Policies and practices that support inclusive market systems, agricultural production, services and trade are fundamental to economic development and poverty reduction.
Markets and Trade
Aug 15, 2019
In a four-part blog series, the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security project explores a central question: what enables cross-border trade for safe foods?
Aug 06, 2019
The University of California, Davis, will lead a new global research program to build and test ways to overcome some of the biggest remaining challenges for lifting and keeping rural families out of poverty in developing countries.
The 2019 Cracking the Nut conference will take place on October 14-15, 2019 at the King Fahd Palace Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. The conference will focus on balancing public concerns for food security with private, market-based solutions. Applying a food systems lens, this two-day learning event will...
Jul 31, 2019
This post examines the role of traceability systems, such as blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies, in effectively administering standards and enforcing regulations within agrifood supply chains to mitigate food safety threats.
Jul 30, 2019
A young couple in Kenya has taken an untraditional route for their generation. They've taken up dairy and grass farming. Kenya's growing population has led to an increase in demand for dairy and this young couple saw the opportunity in dairy farming. Through the Feed the Future Kenya Investment Mechanism Program, they have been able to invest in their farm and ensure its growth.
Jul 25, 2019
This article examines mutual recognition as an alternative mechanism for regulatory cooperation, and how lessons learned in Southeast Asia may inform efforts to expand intra-continental agriculture trade, such as those underway in Africa.
Jul 23, 2019
A series of self-paced online learning modules familiarizes audiences with how to engage the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) Index in support of GFSS programming as well as how to maximize the utility of EBA for practical reforms in USAID operating countries.
This webinar will discuss how horticulture can offer profitable employment opportunities for youth in entrepreneurship and technology.
How to set up and run workshops—and other processes of developing a successful agricultural extension program—will be the focus of this webinar.
Join Marketlinks for a webinar on August 8th exploring the Pay-for-Results model and outline the six essential steps that project designers should consider to establish the right set of performance metrics to drive improved performance management when designing PFR programming.
Aug 15, 2019
In a four-part blog series, the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security project explores a central question: what enables cross-border trade for safe foods?
Aug 06, 2019
The University of California, Davis, will lead a new global research program to build and test ways to overcome some of the biggest remaining challenges for lifting and keeping rural families out of poverty in developing countries.
Jul 31, 2019
This post examines the role of traceability systems, such as blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies, in effectively administering standards and enforcing regulations within agrifood supply chains to mitigate food safety threats.
Jul 30, 2019
A young couple in Kenya has taken an untraditional route for their generation. They've taken up dairy and grass farming. Kenya's growing population has led to an increase in demand for dairy and this young couple saw the opportunity in dairy farming. Through the Feed the Future Kenya Investment Mechanism Program, they have been able to invest in their farm and ensure its growth.
Jul 25, 2019
This article examines mutual recognition as an alternative mechanism for regulatory cooperation, and how lessons learned in Southeast Asia may inform efforts to expand intra-continental agriculture trade, such as those underway in Africa.
Jul 23, 2019
A series of self-paced online learning modules familiarizes audiences with how to engage the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) Index in support of GFSS programming as well as how to maximize the utility of EBA for practical reforms in USAID operating countries.
Jul 16, 2019
In this post, learn how different types of standards and regulations work in practice and the complementary roles they each play in mitigating food safety threats.
Jul 12, 2019
Market opportunities attract agricultural investors, and industry support initiatives incentivize them to navigate through inevitable difficulties, but ultimately, a strong enabling environment is what sustains and expands private investment.
Jul 11, 2019
Bolstering intra-African agriculture trade is an opportunity to both spur economic growth as well as to increase access to safe, nutritious foods across borders. In this piece, learn how programming can create an enabling environment that supports these goals.
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Jul 11, 2019
In this new five-part series, the USAID/Rwanda PSDAG project shares thinking and lessons learned on a range of topics.
Jul 08, 2019
Low yields among smallholders jeopardize incomes and farmers’ ability to provide nutritious food for their families. In Guatemala, where malnutrition and stunting rates are among the highest in the world, low yields and an overreliance on nutrient-deficient maize exacerbates poverty and hunger for...
Jul 08, 2019
In this post, two USAID staff highlight the key approaches the Nepal Mission is using to generate rigorous evidence and learning, the development impacts of these approaches, and ideas for future investments.
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Jul 03, 2019
In this new five-part series, the USAID/Rwanda PSDAG project shares thinking and lessons learned on a range of topics.
Jun 28, 2019
This post originally appeared on Marketlinks . USAID’s Market Systems Framework recognizes the enabling environment — including the formal rules, informal norms, and relationships — as a critical factor influencing market actors’ incentives to invest in new technologies, practices, and services...
Jun 28, 2019
This is the third blog of our series on building private sector resilience. The previous blog, The Role of Acceleration Services in Pay for Results Programs , focuses on three key areas to businesses that contribute to achievement of commercial and development results – trust, agility, and...
Jun 26, 2019
Blog By: Barbara Best, Jennifer Kane and Anila Jacobs The contributions of wild-caught fisheries to livelihoods, nutrition and resilience in sub-Saharan Africa are too big to ignore. A new USAID report entitled “ The Role of Wild-Caught Fisheries in African Development ” outlines the ways this...
Jun 25, 2019
Viewing water within the domain of agriculture, the Water Governance Scorecard engages publicly available datasets on Feed the Future focus countries’ water use and water system governance practices as they relate to agricultural production and investment.
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Jun 25, 2019
In this new five-part series, the USAID/Rwanda PSDAG project shares thinking and lessons learned on a range of topics.
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Jun 21, 2019
In this new five-part series, the USAID/Rwanda PSDAG project shares thinking and lessons learned on a range of topics.
Jun 19, 2019
By unpacking political barriers and identifying opportunities to align key decision makers’ incentives in the political system, thinking and working politically through applied political economy analysis can enable market systems to become competitive, inclusive, and resilient.
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...
How can we understand the AgResults prize competition model as a driver for private sector-led inclusive market systems development? This webinar will look at how the model can strengthen market systems to sustainably improve the lives of smallholder farmers. It will reflect on AgResults’ efforts...
The USAID Bureau for Food Security's Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Division invites you to the fourth installment in our Feed the Future MEL Webinar Series . New Indicators: Sales, finance, and investment indicators In October 2017, a revised set of Feed the Future indicators was...
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...
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...
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 Trade and Investment Hubs are working to overcome these issues in...
Investing in resilience and a more proactive response to avert humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa could reduce the cost to international donors by 30 percent, while also protecting billions of dollars of income and assets for households and communities impacted by droughts.
Join us in person, or online, for this event to learn more about the keys to commercializing agricultural research.
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. Join us, along with Agrilinks, Microlinks , and a panel of experts, for an interactive...
As smallholder-based agricultural systems struggle to adapt to rapid changes in weather and other factors, this discussion will present lessons and approaches on aligning private sector investment with the research and donor community.
