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Strengthening the ability of local and national governments to understand complex challenges, collaborate, and use data for decision making leads to policies that are good for individuals and communities.

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Data Systems: Multipurpose Solutions for Sustainability

February is Data Systems for Sustainable Growth Month!

Anna Brenes

Feb 01, 2021
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The Enabling Environment for Food Traceability System Success

EEFS assesses the enabling environment for food traceability systems to guide evidence-based investment decisions for USAID, implementing partners and food operators.

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EEFS Project

Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security

Jan 26, 2021
Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
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Limitations of Quantitative Scoring of the Enabling Environment: Is Doing Business Worth Saving?

Coupling quantitative data scoring indices with qualitative analysis will help ensure data are used rather than abused.

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Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security

Jan 25, 2021
Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
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Countdown to 2025: Recommitting to Goals for Agricultural Growth in Malabo

Despite emerging setbacks, the countdown is on toward 2025, focused on agricultural growth in Malabo and meeting key goals. The recent 16th Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform...

Shannon Sarbo

Jan 15, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance
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More Free Trade of Safe Food Products for Africa

AfCFTA will unite 55 African countries to create the largest free trade area in the world, with the potential to lift more than 30 million people out of extreme poverty...

Emma Aspell

Lee Gross

Jan 15, 2021
Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
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Bangladeshi Farmers: Technology to the Rescue?

Like many other farmers around the world, farmers in Bangladesh want technology that is accessible, makes sense for their context, and is readily sustainable.

Agrilinks Team

Jan 12, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance
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Role of Government in Rural and Agri-Finance: Transitioning to Private Sector Involvement

Briefing note builds on previous analysis of the stages of agricultural finance to interrogate more deeply the transition from government-led to more bank-led agricultural finance.

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ISF Advisors

Jan 07, 2021
Policy and Governance
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Welcome to ICTforAg 2020 Theme Month

This month, we look forward to continuing the important conversations started at ICTforAg 2020. You can expect to see blog posts covering the wide range of topics that were discussed...

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Alana McGinty

Araba Sapara-Grant

Jan 04, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Markets and Trade Policy and Governance Resilience
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Knowledge-Based Food Systems for Economic Development in Asia: The Four Pillars of Growth

The world faces immense challenges in food production and availability. The prime attributes of a food system are its quality, affordability and economic sustainability.

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Dec 29, 2020
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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Nepal’s Digital Groundwater Monitoring Pilot Kicks Off with Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue

Digital monitoring paired with readily available data on the status of groundwater resources provide a critical foundation for sustainable irrigation development.

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Anton Urfels

Dec 17, 2020
Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance

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Draft Guidance for USAID-Funded Nutrition-Sensitive Programming

Dec 15, 2014 online

Despite agriculture's vital link to nutrition, agricultural investments do not automatically improve the nutritional status of farming households. Recently, the term “nutrition-sensitive agriculture” has emerged as a way to define...

Nutrition Policy and Governance
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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
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USAID Climate-Smart Agriculture and Best Management Practices Workshop, Honduras

Nov 03, 2014 to Nov 07, 2014 Gracias, Honduras

In November 2014, USAID staff, implementing partners and other key stakeholders representing ten countries within the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region convened in Gracias, Honduras for a four-day workshop...

Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance
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Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security: Implications for Developing Climate Resilient Agriculture Programs

Oct 30, 2014 Ronald Reagan Building, Pavilion Room 1300 Pennsylvania Ave Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Over the three-year USAID African and Latin American Resilience to Climate Change (ARCC) program, the team used rigorous data analysis to advise USAID Missions and implementing partners on best practices...
Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance
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From Smallholders to Shareholders: Optimizing Private Sector Engagement for Smallholder Impact

Oct 22, 2014 Ronald Reagan Building, Oceanic Room A/B 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

Individual smallholder farmers cultivate two hectares of land or less, but as a group, they are an economic force: An estimated 500 million smallholders feed close to 2 billion people...

Markets and Trade Policy and Governance
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FY14 Feed the Future Monitoring System (FTFMS) Guidance Review

Oct 07, 2014 online

This webinar is intended for USAID staff and implementers who are users of the Feed the Future Monitoring System (FTFMS). Please click on the "Webinar Recording" link at right to...

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance
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#AskAg: Linking Agriculture, Nutrition, and USAID Strategy

Jul 24, 2014 online
Growing healthy foods is good. Making sure they're eaten is better. Ensuring projects and organizations support these efforts at the same time is best.Please join Agrilinks for an #AskAg Twitter...
Agricultural Productivity Nutrition Policy and Governance
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Chicago Council Global Food Security Symposium 2014 | Advancing Global Food Security in the Face of Weather Volatility & Climate Change

May 22, 2014 Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States
Global leaders will convene at The Chicago Council's Global Food Security Symposium 2014 to chart a course for how the US government—in partnership with business, civil society, and international organizations—can...
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance
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Feed the Future Global Forum

May 19, 2014 to May 21, 2014 United States
This May the United States Agency for International Development held the first-ever Feed the Future Global Forum. In 2009, President Obama mobilized the world to renew its commitment to fighting...
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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...

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