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The “3 Rs” of Promoting Women’s Engagement in Food Systems

Women are active participants in food systems, but their contributions are not always recognized. World Vision proposes a “3 Rs” approach to partnering with women for sustainable food systems.

Chloe Bass

Aug 17, 2021

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The Return on Investment of Social Inclusion: An Evidence Gap Analysis from Developing Countries

MSP analyzed evidence on return on investment for social inclusion in developing countries. Check out key evidence gaps and quality issues, and recommendations for future research to close these gaps.

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Erin Markel

Friederike Strub

Aug 16, 2021

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New PlantwisePlus Program Launched to Help Farmers Produce More and Higher-Quality Food

A new, worldwide program has been launched to help support low and lower-middle income countries to predict, prepare themselves for and prevent plant health threats in a changing climate.

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Aug 10, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience Youth

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Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Learning Agenda

USAID is investing in five core areas of learning to advance market systems development and private sector engagement under its Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Activity.

Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Activity

Aug 04, 2021

Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Resilience

How Acceso and Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation are Transforming El Salvador’s Agricultural Sector

Thanks to an innovative approach by Acceso, with Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation, smallholder vegetable producers are equipped to connect to the country’s agricultural opportunities.

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Jul 30, 2021

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Nutrition Resilience

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A Holistic Approach to Reforestation in Haiti

Between 2017 and 2021, Chemonics International worked to address key drivers of deforestation in Northern Haiti through the USAID Reforestation Project.

Jennifer Plantin

Jul 21, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Resilience

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.

Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)

Jul 12, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Food Safety Gender Nutrition Resilience Opportunities

VALUE4HER Initiative Influencing a Gender-Friendly Business Environment for Women in Agribusiness

The VALUE4HER initiative is powered by VALUE4HERConnect, Africa’s first women in agribusiness digital marketplace, that offers integrated business solutions to female-led companies.

Agrilinks Team

Jul 09, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Gender

Pathways to Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa

A female farmer's group in rural Mozambique is reporting increased income after joining the agroindustry business by purchasing eight grain harvesters for leasing to farmers cultivating soybean, beans and maize...

Agrilinks Team

Jul 07, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Gender

The AgUnity blockchain-based app tracks AIVs from the producer to the end consumer.

Smartphone App Tracks African Indigenous Vegetables for Improved Food Safety in Western Kenya

A blockchain-based app is helping to increase consumption and demand of African indigenous vegetables (AIV) in western Kenya.

Sara Hendery

Jul 01, 2021

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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...

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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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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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Yes, G-CAN! Endorsing Food Security With Gender-Responsive and Climate-Resilient Agriculture

Nov 10, 2016 online

Join this special webinar and discover how the Feed the Future Gender-Sensitive Climate-Smart Agriculture for Nutrition (G-CAN) initiative aims to support USAID on the new Global Food Security Strategy. Specifically...

Gender Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity

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From Citizen Security to Food Security: A cross-sector discussion of violence in Central America

Jun 20, 2016 online

The high prevalence of violence in Central America is a major human and institutional development challenge that the Feed the Future project, Innovation for Agricultural Training and Education (InnovATE), has...

Youth Education and Extension Gender Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Policy and Governance

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Research in Action: Insights about Loyalty and Governance in Farmer-Based Organizations

May 25, 2016 online

One of the major challenges for producer-owned cooperatives, farmer organizations and out-grower schemes alike is the lack of farmer loyalty exemplified by side selling to other entities. Although loyalty plays...

Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Policy and Governance Gender

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Enabling the Business of Agriculture

May 12, 2016 online

This webinar covered the World Bank Group's newly released report, Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2016: Comparing regulatory good practices. During the webinar, presenters: Recapped the objectives and methodology of...

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Markets and Trade Policy and Governance Resilience Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade

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Interactive Voice Response: Its Growing Role in Agricultural Extension Services

Apr 14, 2016 online

From India and Ethiopia to Malawi and Madagascar, interactive voice response (IVR) is increasingly being used by agricultural extension services. Often detested by Americans because of overuse in customer service...

Agricultural Productivity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Education and Extension Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience Youth

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Scaling Up Input Technology and Input Access: Clues from Zambia

Mar 24, 2016 City Club of Washington, Washington Room 555 13th St NW Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

"Scaling Up of Drought-Tolerant Maize in Zambia" explored two new studies on Zambia that review different aspects of the agricultural input supply market evolution. This event was the first of...

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Building Linkages in Agricultural Education and Training through Systems Thinking

Feb 17, 2016 Ronald Reagan Building, Oceanic Room 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

The application of systems thinking to agricultural education and training (AET) is critical to sustainable agricultural development. By understanding complete AET systems and the connections within them, practitioners can account...

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