Tools to anticipate and prepare for market shocks, health crises, political instability and weather extremes gives vulnerable people ways to manage risks and rebound more quickly.
Resilience
Apr 02, 2020
When it comes to mycotoxins and food safety, being heard correctly can make all the difference.
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Apr 01, 2020
In developing countries, as much as one-third of a season’s harvest is lost along the value chain from harvest to consumption. For grain alone, more is lost in sub-Saharan Africa to post-harvest losses (FAO estimates $4 billion annually) than all U.S. overseas food aid combined (~$2.5 billion...
Mar 31, 2020
CARE recently released guidance to help implementers consider how best to support savings groups and their members during the COVID-19 crisis.
Mar 25, 2020
The strategies, assets, and resources used to minimize risks and impacts on well-being depend on the dynamics of the system in which shocks or stresses occur and the level of vulnerability faced because of one’s social group and location.
Mar 20, 2020
View opportunity and apply. Current Closing Date for Applications: May 08, 2020 Post-harvest loss is a critical issue facing farmers and food insecure populations globally, including in those countries most affected by humanitarian crises and in which OFDA operates. While post-harvest losses occur...
Mar 20, 2020
Appropriate policies can make agricultural markets more efficient and nutrition-sensitive, as in the case of harmonizing food safety regulations to promote mutually beneficial cross-border trade. In this post, EEFS explores the implications of formal rules within the enabling environment.
Mar 19, 2020
USAID's U.S. Global Development Lab is seeking concept notes to establish a Development Impact Science Corps (DISC) which will build the professional capabilities of scientists and technical experts to promote evidence-based policies and practices, and advance innovative solutions to development...
Mar 19, 2020
Taking a closer look at what it will take for more farmers to get started with small scale irrigation.
There’s no need to leave home to join a digital community of experts exploring the use of non-traditional finance to deliver sustainable and scalable agricultural innovations for smallholder farmers. As many events worldwide shift to digital formats, MEDA INNOVATE invites you to participate in a...
Mar 13, 2020
Seed System Definitions This post provides go-to definitions Context Global Development uses in discussing the early generation seed systems from across the globe that were reviewed by USAID and BMG F. The definitions were sourced from an Africa Lead commissioned study, sponsored by USAID’s Bureau...
Apr 02, 2020
When it comes to mycotoxins and food safety, being heard correctly can make all the difference.
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Apr 01, 2020
In developing countries, as much as one-third of a season’s harvest is lost along the value chain from harvest to consumption. For grain alone, more is lost in sub-Saharan Africa to post-harvest losses (FAO estimates $4 billion annually) than all U.S. overseas food aid combined (~$2.5 billion...
Mar 31, 2020
CARE recently released guidance to help implementers consider how best to support savings groups and their members during the COVID-19 crisis.
Mar 25, 2020
The strategies, assets, and resources used to minimize risks and impacts on well-being depend on the dynamics of the system in which shocks or stresses occur and the level of vulnerability faced because of one’s social group and location.
Mar 20, 2020
View opportunity and apply. Current Closing Date for Applications: May 08, 2020 Post-harvest loss is a critical issue facing farmers and food insecure populations globally, including in those countries most affected by humanitarian crises and in which OFDA operates. While post-harvest losses occur...
Mar 20, 2020
Appropriate policies can make agricultural markets more efficient and nutrition-sensitive, as in the case of harmonizing food safety regulations to promote mutually beneficial cross-border trade. In this post, EEFS explores the implications of formal rules within the enabling environment.
Mar 19, 2020
USAID's U.S. Global Development Lab is seeking concept notes to establish a Development Impact Science Corps (DISC) which will build the professional capabilities of scientists and technical experts to promote evidence-based policies and practices, and advance innovative solutions to development...
Mar 19, 2020
Taking a closer look at what it will take for more farmers to get started with small scale irrigation.
Mar 13, 2020
Seed System Definitions This post provides go-to definitions Context Global Development uses in discussing the early generation seed systems from across the globe that were reviewed by USAID and BMG F. The definitions were sourced from an Africa Lead commissioned study, sponsored by USAID’s Bureau...
Mar 12, 2020
The high-profile investment of approximately $180 million over five years will aim to reduce the acute malnutrition that has proven to be stubbornly persistent in Kenya’s northwestern arid and semi-arid lands.
