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Enhancing Livestock Resilience and Pastoral Livelihoods in Africa

May 17, 2012 The QED Group, LLC 1250 Eye St., NW, 11th Floor Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Agenda Part 1Webinar & In-Person"Livestock and Pastoralism Resilience and Competitiveness in the Horn of Africa: Kenya and Somaliland"8:30 - 9:00Coffee & Networking9:00 - 9:10Seminar Introduction by Joyce Turk (USAID/BFS)9:10 -...

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New Country and Region-Led Efforts and Partnerships for Enhancing Resilience and Building Growth in the Horn of Africa

May 10, 2012 The QED Group 1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States
In 2011, much of the Horn of Africa faced the worst drought the region has seen in 60 years. In response, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is playing a...
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The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Apr 03, 2012 United States

Ask & Answer: The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index The "Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index" (WEAI) is the first measure to directly capture women's empowerment and inclusion levels in the...

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Efforts to Enhance Resilience in the Horn of Africa

Feb 24, 2012 The QED Group, LLC 1250 Eye St., NW, 11th Floor Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States

In 2011, the Horn of Africa faced the worst drought it had seen in 60 years. While we can't prevent these cyclical droughts, we can build community resilience to lessen...

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Making Transformational, Scalable, and Sustainable Changes in Rural Bangladesh

Nov 30, 2011 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room M17/18 (Public Information Center) Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

The Rural Enterprise for Alleviating Poverty (REAP) project was a 30-month program, implemented by Winrock International and funded by USDA, that worked in the Mymensingh, Gazipur, and Tangail Districts of...

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Risk Management: How Can Risk Transfer Help?

Jul 07, 2011 Chaska, MN, United States

At previous events, we have discussed methods such as conservation agriculture and natural resources management that help smallholders to reduce risk. In addition to these, building savings can help farmers...

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Poverty Reduction and Food Security Despite High Food Price Volatility

May 20, 2011 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room M17/18 Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

Rapid progress is being made in designing and launching Feed the Future programs amid significant budgetary and world commodity market changes. What can be done to ensure that these programs...

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Index Insurance to Enhance Productivity and Incomes for Small-scale Agricultural and Pastoral Households: The Livestock Insurance Pilot in Northern Kenya

May 11, 2011 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room M17/18 Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

A Series on Integrating Climate Change & Natural Resource Management into Feed the Future #5For many rural households, uninsured risk means that they can’t get ahead for falling behind. So...

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Driving Innovation: How Enterprise ICT Models are (and will) Change Agricultural Extension

Jan 12, 2011 The QED Group LLC 1250 Eye St. NW 11th Floor, Washington, DC Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States

According to ITU, the UN agency for information and communications technologies, at the close of 2010 there were more than 5 billion mobile subscribers in the world - that's 70%...