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Resilience

Tools to anticipate and prepare for market shocks, health crises, political instability and weather extremes gives vulnerable people ways to manage risks and rebound more quickly.

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Plant doctor offering help to farmer

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
One of the 10,000 farmers served by the Koga irrigation scheme in Ethiopia uses a chameleon sensor to help determine how much to irrigate.

Recognizing the Critical Role of Agricultural Research and Development for Resilient Food Systems

This post summarizes the findings and calls to action presented by the co-hosting organizations in their event report on the U.N. Food Systems Summit Science Days side event.

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Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)

Aug 06, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance Resilience
Farmer tends to land under Suchana Program in Bangladesh

Developing the Market Systems Resilience Index (MSRI)

Understanding market systems resilience using an adaptable and holistic framework, the Market Systems Resilience Index (MSRI).

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Victoria Seekman

Aug 04, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Resilience
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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.

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Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Activity

Aug 04, 2021
Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Resilience
Structuring prizes is the third phase of AgResults' design process to create Pay-for-Results prize competitions.

Impactful Design at a Glance: Structuring Prizes for a Pay-for-Results Competition

Designing a Pay-for-Results prize competition and curious how to structure an effective and motivating prize? This AgResults design brief — the third in a series — walks you through the...

AgResults Initiative

Aug 02, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Resilience
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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.

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Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Jul 30, 2021
Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Nutrition Resilience
Roosting locusts

New Research Investigating Impact of COVID-19 and Locusts on Farm Households in Pakistan

Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) scientists played a key role in research on the impact of COVID-19 and locust invasions on Pakistani farm households.

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Jul 28, 2021
Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Food Safety Resilience
Women employed in solar-powered coffee processing plant

Harnessing Disruptions to Advance Transformational Change In Honduran Food and Agricultural Systems

The Transforming Market Systems (TMS) Activity shares experiences from harnessing disruptions to advance transformational change in food and agricultural systems in Honduras.

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Ricardo Pineda Mannheim

Jul 23, 2021
COVID-19 Markets and Trade Resilience
Beatrice Akinyi arranges seeds in one of her agro outlets in Kisumu, Kenya on July 23, 2016. Beatrice started Magos Agrovet in a small room on the outskirts of Kisumu in 2007. With business training and a grant from Agricultural Market Development Trust (AGMARK), Magos has today grown to have three fully stocked agricultural supply outlets, as well as a truck that makes deliveries to farmers and agro dealers in the region. Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is one of AGMARK's funding partners.

Agrodealer Networks Change Farmers’ Fortunes by Increasing Access to Improved Inputs

After consistently getting better harvests from her cultivation of hybrid maize, Ghanaian farmer Elizabeth Akosua was inspired to quit her charcoal business and increase her farming enterprise.

Agrilinks Team

Jul 22, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Resilience
Young pine trees planted by the USAID Reforestation Project

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.

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Jennifer Plantin

Jul 21, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Resilience

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The Next Generation of Civil Society Engagement: Boldly Going Where No NGO Has Gone Before

Oct 28, 2015 online

For USAID and other international development donors and practitioners, the "why" of forging strong collaborations with civil society is clear: Partnerships with civil society organizations provide critical input on project...

Nutrition Policy and Governance Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience Youth Opportunities
Photo Credit: Ikhlasul Amal
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#AskAg Twitter Chat: Aflatoxins 101

May 19, 2015 online
Aflatoxins are dangerous toxins produced by molds that grow on a wide variety of crops, including staples like maize and groundnuts. Consuming aflatoxin-contaminated food can result in impaired nutrient absorption...
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Nutrition Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience
A woman tends to her vegetable garden in Koussanar, Senegal.
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Realizing Rural Resilience and Inclusive Growth by Reducing Risk: Is Agricultural Insurance the Key?

Apr 23, 2015 City Club of Washington 555 13th St NW Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

This event, jointly presented by Microlinks and Agrilinks, will discuss the potential for agricultural insurance to promote resilience and inclusive agricultural growth as part of an integrated risk management approach...

Markets and Trade Resilience
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Safeguarding Livestock and Livelihoods

Feb 26, 2015 National Press Building 529 14th Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, District of Columbia, 20045, United States

The products and services created from raising livestock support the health and well-being of millions of people in rural communities across the globe. However, natural and man-made disasters can disrupt...

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Resilience
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#AskAg Twitter Chat: Livestock Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

Jun 26, 2014 online

Dryland pastoralism is an important livelihood for many communities in the Horn of Africa. It is one of the principal sources of meat for the entire region and a source...

Climate and Natural Resources Resilience
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Food Security in a World of Natural Resource Scarcity: The Role of Agricultural Technologies

Mar 26, 2014 The QED Group, LLC 1250 I St, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States
Dr. Mark Rosegrant, Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) presented the results of a new report, Food Security in a...
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Resilience
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Are farmers willing to pay for drought tolerant rice? Evidence from Bihar and other policy research priorities for cereal farming systems in South Asia

Feb 26, 2014 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave Public Information Center (Room M17/M18) Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Recent efforts to develop rice cultivars with drought-tolerance (DT) traits have resulted in the release of several varieties that demonstrate significant resilience to drought stresses. In this paper, we employ...

Climate and Natural Resources Resilience
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Preventing Postharvest Losses from Field to Market: A Food Security Imperative

Mar 27, 2013 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave , Public Information Center (Room M17/M18) Washington, District of Columbia, 20012, United States

Estimates suggest that one-third of agricultural production is wasted and does not reach food consumers. If portions of that lost production could be preserved and used by consumers, food supply...

Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Resilience
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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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The Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSPII) and Product-Driven Capacity Building for Emerging Markets

Jun 05, 2012 1717 H St., NW Suite 801Washington, District of Columbia, United States

The Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II is a USAID-funded consortium of public and private sector institutions managed by Cornell University that focuses on the safe and effective development and commercialization...

Markets and Trade Resilience

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