Policy to Advance Food Security and Inclusive Agricultural Growth

The course is designed to renew our commitment to and a deeper understanding of the power of policy to achieve Feed the Future objectives and support countries toward self-reliance. The course is also designed to build a policy community for USAID technical staff who can draw upon each other’s experiences across various and diverse policy issues, about to communicate with a common language and support each other towards a common objective of inclusive, transparent, evidence-based policy systems.

Policy to Advance Food Security and Inclusive Agricultural Growth - Participant Manual6.15 MB

Policy to Advance Food Security and Inclusive Agricultural Growth - PowerPoint9.70 MB

Audience

This course is designed for select USAID staff, including mission policy points of contact.

Learning Objectives

Articulate the importance of policy for achieving the objectives of GFSS and supporting countries on the journey to self-reliance.
Describe a policy system, its changing context, and its components: policy agenda, institutional architecture and mutual accountability.
Improve ability to recognize where there is an opportunity for policy and when policy is a solution to a constraint.
- Describe the entry points to improving the system to move the policy agenda forward.
- Determine if and when there is sufficient evidence that supports policy best practices.
Understand the diversity of policy stakeholders, how to assess capacities and support their roles.
Apply tools to frame and structure policy support programs within your area.
Develop a plan to implement ‘best fit’ practices for addressing your own country/region policy needs and opportunities.