Mar 10, 2020
Seeking to understand commonalities among thriving formal seed systems, a BMGF and USAID partnership project on early generation seed systems reviewed ten seed systems across the world. This post explores the project’s background and purpose. It is part of a series, so stay tuned for more seed...
Mar 10, 2020
PREG aims to amplify and streamline USAID’s investments in making communities more resilient and food secure by coordinating efforts among 26 USAID implementing partners, the Kenya National Drought Management Authority, and nine county governments in Kenya.
Mar 04, 2020
In November 2019, Yamikani and Jireh won a competition sponsored by the Mastercard Foundation and the Resolution Project that includes seed funding to pursue systemic agricultural and social change in their communities. Their idea was to train women and youth to grow mushrooms.
Feb 28, 2020
For this month’s Agrilinks theme on “why policy matters”, we aim to show why policy is vital for guiding the sustainable development and use of resources and catalyzing large-scale transformation.
Feb 27, 2020
In the face of adversity, this coffee cooperative is using credit and training from Root Capital to help its farmers thrive.
Feb 27, 2020
The role of the private sector is paramount in food & nutrition security and reducing hunger as they play a crucial role in the food system.
Feb 26, 2020
If Africa is to mitigate upcoming roadblocks, its agriculture needs to be modernized through the contribution of technologies that fall under the auspices of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
Feb 25, 2020
Fighting Newcastle Disease for rural communities in Africa.
Feb 21, 2020
Using what TREES calls the Forest Garden Approach for the last four years, over 200 farmers have successfully planted themselves out of hunger and poverty.
Feb 21, 2020
How can researchers work with the private sector to make sure that products both meet the real needs of farmers and are commercially viable in the market?
Join Marketlinks, Agrilinks, and the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security (EEFS) project on Thursday, February 6 for a webinar examining the enabling environment for agricultural market systems in fragile contexts.
This webinar will highlight emerging evidence and provide examples from the field on improved and more sustainable program design across the entire food system, from production to consumption.
The recording for this webinar is now available! This webinar will provide a demonstration on how to use the tools on the Global Agricultural and Disaster Assessment System (GADAS) to do desktop analysis, and a case study on how USDA/FAS is using GADAS to build host country capacity with the...
USAID and the Renovation & Rehabilitation Collective Action Network of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge (SCC) are hosted this webinar on Renovation & Rehabilitation (R&R) for Resilient Coffee Farms on April 24, 2019. Aging or diseased coffee trees are a major constraint to productivity...
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...
How can vulnerable households sustain an escape from poverty, weathering the ongoing and multiple shocks and stresses that they will face over their lifetimes? Poor and near-poor households and communities live in increasingly complex risk environments and are subject to a range of shocks and...
In theory, Sub-Saharan Africa could feed a large part of the world. Yet the region struggles to achieve its full agricultural potential, let alone its potential in agricultural value addition and processed foods. In this webinar, presenters from the USAID Investment Support Program and Dalberg will...
In the wake of fall armyworm's devastating effects on African agriculture, farmers are turning to pesticides as a means to combat the pest. Unfortunately, pesticides are not always well targeted or properly handled. This webinar will focus on the use of pesticides in Africa and the challenges for...
USAID’s Bureau for Food Security is working in partnership with experts from around the world to develop a set of tools to assist countries in addressing the Fall Armyworm. This Agrilinks webinar will walk you through the latest tools available, from country-specific decision guides to animated...
Fall Armyworm is here to stay. So, what can be done to address this threat to food security and farmer incomes? A key to effective management of FAW is farmer access to the full range of technologies used to control the pest. This webinar will walk through innovative tools available in Africa and...
Unsafe food threatens public health and undermines food security at local, regional and global levels. The benefits of extensive development activities targeting food insecurity are drained away when food products are contaminated. Microbial and chemical contaminants are of particular concern, as...
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 assessed the impact of Water Users Associations (WUAs) on water and land productivity,...
Women play a unique role guaranteeing household food security and building resilience to shocks and stresses. While discussions at the intersection of gender equity/social inclusion and resilience often focus on the vulnerabilities of women, girls, and disadvantaged persons during disasters, these...
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.
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.
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Resilience at USAID 2016 Progress Report
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