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Agriculture, nutrition and health are intricately linked. Investments in agriculture lead to better nutrition for families, improve health and well-being, and boost food security.

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Demand-Driven Breeding through a Gender Lens: Experiences from Zimbabwe

Over 60% of women in Zimbabwe are involved in farming common beans. The different roles played by men and women are considered in the breeding process as they influence bean...

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Patricia Onyango

Mar 26, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Gender Nutrition Resilience
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Global Survey on Program Experiences with Family Engagement for Improved Nutrition

Share your programmatic experiences in engaging family members in addition to mothers (such as grandmothers, fathers and others) to improve maternal, child and adolescent nutrition.

USAID Advancing Nutrition

Mar 26, 2021
Gender Nutrition
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Aligning Food Security and Food Safety

"Imagine a world in which everyone is well-nourished and no one goes to bed hungry." Focusing on food safety as a cornerstone of a modernized, responsible food system is essential.

Rishi Banerjee

Mar 19, 2021
Food Safety Gender Nutrition
an old pair of jeans being used as a microgarden for growing food

Women Are Creating Food Security in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya

Women in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya are creating food security; an undertaking that might seem impossible. Think microgardens using recycled items like blue jeans!

Angela Pashayan

Mar 12, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition Resilience
Raw millet grains

Making Crop Improvement Work for National Programs

The Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement is committed to empowering national agricultural research institutes to come together to find sustainable solutions to the problems they face.

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement

Mar 11, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition Resilience Youth
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The Enabling Environment for Animal Source Foods Market Systems: Technical Summary

Access the full suite of resources from EEFS on the enabling environment for animal source food, including the technical report, learning note, blogs, webinar series and learning videos.

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Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security

Mar 09, 2021
Markets and Trade Nutrition Policy and Governance
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How Climate Change Intertwines with Inequity to Erode Nutrition

Equity is a fundamental component of climate change and nutrition research, says new paper co-authored by CCAFS scientists.

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security CCAFS

Feb 19, 2021
Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition
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An Enabling Environment to Expand Trade in Fortified Foods

Evidence-based policymaking to support nutrition requires a comprehensive enabling environment review of national and regional policies for key fortified foods.

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Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security

Feb 16, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Nutrition Policy and Governance
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Fish Smokers and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Risks in Senegal

In Senegal, fish processing groups use a traditional smoking method that produces high levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are recognized as carcinogenic when consumed.

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Business Drivers for Food Safety

Feb 08, 2021
Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Nutrition
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Notice of Funding Opportunity: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Systems for Nutrition

USAID is seeking concept notes from qualified entities to implement the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Systems for Nutrition. The concept note deadline is Monday, March 8.

Julie MacCartee

Feb 05, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade Nutrition Resilience Opportunities

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Overview of FTF Target Setting for the Prevalence of Poverty in the Mission’s Zone of Influence

Jan 17, 2013 Online Eastern Standard Time, United States
To view a recording of this training, please click on the "Webinar Recording" link to the right. The run time is approximately one hour. As described in the Feed the...
Nutrition Policy and Governance
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Animal Source Foods and Child Cognitive Development: A USAID Success Story of University Research to Private Sector Implementation

Nov 14, 2012 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, Room M17/M18 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Animal source foods (ASF), which contain high concentrations of complete protein and readily-available micronutrients, can make a strong positive impact on children in developing countries. At this seminar, Montague Demment...
Gender Markets and Trade Nutrition
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Twitter Chat: Feed the Future Learning Agenda

Sep 19, 2012 Online United States

Please join us for a discussion on the purpose and use of the Learning Agenda and to learn more about what Feed the Future has planned to contribute to the...

Gender Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience
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Fishing for the Future: The Why and How of Nature’s Most Abundant Protein Source

Jul 25, 2012 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room M17/18 (Public Information Center) Washington, District of Columbia, United States
As fisheries globally are on the verge of collapse due to overfishing, effects of global climate change, ocean acidification, and marine pollution, the donor community is faced with a perfect...
Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Nutrition
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Cereals and Ag Development: For the Health of It!

Jun 27, 2012 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room M17/18 (Public Information Center) Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Various cereals are grown around the world and have assorted purposes. Some are prominently supported in agriculture development projects whereas others are ignored. Certain uses of cereal grains have come...

Agricultural Productivity Nutrition
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Setting Investment Priorities for Achieving Poverty Reduction and Food Security

May 30, 2012 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room M17/18 (Public Information Center) Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Ensuring access to nutritious and healthy food for everybody in the world will become increasingly challenging as resources have become more limited and competition for their use has grown. Public...

Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition
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A Series on Integrating Climate Change & NRM into Feed the Future #2

Apr 07, 2011 The QED Group LLC 1250 Eye St. NW 11th Floor Washington, District of Columbia, 2005, United States

This Feed the Future CSO Stakeholder Meeting, "Integrating Natural Resource Management and Climate Change to Achieve Feed the Future Objectives" was the second in a series of events on incorporating...

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Nutrition Policy and Governance
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Nutrition Integration into Feed The Future

Jan 06, 2011 The QED Group LLC 1250 Eye St. NW 11th Floor Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States

The Feed the Future (FTF) Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Stakeholder Consultation Meeting, focused on nutrition intergration, featured a presentation by Laura Birx, USAID Bureau for Food Security; Jim Hazen, USAID...

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Education and Extension Nutrition Policy and Governance
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Empowering Marginalized Youth Through Training in Agriculture and Literacy: Lessons from the USAID/Nepal Education for Income Generation Program

Dec 01, 2010 The QED Group LLC 1250 Eye St. NW 11th Floor Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States

USAID/Nepal’s Education for Income Generation (EIG) Program integrated approach combines market driven high value agricultural training with an applied literacy course for marginalized youth. The literacy course covers health, nutrition...

Youth Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition
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Agriculture and Nutrition: Making the Connections

Jun 09, 2010 The QED Group LLC 1250 Eye St. NW 11th Floor Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States

A presentation on why nutrition matters as a central development issue, understanding the causes of undernutrition, lessons on program design for agriculture, food security and nutrition programs, and specific examples...

Agricultural Productivity Nutrition

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