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Welcome to ICTforAg 2020 Theme Month

This month, we look forward to continuing the important conversations started at ICTforAg 2020. You can expect to see blog posts covering the wide range of topics that were discussed...

Araba Sapara-Grant

Jan 04, 2021

Knowledge-Based Food Systems for Economic Development in Asia: The Four Pillars of Growth

The world faces immense challenges in food production and availability. The prime attributes of a food system are its quality, affordability and economic sustainability.

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Dec 29, 2020

Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience Youth

COVID-19 Hub

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

Workers sort and grade avocados ready for the export market

Helping Local Farmers Work, Export Goods and Support their Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Read how a co-investment grant from USAID's KCDMS has helped link avocado farmers in Kenya to markets for their produce despite COVID-19 restrictions.

Albert Mwangi

Dec 16, 2020

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Markets and Trade

COVID-19 Hub

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

People gathered at the closeout of the project in Senegal.

Scaling Up Senegal: Modernizing Storage Systems for Millet Hubs

Enhancing post-harvest practices and storage can increase quality, profits and consumer demand for millet.

NCBA CLUSA

Dec 09, 2020

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

people attending a training in a banana plantation

COVID-19 Hub

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...

Albert Mwangi

Dec 02, 2020

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Markets and Trade

Thermostable Peste des Petits Ruminants Vaccine Commercially Available for the First Time

An innovative partnership between Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation and Hester Biosciences Nepal offers transformative potential to help eradicate a devastating global livestock disease.

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Nov 30, 2020

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Resilience

Wheat, Pray, Love – How USDA/USAID Wheat Productivity Enhancement Program Reinvigorated Pakistan’s Wheat Sector

Dec 15, 2020 online

Please join the Food Safety Network for an exciting webinar highlighting a flagship program which increased wheat disease resistance by 50 in Pakistan.

Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade

AflaPak: An A-Maizing New Biocontrol Product for Corn in Pakistan

Jan 12, 2021 online

Please join the Food Safety Network for an exciting webinar on an innovative public-private partnership to advance aflatoxin biocontrol technology in Pakistan.

Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade

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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

Agrilinks Event

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

Agrilinks Event

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

Agrilinks Event

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

Agrilinks Event

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

Agrilinks Event

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

Agrilinks Event

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

Agrilinks Event

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

Agrilinks Event

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

Agrilinks Event

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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Welcome to ICTforAg 2020 Theme Month

Alana McGinty

Araba Sapara-Grant

Knowledge-Based Food Systems for Economic Development in Asia: The Four Pillars of Growth

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

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

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Helping Local Farmers Work, Export Goods and Support their Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Albert Mwangi

Accelerating Research on Resilience for Rural Families Worldwide

MRR Innovation Lab

Scaling Up Senegal: Modernizing Storage Systems for Millet Hubs

NCBA CLUSA

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

Albert Mwangi

Thermostable Peste des Petits Ruminants Vaccine Commercially Available for the First Time

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Wheat, Pray, Love – How USDA/USAID Wheat Productivity Enhancement Program Reinvigorated Pakistan’s Wheat Sector

AflaPak: An A-Maizing New Biocontrol Product for Corn in Pakistan

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

The Food Traceability System Landscape: Overcoming Challenges, Enabling Success

Keeping Essential Ag Businesses Open in the Age of COVID-19: Training Approaches from Afghanistan