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Food Safety

Food safety is not only a public health issue; it is also a market development and trade issue for developed and developing countries alike.

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Four dairy farmers in Lebanon stand in front of a structure that provides relief from the elements.

Livestock Experts Offer Tips to Spur Economic Growth in Lebanon’s Struggling Livestock Sector

In the wake of persisting food insecurity in Lebanon, the Farmer-to-Farmer program recruited three volunteer experts to tackle dairy production opportunities and challenges in the country. Here are their recommendations.

Charbel Abou Haidar

Feb 02, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Nutrition Resilience Youth
A group photo of approximately 36 people standing up and sitting in chairs. They are in a field next to a hotel.

Providing Technical Expertise to Help Implement the Plant Health Strategy for Africa

CABI is providing technical expertise to help the Inter-African Phytosanitary Council of the African Union implement the Plant Health Strategy for Africa with the goal of increasing food security in...

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Jan 24, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience
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Indonesia Prepares to Face Future Epidemics by Institutionalizing a “One Health” Approach

A USAID project is helping Indonesia address emerging infectious diseases with an approach that encompasses human health and the agricultural and wildlife sectors.
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William Corley

Jan 17, 2023
Climate and Natural Resources Food Safety Policy and Governance
The workers process dairy products in a laboratory setting in Bangladesh.

Reducing Food Loss: Lessons from Bangladesh’s Dairy Sector

In Bangladesh, about 5.5 percent of food produced is lost or wasted. Read more about how a Feed the Future activity is working to ensure a greater standard of hygiene...

ACDI / VOCA

Jan 10, 2023
Food Safety Nutrition
Sprinklers water a field with windmills in the background.

The Heart of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus? Reducing Food Loss and Waste

As the development community continues to embrace multi-sectoral strategies and consider the food system as a whole, we must appreciate the interconnectedness of food, water, and climate. We also must...
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Oliver Haugland

Dec 23, 2022
Food Safety
Taabia’s photo was taken while helping with the analysis of the oyster samples.

Does Heavy Metal Contamination Threaten Oysters' Potential as a Rich Source of Micronutrients?

The Fish Innovation Lab discovered that there are high levels of mercury in oysters as well as contamination with arsenic, cadmium and lead.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Dec 23, 2022
Food Safety Gender Nutrition Resilience
Vegetables in a Nigerian Traditional Market

Bringing Food Safety into the Nutrition World

What does food safety have to do with nutrition? That was the question motivating a symposium held in early December at the International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), the largest global...
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Feed the Future’s EatSafe: Evidence and Action Towards Safe, Nutritious Food

Dec 23, 2022
Food Safety Nutrition
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The Feed the Future Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab: Request for Applications!

The Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab's Request for Applications (RFA) is now open and is accepting concept notes at this time!
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Maha Sheikh

Dec 22, 2022
Food Safety Nutrition Policy and Governance Opportunities
tomato rotting on vine

Food Loss and Waste Reduction and Affordability of Safe, Nutritious Diets

FLW-reducing technologies and innovations can have huge positive impacts on economies, poverty and hunger and diet quality, but do we have the resources and the will to invest in these...

Ahmed Kablan

Dec 19, 2022
Food Safety
A woman stands in a field with shrubs surrounding her and mountains in the background. Photo: Sonya Daly.

Controlling Russian Knapweed with Host-Specific Wasps and Midges

Russian knapweed (Rhaponticum repens) is a nonnative weed in the western United States. It was introduced in the late 1800s and is now invading and degrading cropland, rangeland, riparian areas...

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Dec 16, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Food Safety Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance Resilience

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A member of Turwanyinzara Cooperative at Nyamasheke District drying small, fresh fish - known as isambaza - to deliver across key sectors of the district.
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Private Sector Impacts on Food Security and Nutrition: Examples from Bangladesh & Rwanda

Oct 27, 2022 online
A panel of practitioners to discuss how the private sector can supplement public sector interventions in the agricultural sector.
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Diverse Nutritious Vegetables on Sale in a Market in Bangladesh
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Increasing Food Security Through Safe, Nutritious Diets

Jun 23, 2022 online
Exploring the links between food safety programming and impacts on availability, access, and affordability of safe and nutritious food. 
Food Safety
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Crops to End Hunger: Accelerating Seed Delivery through Sustainable Seed Systems

Jul 15, 2021 online
Identifying approaches and making recommendations that will diversify the range of publicly bred crop varieties available to smallholder farmers and increase varietal turnover through commercial channels.
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade
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Feed the Future Business Drivers for Food Safety – Cool ‘n Clean Approach in Senegal

Jun 09, 2021 online
Temperature control and food hygiene are vital for keeping food safe as it moves through the food system. Disruption of the cold chain and poor hygiene practices during food handling...
Food Safety Markets and Trade
Fall Armyworm in maize
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Supporting the Management of Fall Armyworm in Africa and Asia: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Jun 18, 2020 online
Fall Armyworm (FAW) is an invasive and damaging pest endemic to the Americas that is spreading across Africa and Asia, particularly targeting maize, a vital staple crop. FAW will have...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety
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Securing the Harvest: Post-harvest Strategies to Increase Resilience

Apr 30, 2020 online
In developing countries, as much as one-third of a season’s harvest is lost along the value chain from harvest to consumption. For grain alone, more is lost in sub-Saharan Africa...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety
African Maize attacked by Fall Armyworm
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Pesticides: Safety, Efficacy and Access

Sep 05, 2018 online
In the wake of fall armyworm's devastating effects on African agriculture, farmers are turning to pesticides as a means to combat the pest. Unfortunately, pesticides are not always well targeted...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Resilience
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Fall Armyworm Dissemination Tools from USAID

Aug 29, 2018 online
USAID’s Bureau for Food Security is working in partnership with experts from around the world to develop a set of tools to assist countries in addressing the Fall Armyworm. This...
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Food Safety Resilience
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Technologies for Managing Fall Armyworm and Lessons from Brazil

Aug 22, 2018 online
Fall Armyworm is here to stay. So, what can be done to address this threat to food security and farmer incomes? A key to effective management of FAW is farmer...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Resilience
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues to Achieving the Global Food Security Strategy: Cases on Fall Armyworm and Aflatoxin

Jun 20, 2018 online
Unsafe food threatens public health and undermines food security at local, regional and global levels. The benefits of extensive development activities targeting food insecurity are drained away when food products...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Resilience

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