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Saving Ecosystems and Solving Nutrient Deficiencies with Wild Gardens

Learn how wild gardens can be key to saving ecosystems and solving nutrient deficiencies.

Agrilinks Team

Nov 19, 2020

Common Beans: The Greener Pasture for Northern Tanzania Pastoralists

The decrease of grazing land and water scarcity caused by increased population and climatic change effects has forced major changes to pastoralist communities’ lifestyles to tackle new challenges.

Patricia Onyango

Nov 12, 2020

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Gender Nutrition Resilience

Martin Tindiwensi, USAID for CNFA Rwanda Hinga Weze Project

Webinar - Measuring Resilience: Evidence from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Uganda

Nov 18, 2020 online

This webinar will assess a novel approach for measuring resilience, and the value of using this metric alongside other indicators to guide nutrition and agriculture interventions. 

Agricultural Productivity Nutrition Resilience

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Bees, Bats, and Butterflies: The Importance of Pollinators for Global Food Security and Nutrition

Dec 03, 2020 online

The importance of pollinators to global food security and nutrition has received increased international attention in recent years due to reports of declines in pollinator populations.

Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition

Walaa Ali al Ali fled the violence in her home city of Aleppo, Syria, to seek refuge in Lebanon. She struggled to adjust at first, taking on odd jobs to survive. Now, thanks to the love of Lutheran World Relief donors, she has learned the ins and outs of beekeeping — giving her a new source of income as well as a dream for the future. Photo by Joao Sousa/LWR

Syrian Refugee Finds Hope in Her New Beehives

A Syrian refugee living in Lebanon has received new hope and a new source of income to provide for her family through beekeeping.

Corus International

Nov 05, 2020

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Nutrition Resilience

The Importance of Pollinators for Food Security and Nutrition

November's pollinator month will explore how pollinators contribute to global food security and nutrition.

Sara Carlson

Nov 02, 2020

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition Resilience

A farmer assesses her dragon fruit crop in Vietnam.

Women and Gender in Development at Virginia Tech Virtual Conference 2021

Feb 23, 2021 to Feb 26, 2021 online

Join VT's Women and Gender in International Development for a virtual conference - Out of the Theory and Into the Field: A Dialogue on Gendered Approaches to Inclusive Rural Development

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Gender Nutrition Resilience

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Assessing Predictors and Metrics of Diet Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: The Intersection of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health

Nov 04, 2020 online

Join the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition for a webinar that will examine patterns in dietary diversity and quality in South Asian and Sub-Saharan African contexts.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition

November is Pollinator Month on Agrilinks: We Want to Hear from You!

We encourage individuals in the Agrilinks community with relevant research, field projects, and case studies to submit content for pollinator month.

Sara Carlson

Oct 21, 2020

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition Resilience

The Malawi Food Composition Database: Importance, Development Process, Applications, and Future Priorities

Oct 21, 2020 online

Join this webinar to learn more about the collaborative effort to develop Malawi’s first food composition table/database.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning 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

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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

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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...

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

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Resources from the Climate-Smart Agriculture GLEE, Zambia

Mar 13, 2016 to Mar 16, 2016 Lusaka, Zambia

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...

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