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Individuals participate more fully in the development process when they have the skills and knowledge they need to share and learn. Institutions and training are key to their success.

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Core Guiding Principles of a Food Control System Series: Part 5

Having access to a safe food supply is vital to ensuring that the greater global community can receive the essential energy and nutrients necessary to lead healthy and fruitful lives.

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Food Safety Network

Jul 20, 2021
Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
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Exploring the Role of Artificial Intelligence and Automation on Agrifood Systems

Digital Frontiers seeking industry comments through Request for Information.

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Digital Frontiers: Digital for Resilience and Food Security

Jul 16, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Markets and Trade Nutrition Resilience Opportunities
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Ground-Truth Visits Inform Efforts to Promote Aquaculture

Recent ground-truth visits in Nigeria helped to develop a knowledge base on agroecological wetlands suitable for integrated rice-fish farming as a part of a Innovation Lab for Fish project.

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Jul 14, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension
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Structural Transformation of African and Asian Agriculture and Rural Spaces Fellows Program Announces New Request for Proposals

The objective is to build and reinforce an effective policy research culture within African and Asian policy research organizations that can help build and sustain research capacity.

Agrilinks Team

Jul 14, 2021
Education and Extension Opportunities
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Core Guiding Principles of a Food Control System Series: Part 4

Assuring domestic food safety is becoming increasingly challenging with the growing demand and complexity of agricultural production and trade.

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Food Safety Network

Jul 13, 2021
Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
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Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) Awards for Scientific Excellence

The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) is pleased to announce the Call for Nominations: 2021 BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab.

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Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)

Jul 12, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Food Safety Gender Nutrition Resilience Opportunities
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Core Guiding Principles of a Food Control System: Part 3

In this third of an eight-part series, Food Safety Network continues their exploration of the 16 core guiding principles of a food control system.

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Food Safety Network

Jul 06, 2021
Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
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Fall Armyworm Mitigation: Learning Modules for Trainers of Smallholder Farmers in Africa

The "Fall Armyworm Mitigation: Learning Modules for Trainers of Smallholder Farmers in Africa" are designed to facilitate the training of smallholder farmers on management of fall armyworm.

Elizabeth Laferriere

Jun 30, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension
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Core Guiding Principles of a Food Control System: Part 2

In this second of an eight-part series, Food Safety Network continues their exploration of the 16 core guiding principles of a food control system.

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Food Safety Network

Jun 28, 2021
Education and Extension Food Safety Policy and Governance
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Fish4Zambia: Research Among Men and Women Fishers, Processors and Sellers

The Fish4Zambia team released an executive summary which concluded that increasing women’s participation in activities like fishing may expand women's economic opportunities.

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Jun 25, 2021
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Fertilizer Subsidies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Smart Policy or Political Trap?

Mar 25, 2015 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Meridian Room Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

Fertilizer application rates in Sub-Saharan Africa stand at a tiny fraction of their levels in other parts of the developing world. In response, a number of countries have implemented fertilizer...

Education and Extension Policy and Governance
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#AskAg: Peace Corps Volunteers Feeding the Future

Feb 24, 2015 online
Twitter users around the world joined us Tuesday, Feb. 24 for a lively conversation about on-the-ground work in farming communities. Participants shared their stories and examples, and asked our panel...
Education and Extension Policy and Governance
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Smallholder Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management

Jan 28, 2015 Ronald Reagan Building Oceanic Room A/B, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

Degraded soils and the lack of sound soil management practices can result in yield loss that affects smallholder farmer livelihoods. To prevent soil degradation, some agricultural development programs promote practices...

Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Policy and Governance
NRCS Soil Health Campaign
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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...
Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension
Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services with Diverse Partners and ICT
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Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services with Diverse Partners and ICT

Nov 12, 2014 online

Modern extension services in emerging economies are more diverse than ever. An increasing number of services are supported by private sector interests and many are still provided through donor-funded, time-limited...

Education and Extension Policy and Governance
Doing Mobile Tech for Ag Better: A New Handbook to Help
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Doing Mobile Tech for Ag Better: A New Handbook to Help

Nov 06, 2014 online

All over the world, the development community is abuzz about the potential for using mobile phones to improve development outcomes. With around half of the world’s population already owning a...

Education and Extension Markets and Trade
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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...

Agricultural Productivity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Education and Extension
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Increasing Feed the Future Impacts through Targeted Gender Integration

Aug 20, 2014 Online Washington, District of Columbia, United States

This webinar from the USAID Bureau for Food Security (BFS) re-introduced the Gender Integration Framework (GIF) as a tool to advance program design that promotes the Feed the Future objectives...

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Education and Extension Gender
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#AskAg Twitter Chat: Knowledge Gaps to Scaling Ag Tech

Apr 29, 2014 online
A current call to arms in the development world is to "scale up what works." Though it seems obvious that we should be scaling up the efforts that are working...
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Education and Extension
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Agricultural Research for Impact: Partnering with Feed the Future Innovation Labs

Apr 23, 2014 The QED Group, LLC 1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 1100 Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States

Behind every great agricultural innovation, there are researchers dedicated to helping the world achieve food security. One of the pillars of the Feed the Future Initiative is a robust research...

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Education and Extension Policy and Governance

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