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Nutrition

Agriculture, nutrition and health are intricately linked. Investments in agriculture lead to better nutrition for families, improve health and well-being, and boost food security.

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (ILLSSI) in Ghana; two people tending to crops in a field.

An Island of Green in Ghana: Smallholder Farmers Adapt to Climate Change with Solar Irrigation

Smallholder farmers adapt to climate change with solar irrigation. On a small farm of less than five acres, the Assime family grows sorghum, rice, peppers and okra, and keeps a...
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Nicole Lefore

Feb 28, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Nutrition Resilience
Pile of taro in a market

New Initiative to Confront Taro Leaf Blight in Nigeria

A new project based at the Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement will use genetic analyses to better understand taro leaf blight and develop varieties that can stand up to the...
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement

Feb 28, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Nutrition
Two women sitting at a table, one holding a pencil and one holding a bowl.

The Fish Innovation Lab: Improving Livelihoods through Food Security Research

Aquaculture and fisheries play an important role in food security. Check out how the Innovation Lab for Fish is working to improve food security in Africa and Asia.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Feb 18, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Food Safety Gender Nutrition Youth
A farmer waters coconut seedlings in an OTI-funded project outside Ouanaminthe, Haiti.

Helping Small-Scale Agricultural Producers Withstand Shocks

Context-tailored social protection and productive support programs are important tools to ensure farmers’ access to healthy diets.
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Theresa McMenomy

Feb 18, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Nutrition Resilience
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Graduate Fellowship Honors Cornell’s First Black PH.D. Graduate

The Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship supports graduate students from 1890 institutions to become next-generation leaders in inclusive and sustainable agricultural development.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement

Feb 08, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Gender Nutrition Resilience Youth Opportunities
A payment being made at a local vegetable market

The Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F): Pioneering Nutrition Financing

This blog showcases the Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F) by exploring its blended finance design, its offering beyond financing, as well as its impact monitoring framework and tools.

Anouk de Vries

Feb 04, 2022
Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition
Group photo of the Nourishing Nations team with the fish processors in Delta State, Nigeria.

Nutrition and Food Safety Training Make a Difference for Nigerian Fish Processors

Thanks to the Nourishing Nations team and their 2021 trainings, Nigerian fish processors learned nutrition and food safety to improve their fish processing operations.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Jan 27, 2022
Education and Extension Food Safety Gender Nutrition Youth
A smallholder farmer places a bid to sell maize to the World Food Programme.

Sub-Saharan Africa's Agriculture Stands to Benefit from Blockchain Technology

The emergence of blockchain technology in farming has resulted in exposure of the novel idea to scrutiny. Farming stands to benefit due to the ease of tracking and securing farmers'...

Antony Simbowo

Jan 21, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience
BIFAD 2022 Group

New Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) Appointments

Announcing the new members of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development!
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Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)

Jan 20, 2022
Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Markets and Trade Nutrition
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January is Agricultural Finance Month

What work does USAID do in agricultural finance? That is the question we hope start answering during this month on Agrilinks.

Songbae Lee

Jan 03, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Nutrition

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Not All Seed Is Declared Equal: Improving Access

Feb 28, 2017 The City Club of Washington DC 555 13th St NW Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
Seed is the single most important agricultural input of crop production, but not all seed is equally accessible and/or available. Agrilinks, Microlinks and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance...
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition
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Ask Ag About... Positive Youth Development

Feb 22, 2017 online
Involving youth in agriculture has become a major focus in development, as many countries continue to struggle with youth unemployment. Join this month's Ask Ag Online Chat, where the Feed...
Youth Education and Extension Gender Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance
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Ask Ag About... How Food Systems Need to Adapt as Populations Shift and Grow

Jan 26, 2017 online
As urbanization continues to skyrocket in cities across the globe, the role of rural agricultural production to feed urban populations becomes increasingly difficult. Join this month’s Ask Ag online chat...
Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Youth
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Webinar: Addressing Food Safety in Animal Source Foods for Improved Nutrition

Jan 25, 2017 online
January 25, 2017 This is the third event in the Livestock & Household Nutrition Learning Series, convened by Land O’Lakes International Development and the International Livestock Research Institute and funded...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Nutrition Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience
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Increasing Genetic Gains for Food Security in the Developing World: Identifying innovative solutions to legumes, roots, tubers and bananas breeding

Jan 11, 2017 to Jan 27, 2017 Online Discussion Right here on this event page! Washington, District of Columbia, United States
This AgExchange is being held in conjunction with a USAID-sponsored session on January 17 at the Plant & Animal Genome Conference XXIV.The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Food...
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Nutrition Policy and Governance Gender
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Relationships for Resilience: Understanding and Integrating Gender and Nutrition in CSA

Dec 08, 2016 online
The Agrilinks team will host a webinar component of the Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (CSA-GLEE) session, Why Does Addressing Gender and Nutrition Matter for Climate-Smart Agriculture?, and...
Climate and Natural Resources Gender Nutrition Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Youth
Photo: USAID FeedtheFuture
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Breaking Barriers: Integrating Gender and Nutrition Into Extension Services

Nov 16, 2016 online
Extension professionals are fully committed to improving rural livelihoods and strengthening communities, but there is still a great need across the board to better integrate gender and nutrition into their...
Education and Extension Gender Nutrition Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade
Photo: Srinivasulu Rajendran, AVRDC. Market in Tanzania selling tomatoes.
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Ask Ag About... Access to Finance for Small and Growing Businesses

Oct 27, 2016 online
Having access to finance is crucial for facilitating expansion and scale of small and growing businesses (SGBs). SGBs are commercially viable businesses with significant potential for growth that seek growth...
Markets and Trade Resilience Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Youth
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Fish, Forks and Finance: The Importance of Wild Fisheries to Food and Job Security

Apr 20, 2016 online
Sustainable management of wild fisheries, especially small-scale fisheries, is critical for achieving local food security and poverty reduction in many developing countries, including many Feed the Future countries. Fish are...
Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Nutrition
Photo Credit: Joan Lewa
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Interactive Voice Response: Its Growing Role in Agricultural Extension Services

Apr 14, 2016 online
From India and Ethiopia to Malawi and Madagascar, interactive voice response (IVR) is increasingly being used by agricultural extension services. Often detested by Americans because of overuse in customer service...
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