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John Greisberger

United States QED Group, LLC

Latest Submissions

Risk Management: How Can Risk Transfer Help?

Jul 07, 2011 Chaska, MN, United States
At previous events, we have discussed methods such as conservation agriculture and natural resources management that help smallholders to reduce risk. In addition to these, building savings can help farmers...

Update on Measuring the Impact of Feed the Future

Jun 02, 2011 The QED Group LLC 1250 Eye St. NW , 11th Floor Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States
The President’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI), titled "Feed the Future (FTF),” has the overarching goal of sustainably reducing global poverty and hunger. To implement FTF, the United...

Poverty Reduction and Food Security Despite High Food Price Volatility

May 20, 2011 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room M17/18 Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
Rapid progress is being made in designing and launching Feed the Future programs amid significant budgetary and world commodity market changes. What can be done to ensure that these programs...

Index Insurance to Enhance Productivity and Incomes for Small-scale Agricultural and Pastoral Households: The Livestock Insurance Pilot in Northern Kenya

May 11, 2011 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room M17/18 Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
A Series on Integrating Climate Change & Natural Resource Management into Feed the Future #5 For many rural households, uninsured risk means that they can’t get ahead for falling behind...

A Consultation on the Food Security and Agriculture Grand Challenge for Development

May 05, 2011 The QED Group LLC 1250 Eye St. NW , 11th Floor Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States
USAID has begun to define Grand Challenges for Development to focus global attention on specific development outcomes based on transformational, scalable, and sustainable change. As part of this process USAID...