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.
This post is written by Eliud Birachi, Mercy Mutua, Clare Mukankusi, Noel Templer, Louise Sperling, Patricia Onyango, Sylvia Kalemera, Robin Buruchara, Bhramar Dey and Jean Claude Rubyogo. Common bean (Phaseolus...
This month on Agrilinks, we are highlighting the importance of inclusive development and showcasing evidence and programming that reaches and empowers marginalized or vulnerable populations.
What if this crisis could propel the international community to respond in a way that goes beyond dealing with the immediate needs of hungry people, to treat Africa’s lingering food...
COVID-19 is interfering with the planting season for farmers in the Koshi River Basin along the border between India and Nepal, threatening food security in these communities.
This post examines the challenges and solutions to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic put forth by technical experts working to ensure poultry markets in Ethiopia can continue despite the...
This post is written by Bandana Pradhan, AbduRahman Beshir, Dyutiman Choudhary and Hari Kumar Shrestha In Nepal, it takes at least a year to collate the demand and supply of...
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...
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...
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...
May 24, 2018Washington, District of Columbia, 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...
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...
Feb 22, 2018Washington , District of Columbia, United Statesonline
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...
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...
A recent study commissioned by USAID’s Center for Resilience demonstrates that investing in resilience and a more proactive response to avert humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa could reduce...
Companies purchasing from small farmers are often on the front lines delivering services, information and finance to communities hard hit by variable weather and other threats. Understanding how these companies...
The U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Food Security (USAID BFS) has collaborated with leaders and practitioners across the development landscape to share knowledge, good practices and lessons learned...
