Marisol Pierce-Quinonez

United States Knowledge Management Specialist KDAD Project ~ Insight Systems

Marisol Pierce-Quinonez is a Knowledge Management Specialist for the Feed the Future KDAD project. Mari is the Activity Lead for knowledge sharing events like the Ag Sector Council Seminars, #AskAg Twitter Chats, and various other webinars. She is in charge of maintaining the Agrilinks library and event pages. Prior to joining the Feed the Future KDAD team she worked with several NGOs in Massachusetts to collectively improve the domestic food system.  Marisol holds an MS in Agricultural Policy and an MA in Urban & Environmental Planning, both from Tufts University, and spends a ton of time in her garden.

Latest Submissions

Worker learning how to use olive pitting machine
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Olives, Tractors, and Healthy Birds: The Farmer-to-Farmer Program

Dec 11, 2013 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave Public Information Center (Room M17/M18) Washington, District of Columbia, United States
USAID has a long history of supporting voluntary services and private citizen engagement in international development work. Such volunteer services are cost-effective and draw on practical, real-world experience in commercial...
Farmers learn how to calibrate sprayers during a training course on wheat cropping hosted by CIMMYT in Mexico
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Scaling Agricultural Technologies: Bringing Research to Farmers and the Market

Jul 24, 2013 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Rooms M-17 & M-18, located on the Mezzanine Level Washington, District of Columbia, 20012, United States
USAID's Administrator Raj Shah has challenged USAID Missions and partners to reach more smallholder farmers with promising agricultural technologies. The development and adaptation of new technologies is often the purview...
Two people with baskets of citrus fruit.
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The Importance of Horticulture Research and Development to the Feed the Future Initiative

May 29, 2013 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, Public Information Center (Room M17/M18) Washington, 20012, United States
How can horticulture help improve the health of women and children in the developing world? More than two billion people in developing countries – the vast majority of whom are...