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.
As we wrap up our recent food safety series on Agrilinks, let’s revisit the challenges ahead and some of the concrete commitments and specific actions USAID’s implementing partners are taking...
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has experienced an unprecedented rise in acute food insecurity (AFI) since 2015 due to conflicts, climatic, and economic shocks. The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to exacerbate AFI...
COVID-19 continues to impact the health of populations worldwide, but also agricultural production; meanwhile, the desert locust upsurge is devastating crops in East Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia...
This post is written by Benjamin Wielgosz, Netherlands Business Intelligence Manager, SCOPEinsight. The global COVID-19 pandemic has turned “supply-chain disruption” from obscure industry jargon into a regular discussion point in...
Join Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition in their upcoming webinar series. Designed to inform and engage stakeholders, this series will cover research conducted by the Innovation Lab for...
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens food security and nutrition in Africa, an effective response must address the challenges faced by different components of the food system.
The new Feed the Future EATSafe: Evidence and Action Towards Safe Nutritious Food activity is working to empower consumers to recognize good food safety practices and demand safe food from...
New research from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition (NIL) tells us that exposure to mycotoxins through the diet is widespread in resource-constrained areas of the world. These...
On February 2, 2020, Bangladesh celebrated National Food Safety Day across the country with a pledge to ensure safe food for all. In 2018 the Government of Bangladesh designated this...
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...
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...
Jan 11, 2017 to Jan 27, 2017Washington, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
March's Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (GLEE) took place in Lusaka, Zambia. The USAID Bureau for Food Security, in collaboration with the USAID/Zambia Mission and others, planned this...
Agriculture education and training (AET) lays the groundwork for long-term sustainability in agriculture development. However, it can be easy to misunderstand the vital linkages between education and extension within AET...
