USAID staff have drafted two papers to give e-Consultation participants additional information to help guide the conversation. They are:A literature review that gives an overview of some of the principles of Sustainable Intensification A short summary that provides more context on why USAID is ...read more

Abstract: Pesticides, bed nets, and malaria medications are not affordable to farmers in remote villages in Mali and other materialresource poor countries. When provided without cost, preventatives often do not reach remote villages. If they do, the rationale for their use is not fully understood b...read more

Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to welcome you to an e-consultation on sustainable intensification sponsored by USAID’s Bureau for Food Security. Over the next two days, we invite you, our U.S. and global partners, to think together with us and offer your suggestions about a new U.S. Unive...read more

Rigorous science and effective data management questions Farming systems research requires the collection, analysis, and management of data from multiple scales, on a range of biophysical and socio-economic variables, and across a number of research organizations. Research involving such comple...read more

A unique partnership between U.S. universities, developing country institutions, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs) address issues of hunger and poverty through science and technology. The CRSPs are funde...read more