Madeline Franklin

United States Communications and Assessment Specialist Feed the Future Knowledge Driven Agriculture Development Project

As a project coordinator for the Knowledge Driven Agricultural Development Project, I support knowledge sharing and learning activities for the Agrilinks community. I further support the USAID Bureau for Food Security on evaluation and training activities. In addition, I work with the USAID Office for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment on their knowledge management strategy. 

Latest Submissions

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The Informal Seed Sector: A Behind the Seeds Look

Nov 12, 2015 Oceanic Room, Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
Many smallholder farmers rely on local seed varieties to produce staple food crops. Distributed through informal systems, farmers select varieties based on a number of factors including environmental considerations, socioeconomic...
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Help WEAI Help You: New Opportunities to Utilize the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Sep 16, 2015 Oceanic Room, Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is the first comprehensive and standardized measure to directly capture women’s empowerment and inclusion levels in the agricultural sector. Since its launch in...
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Ask Ag About... M&E for Gender Integration

Sep 10, 2015 online
Measuring the impact of gender integration is vital to ensuring that agriculture and food security projects make contributions towards women’s empowerment and sustainable food security outcomes. Join this month’s “Ask...
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Creating Policies for Scaling Smallholder Access to Quality Seed

Jun 24, 2015 Oceanic Room, Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
The production of quality seed requires high technical expertise and specific equipment and infrastructure. In many developing countries, this is undertaken by the public sector’s breeding institutions. Unfortunately, these institutions...
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#AskAg: Digging into Soils

Jan 21, 2015 online
Soil is integral to life. It provides a multitude of ecosystem services including nutrient cycling, water and pollutant filtration, and carbon sequestration. Soil biodiversity alone—which provides benefits like waste recycling...
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Changing Agricultural Aid Through Understanding Farmer Seed Systems

Oct 09, 2014 The Willard Office Building, The International Room, Suite 800 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., (Entrance on F Street) Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
A better understanding of farmer seed systems can ease transitions from emergency to longer-term agricultural development programs. Understanding how farmers source seeds is key to commercializing and promoting adoption of...