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Agricultural Productivity

By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9.7 billion. Farmers, already challenged to produce more food, need new tools and technologies to keep pace.

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Resilience Design for Water and Landscapes: The Story of the Sponge Village of Atego

The story of how agroecosystems can be restored to provide local, organic food abundance while buffering communities from extreme climate events and economic shocks and stresses.

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Jenny Morgan

Sep 10, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition Resilience Youth
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Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteers Support Business Development Plans for a Cooperative in Peru

Cooperativa Agraria Monte Azul was founded in 2015 in Peru by small landholders to overcome issues in production and commercialization of coffee and cacao so members can access bigger markets.

NCBA CLUSA

Sep 09, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Markets and Trade
The Life Project Approach in Burkina Faso; a woman is standing in front of a group of people giving a presentation

Burkinabé Youth Reenvision the Concept of “Career”

Have you ever thought about your career as a lifelong project? That’s how over 2,000 young people in western Burkina Faso define their professional journey.

Becky Neely

Sep 08, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Markets and Trade Youth
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Youth Programming Across Contexts: The Journey to Employment

In the Feed the Future Senegal Youth in Agriculture program, 4-H clubs help youth build life skills, relationships and hands-on learning that will prepare them for future employment opportunities.

Sara Hendery

Sep 07, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Youth
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Farmer-to-Farmer Assignment Helps a Co-op in Peru Grow Higher Yields and Positively Impact Communities

Cooperativa Agraria Allima Cacao, founded in San Martin, Peru, in 2002 to support small-scale cocoa producers has turned the crop into a more profitable and enticing industry for the area.

NCBA CLUSA

Sep 03, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension
People sit in chairs around a man who is showing them a grain storage bag at a farmer training.

Youth in Action: Connecting with Kenyan Farmers to Safeguard Their Crops

Youth promoters worked with Bell Industries to help the company sell PICS bags, an innovative grain storage solution that prevents post-harvest loss, to smallholder farmers in Kenya.

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Sep 02, 2021
Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Markets and Trade Resilience Youth
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The Importance of Import Risk Analysis in Protecting Animal Health

This blog is the third in a six-part series focused on select topics related to animal health and emergency preparedness and response.

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Food Safety Network

Aug 31, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
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Rwanda on the Path to Self-Sustainability with Improved Seed for Major Crops

Support from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the Rwandese government and private seed companies in the country were able to advance seed production and multiplication capacity.

Agrilinks Team

Aug 27, 2021
Agricultural Productivity
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Increasing Long-Term Resilience and Building a Sustainable Irrigation Framework for Nepal’s Feed the Future Zone

Timely, robust and efficient irrigation can increase agricultural productivity, livelihoods and resilience, especially in the wake of the disruptions and socioeconomic changes caused by COVID-19.

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Anton Urfels

Aug 27, 2021
Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Policy and Governance Resilience
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Impact of COVID-19 Agriculture Extension Services: Implications for Female Farmers

Gender plays an important role in determining access to agricultural information and extension; however, gender-responsive extension services continue to be inadequate in Nepal and South Asia.

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Cynthia Carmona

Aug 25, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Gender

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Women Without Borders: Gender and Informal Cross-Border Trade

Mar 08, 2017 online

March 8, 2017 Around 70 to 80 percent of informal cross-border traders (ICBT) in the southern Africa region are women. Although cross-border trade helps many women become economically empowered, it...

Markets and Trade Gender Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Food Safety
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Not All Seed Is Declared Equal: Improving Access

Feb 28, 2017 The City Club of Washington DC 555 13th St NW Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

Seed is the single most important agricultural input of crop production, but not all seed is equally accessible and/or available. Agrilinks, Microlinks and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance...

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition
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Ask Ag About... Positive Youth Development

Feb 22, 2017 online

Involving youth in agriculture has become a major focus in development, as many countries continue to struggle with youth unemployment. Join this month's Ask Ag Online Chat, where the Feed...

Youth Education and Extension Gender Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance
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Ask Ag About... How Food Systems Need to Adapt as Populations Shift and Grow

Jan 26, 2017 online

As urbanization continues to skyrocket in cities across the globe, the role of rural agricultural production to feed urban populations becomes increasingly difficult. Join this month’s Ask Ag online chat...

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Youth
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Webinar: Addressing Food Safety in Animal Source Foods for Improved Nutrition

Jan 25, 2017 online

January 25, 2017 This is the third event in the Livestock & Household Nutrition Learning Series, convened by Land O’Lakes International Development and the International Livestock Research Institute and funded...

Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Nutrition Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience
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Increasing Genetic Gains for Food Security in the Developing World: Identifying innovative solutions to legumes, roots, tubers and bananas breeding

Jan 11, 2017 to Jan 27, 2017 Online Discussion Right here on this event page! Washington, District of Columbia, United States
This AgExchange is being held in conjunction with a USAID-sponsored session on January 17 at the Plant & Animal Genome Conference XXIV.The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Food...
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Nutrition Policy and Governance Gender
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Strengthening Early Generation Seed Systems in Africa and Beyond

Dec 14, 2016 Ronald Reagan Building - Oceanic Room 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C., 20004, United States

Feed the Future has, along with partners, recently unearthed some powerful findings on how to make systems for producing and delivering breeder and foundation seed (aka early generation seed) work...

Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
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Relationships for Resilience: Understanding and Integrating Gender and Nutrition in CSA

Dec 08, 2016 online

The Agrilinks team will host a webinar component of the Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (CSA-GLEE) session, Why Does Addressing Gender and Nutrition Matter for Climate-Smart Agriculture?, and...

Climate and Natural Resources Gender Nutrition Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Youth
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Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (CSA-GLEE), Cambodia

Dec 05, 2016 to Dec 09, 2016 Angkor Paradise Hotel National Road No.6, Phum Sala Kanseng Sangkat Svay Dangkoum, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The December 2016 Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (CSA-GLEE) is being held in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The USAID Bureau for Food Security, in collaboration with the USAID/Cambodia Mission...
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance Education and Extension Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
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Breaking Barriers: Integrating Gender and Nutrition Into Extension Services

Nov 16, 2016 online

Extension professionals are fully committed to improving rural livelihoods and strengthening communities, but there is still a great need across the board to better integrate gender and nutrition into their...

Education and Extension Gender Nutrition Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade

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