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Youth

Growing youth populations need opportunities for education, jobs and income. Strategies that empower and prepare youth lay the foundation for economic growth and poverty reduction.

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YSG Highlights Four Key Enablers of Youth Empowerment for Achieving Sustainable Agrifood Systems

The first cohort of the Young Scientists Group has highlighted four key enablers of youth empowerment: education, technology, science and policy.

Dinesh Panday

May 31, 2023
Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Food Safety Gender Nutrition Resilience Youth
A cow is grazing next to a river.

Revisiting Multiple Values of Water: Voices from Ethiopian Communities

Water is the source of life. The increasing demand for it due to population growth has put strong pressure on water quality and quantity, especially for residents along the Legedadi...

Yonas Tafesse Qoricho

May 30, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition Resilience Youth
A worker handling black soldier flies.

5 Ways That Insect Farming Contributes to Sustainable Food Systems and Improves International Development

Insect farming is a sustainable alternative to current animal feed production systems that can generate nutritious food while using resources more efficiently and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Kaitlyn Anderson

May 26, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Nutrition Resilience Youth
Jamaa and his wife (both activity participants) display their goats in Kokotoni Village. (Photo by Christopher Cheupe)

Kenyan Fisherman Improves His Livelihood and Family Wellbeing Through Modified Basket Traps and Training

Jamaa has improved his fishing efforts after receiving fishing traps from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish activity.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

May 19, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition Resilience Youth
Nnanna Hyacinth Chuckwu inspects the rice-fish farm. (Photo by Bamidele Omitoyin/University of Ibadan)

Rice-Fish Farming Increases Yield, Improves Household Nutrition and Income for Nigerian Families

The Fish Innovation Lab's Farm Diversification team provided entry-level training for smallholder Nigerian rice farmers who had little knowledge of aquaculture.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

May 09, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Resilience Youth
The nutrition educator assistant visits with a woman and her young child at their home. (Photo by Catherine Sarange, nutrition educator for Samaki Salama activity)

Samaki Salama: Helping a Grandmother in Kenya Provide Better Nutrition to her Granddaughter

Thanks to the Samaki Salama team from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish, Medza learns how to cook more nutritious meals for her young granddaughter.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

May 05, 2023
Education and Extension Gender Nutrition Youth
Two people hold a net full of fish. (Photo by Oladeji Kazeem Kareem)

Integrated Rice-Fish Farming: Localization Through Farm Diversification

The practice of farming rice and fish simultaneously aims to improve the productivity, resilience and biological diversity of the rice field while making optimal use of water and land resources.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Apr 28, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Gender Resilience Youth
Four people tending to crops.

Facilitating Local Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration through Farmer-to-Farmer in Timor-Leste

Catholic Relief Services has grown our understanding of the power of knowledge sharing by working with Farmer-to-Farmer hosts that implement technical assistance received and advance systemic change.

Catholic Relief Services

Apr 28, 2023
Education and Extension Youth
Dr. Hannatou Moussa Oumarou with seedball machine.

Examining How Seedball Technology Improves Farming

Proven seedball technique provides new opportunities to women and smallholder farmers.
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Sorghum and Millet Innovation Lab (SMIL)

Apr 27, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Gender Resilience Youth
Local Service Provider Romaric Guel shares a story with trainees in Burkina Faso. Photo credit: Isso Bationo

Local Service Providers Guide Young People's Careers in Fragile Contexts

The Life Project Approach goes beyond market orientation, using a pre-training framework focused on community ties. Local Service Providers — serving as mentors and coaches — are key to this...

Becky Neely, Helvetas USA

Apr 26, 2023
Education and Extension Youth

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Farming under the Rainbow: LGBTQI+ Inclusive Development in Agriculture Programs in Honduras and Central America

Sep 28, 2022 online
Join the webinar to learn about important considerations and promising practices for advancing LGBTQI+ inclusive development in agriculture and food security programming.
Agricultural Productivity Gender Policy and Governance Youth
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Balancing Market Approaches to Better Youth Employment Outcomes

Sep 28, 2021 online
Hear from panelists working on youth employment issues in international development on their perspective for how to balance out supply- and demand-side approaches to deliver better outcomes.
Youth
Man in field holding strawberries, woman in market, and woman looking in microscope
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Why Inclusion Matters: Featuring Voices from the Field

Jul 29, 2020 online
Inclusive Development Month on Agrilinks is wrapping up with with a webinar that will report on the most recent evidence on what inclusion means across varying contexts, why inclusion is so important to reaching our goals of reducing hunger and poverty, and hearing voices from the field regarding their own experiences on why inclusion matters.
Gender Policy and Governance Youth
Increasing Rice Harvests with New Seeds
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Strengthening Civil Society's Role in Development: A Partner's Perspective

Nov 08, 2017 online
This webinar will highlight the tools, approaches, and processes used to engage local partners and promote effective civil society and local engagement for sustainable outcomes. Strengthening Civil Society's Role in...
Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance Youth
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CAADP Technical Networks: Building Capacity for Africa’s Agricultural Development

May 04, 2017
In order to carry out key commitments of the Malabo Declaration to transform agriculture across Africa, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is dedicated to strengthening technical capacity among...
Agricultural Productivity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Nutrition Youth
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Ask Ag About... Positive Youth Development

Feb 22, 2017 online
Involving youth in agriculture has become a major focus in development, as many countries continue to struggle with youth unemployment. Join this month's Ask Ag Online Chat, where the Feed...
Youth Education and Extension Gender Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance
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Ask Ag About... How Food Systems Need to Adapt as Populations Shift and Grow

Jan 26, 2017 online
As urbanization continues to skyrocket in cities across the globe, the role of rural agricultural production to feed urban populations becomes increasingly difficult. Join this month’s Ask Ag online chat...
Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Youth
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Relationships for Resilience: Understanding and Integrating Gender and Nutrition in CSA

Dec 08, 2016 online
The Agrilinks team will host a webinar component of the Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (CSA-GLEE) session, Why Does Addressing Gender and Nutrition Matter for Climate-Smart Agriculture?, and...
Climate and Natural Resources Gender Nutrition Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Youth
Photo: Srinivasulu Rajendran, AVRDC. Market in Tanzania selling tomatoes.
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Ask Ag About... Access to Finance for Small and Growing Businesses

Oct 27, 2016 online
Having access to finance is crucial for facilitating expansion and scale of small and growing businesses (SGBs). SGBs are commercially viable businesses with significant potential for growth that seek growth...
Markets and Trade Resilience Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Youth
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Ask Ag Chat: Youth, Employment and a Food Secure Future

Sep 15, 2016 online
This online chat will take place at the bottom of this page. Get a jump on the conversation and share a question or comment now.Youth hold the future of the...
Youth Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Policy and Governance Resilience Agricultural Productivity

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Upcoming Events

From Research to Impact: Towards Just and Resilient Agri-Food Systems

Oct 09, 2023 to Oct 12, 2023 New Delhi, Delhi, India

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Feed the Future Project Design Guide for Youth-Inclusive Agriculture and Food Systems: Volume I - Project Design
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Growing Young Entrepreneurs in Agriculture
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