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Leveraging the Core Guiding Principles to Modernize One’s Food Safety Control System

It is vital to constantly assess and review one’s practices and process to ensure that there are no gaps in the current system that could increase the risk for illness...

Food Safety Network

Aug 05, 2021

Core Guiding Principles of a Food Control System Series: Part 6

From farm to table, national food control systems protect the health of consumers from food hazards that exist throughout the life cycle of food products.

Food Safety Network

Jul 29, 2021

Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

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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.

Food Safety Network

Jul 20, 2021

Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

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.

Food Safety Network

Jul 13, 2021

Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

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.

Food Safety Network

Jul 06, 2021

Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

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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.

Food Safety Network

Jun 28, 2021

Education and Extension Food Safety Policy and Governance

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Core Guiding Principles of a Food Control System: Part 1

Food Safety Network is releasing an eight-part blog series on different technical topics from the Food Safety Distance Learning Module, focusing on core guiding principles of a food control system.

Food Safety Network

Jun 21, 2021

Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

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What is the U.S. Codex Office’s Role in Safe Food and Why Does it Matter?

This year’s World Food Safety Day theme is "food safety is everyone’s business." One group is focused on the business of science-based food standards to protect consumer health.

Food Safety Network

Jun 18, 2021

Food Safety Policy and Governance

The Core Guiding Principles of a Modern Food Safety Control System: An Eight-Part Blog Series

During Food Safety Month, FSN is releasing an eight-part blog series on different technical topics from the Food Safety Distance Learning Module.

Food Safety Network

Jun 08, 2021

Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

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Invasive Alien Species Costs Africa’s Agriculture Sector $3.6 Trillion a Year

CABI has conducted the first comprehensive study on the economic impact of a range of invasive alien species on Africa’s agricultural sector, estimated to be $3.6 trillion a year.

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Jun 04, 2021

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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...

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A Tool for Prioritizing Climate-Smart Agriculture Investments

Jun 16, 2016 online

Climate-smart agriculture is on the agenda of many development practitioners in the agriculture/food security community, but it is often misunderstood. Investing in climate-smart agriculture isn't a one-size-fits-all approach, and closely-held...

Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension 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...

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Ask Ag About… Working with Farmer Groups

May 18, 2016 online

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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...

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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...

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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...

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Education and Extension Markets and Trade Policy and Governance Climate and Natural Resources Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Opportunities

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Resources from the Climate-Smart Agriculture GLEE, Zambia

Mar 13, 2016 to Mar 16, 2016 Lusaka, Zambia

March's Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (GLEE) took place in Lusaka, Zambia. The USAID Bureau for Food Security, in collaboration with the USAID/Zambia Mission and others, planned this...

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

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Operational Implications of Integrating Climate Smart Agriculture into Feed the Future Activities

Feb 18, 2016 online

Climate-Smart Agriculture is one of the three cross-cutting themes within the Feed the Future initiative along with environment and gender. Global consensus is coalescing around the Climate-Smart Agriculture approach and...

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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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