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Policy and Governance

Strengthening the ability of local and national governments to understand complex challenges, collaborate, and use data for decision making leads to policies that are good for individuals and communities.

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Sweet potato field for the climate-smart agriculture showcase.

Climate-Smart Government for Climate-Smart Agriculture

Smart governments can help in big ways with the adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices.

Eric Raile

Apr 29, 2022
Climate and Natural Resources Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance Resilience
Senegalese food business production manager checking container lids before filling product (2022).

Food Safety Policy Environment: Constraints and Challenges for Growing Food Businesses

Food safety policies are not always straightforward, and growing food businesses (GFBs) are particularly vulnerable when policies are ambiguous or overly complex.

Food Enterprise Solutions (FES)

Apr 28, 2022
Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
The Wajir County Executive Commitee deliberates the proposed Wajir County Livestock Marketing Bill 2021.

Reclaiming Pastoral Dignity through Locally Led Legislation in Northern Kenya

Kenya established a new constitution in 2010 to address governance that perpetrated marginalization. Counties are now developing policies that support pastoralism, like livestock markets comanagement.

ACDI / VOCA

Apr 27, 2022
Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
Hybrid maize field Nepal

A New Seed Policy Ushers in a New Era of Hybrid Seed Business in Nepal

In February 2022, the government of Nepal opened the development of high-yielding seed varieties for private seed companies to be involved in development, evaluation and distribution.

AbduRahman Beshir

Apr 26, 2022
Policy and Governance
Jane Rose Madoba, who lives in Busia, Uganda, received technical assistance to help improve her production through the USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Program.

Building Household Resilience to Mitigate the Impact of Drought on Food Security in Uganda

Drought is a growing concern due to its debilitating effects on food security for households with weak resilience capacities, so the Uganda government has undertaken initiatives to build resilience.

Policy, Research, Capacity and Influence Innovation Lab

Apr 26, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance
Female farmer  in Oat Shit Kone village, Daik Oo Township, Bago region, Myanmar.

How Can Evidence-Driven Policy Analysis Guide USAID’s Response to Humanitarian Crises?

The poverty and food insecurity situation in Myanmar is dire. The compounded effects of COVID-19 and political disruption in the country are predicted to leave 50% of the population in...

Policy, Research, Capacity and Influence Innovation Lab

Apr 26, 2022
COVID-19 Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
a smallholder fish farmer from Bangladesh throws a net

Freshwater Aquaculture Is More Important for Food Security than Previously Understood

A new research paper underlines the existing contributions that freshwater aquaculture makes to global food security, along with its high potential for future growth.

Policy, Research, Capacity and Influence Innovation Lab

Apr 25, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance
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In South Sudan, USAID’s Pandemic Programming Yields Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

As they struggle with COVID-19 challenges, food insecurity and threatened livelihoods, leaders in South Sudan have been working to ensure that residents’ needs are understood and clearly articulated.

Agrilinks Team

Apr 25, 2022
Policy and Governance
Woman and man saving time with a thresher.

Climate-Smart Government for Climate-Smart Agriculture

Smart governments have tools to meet their citizens’ needs by promoting the widespread adoption of climate-smart agriculture.

Agrilinks Team

Apr 25, 2022
Policy and Governance
Three stakeholders at Kebbi Central Market.

Food Safety Policy Can Protect Consumers in Traditional Markets: Insights from Nigeria and Ethiopia

To better understand the policy landscape and intersections — or lack thereof — with traditional markets, we recently conducted reviews of food safety policy in Nigeria and Ethiopia.
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Evidence and Action Towards Safe, Nutritious Food (EatSafe)

Haley Swartz

Anouk de Vries

Apr 22, 2022
Food Safety Policy and Governance

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The 3rd CAADP Biennial Review: From Data to Policy Implementation

Apr 28, 2022 online
A multi-stakeholder webinar to explore the impact of the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme’s Biennial Review.
Policy and Governance
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The Use of Smart Subsidy in Impact-Linked Agricultural Finance

Jan 27, 2022 online
Join us for a webinar on how donors and development finance institutions approach impact-linked finance in the agriculture sector.
Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
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Strengthening African Country Data Systems: The CAADP Biennial Review Toolkit

Mar 03, 2021 online
Ownership and inclusivity are important features in a strong data system. The Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has created a process to increase ownership of data, inclusivity of data...
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance
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Why Inclusion Matters: Featuring Voices from the Field

Jul 29, 2020 online
Inclusive Development Month on Agrilinks is wrapping up with with a webinar that will report on the most recent evidence on what inclusion means across varying contexts, why inclusion is so important to reaching our goals of reducing hunger and poverty, and hearing voices from the field regarding their own experiences on why inclusion matters.
Gender Policy and Governance Youth
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Advancing Country-led Accountability for Performance in the Ag Sector: Africa’s CAADP Biennial Review

Mar 25, 2020 online
Addressing Africa’s agricultural challenges has the potential to unlock inclusive economic growth, benefit smallholder farmers, boost food production and end hunger. It is for this reason that African heads of...
Policy and Governance
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Policy Priorities: Reporting on Policy Change {Feed the Future MEL Webinar Series}

Oct 30, 2018 online
Measuring and reporting on progress in food security policy has been a challenge for Missions and for FTFMS, but BFS (MEL and Policy Divisions) has developed some practical solutions. At...
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance
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Ask the Expert: Q&A with Jeff Hill on Supporting Food Security Policies in Fragile States

Jun 28, 2018 online
We know that agriculture and food policy is critical in driving agricultural transformation. But what can we do in countries often deemed "fragile" facing complex emergency conditions where institutions are...
Policy and Governance
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Ask the Expert on Strengthening National Policy Systems: Bridging the Disconnect between the Evidence and Action for Food Security

Jun 25, 2018 online
Agrilinks will host a special 30-minute Q&A with food security policy researchers Suresh Chandra Babu and Duncan Boughton on what recent policy research shows us on the way forward in...
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance
Photo by Tine Frank/USAID, Kenya
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Ask the Expert: Africa's Green Revolution and Policy Levers

Jun 07, 2018 online
Agriculture and food policy is a critical development tool that can help direct agricultural transformation to best suit country needs and goals. On June 7, Agrilinks will host a special...
Agricultural Productivity Policy and Governance
Photo credit: Neil Palmer / IWMI
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Water Governance, Training and Gender in Agriculture: A New Evidence Base

May 24, 2018 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Hemispheres Room Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
Impact evaluations help attribute outcomes to a development intervention, which can be an elusive connection. Feed the Future is excited to showcase findings from its recently completed impact evaluation that...
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance Resilience

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