit with shocks such as COVID-19, markets need to...

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

Improving Food Safety Capacity from Afar - How SPS Distance Learning Modules Can Help Advance FTF Objectives

Aug 26, 2020 online

A new era of pandemic related travel restrictions challenged us all to rethink the way we share and learn. Adapting to this adversity web-based distance learning can provide a powerful...

Food Safety Markets and Trade

A blueberry orchard in Kosovo uses drip irrigation systems.

Innovation and Climate Risk Mitigation Protect Kosovo’s Agricultural Sector Competitiveness

Tetra Tech Agriculture and Economic Growth

Aug 31, 2020

Innovative technologies and activities are helping Kosovo’s farmers adapt to changing climate and growing environments to protect their livelihood and maintain agriculture as a viable business.

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Resilience

Practical  Approaches to  Youth and  Women’s  Inclusion in  Market  Systems

Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program

Aug 20, 2020

Join AWE, RisiAlbania, and ELAN RDC for an in-depth look at practical ways to increase inclusion for women and youth in market systems.

COVID-19 Markets and Trade Gender Youth

Group photo of PPQD staff with CABI SPS coordinator in Afghanistan. Photo Credit: CABI

Need for Improved Sanitary and Phytosanitary Systems in Afghanistan

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Aug 18, 2020

Afghanistan (a WTO member since 2016) has a favorable environment for quality production of high-value horticultural crops and in the last two decades significant progress has been made in establishing...

Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

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The Promise and Pitfalls of Index Insurance: Building Resilience Through Responsible Implementation

Jun 06, 2018 online

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...

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade

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Helping Smallholders Make the Most of Maize Through Loans and Storage Technology: Evidence from Tanzania

Feb 22, 2018 online

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...

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Resilience

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Trade-Based Solutions to Food Insecurity

Jan 31, 2018 online

Despite the potential for intra-regional trade of grains to improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa, in practice, these commercial transactions have been fraught with logistics challenges and non-tariff barriers. USAID's...

Markets and Trade Resilience

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Economics of Resilience: An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Cure

Jan 25, 2018 online

A recent study commissioned by USAID’s Center for Resilience demonstrates that investing in resilience and a more proactive response to avert humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa could reduce...

Markets and Trade Resilience

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From Lab to Market: Success Factors for Commercializing Agricultural Technologies

Dec 13, 2017 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Hemisphere Room A Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

Research institutions around the world are developing products to address some of agriculture's most pressing challenges, from weed-resistant seeds to pest-fighting hermetic storage bags. But how can researchers work with...

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade

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The Business Case for Land Rights: Private Sector Perspectives on Responsible Land-Based Investment Webinar

Nov 02, 2017 online

USAID LandLinks is working to support private sector partners to de-risk investments and secure legitimate land rights in order to improve livelihoods and other outcomes for communities affected by investments...

Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

Picking coffee cherry in Bugesera district Rwanda

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Private Sector & Smallholder Adaptation: What We Know

Sep 19, 2017 online

Companies purchasing from small farmers are often on the front lines delivering services, information and finance to communities hard hit by variable weather and other threats. Understanding how these companies...

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Resilience

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Soil Variation and Why It Matters

Jun 29, 2017 online

Crop yields in much of the developing world remain below potential, partly due to low adoption of profitable technologies such as improved seeds and fertilizer. Some contend the problem is...

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

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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...

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

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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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How Three African Agribusinesses are Responding to COVID-19 in Real-Time

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Solutions to Animal Sourced Food Challenges during COVID-19

Mark Mitchell

Capitalizing on Digital Tools to Sustain Bean Production, Trade and Consumption Amidst COVID-19

Patricia Onyango

Virtual Dialogue: A Systems Approach for Climate-resilient and Inclusive Aquatic Foods

3 Marketing Factors for Animal Source Food System Success

EEFS Project

Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security

Learning and Adapting during COVID-19 Series | How Can Markets Improve Resilience?

Improving Food Safety Capacity from Afar - How SPS Distance Learning Modules Can Help Advance FTF Objectives

Innovation and Climate Risk Mitigation Protect Kosovo’s Agricultural Sector Competitiveness

Tetra Tech Agriculture and Economic Growth

Practical  Approaches to  Youth and  Women’s  Inclusion in  Market  Systems

Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program

Need for Improved Sanitary and Phytosanitary Systems in Afghanistan

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

The Promise and Pitfalls of Index Insurance: Building Resilience Through Responsible Implementation

Helping Smallholders Make the Most of Maize Through Loans and Storage Technology: Evidence from Tanzania

Trade-Based Solutions to Food Insecurity

Economics of Resilience: An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Cure

From Lab to Market: Success Factors for Commercializing Agricultural Technologies

The Business Case for Land Rights: Private Sector Perspectives on Responsible Land-Based Investment Webinar

Private Sector & Smallholder Adaptation: What We Know

Soil Variation and Why It Matters

Your Input is Requested: The new Global Food Security Strategy Indicators

Market Systems Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (GLEE) - Dakar, Senegal

Pan-African Soybean Variety Trial Virtual Seed Marketplace Webinar