Jan Fierro

United States Communications Manager AgBioResearch - Michigan State University

Feed the Future Biotechnology Potato Partnership - working to bring late blight resistant potatoes in perferred varieties to smallholder farmers in Bangladesh and Indonesia.

Feed the Future Legume Systems Research Innovation Lab - supporting research of legumes with a focus on cowpea in West Africa and common bean in Central America.

How Can Multi-Stakeholder Platforms Drive Bean Seed Systems to Respond to Market Demand?

A look into multi-stakeholder platforms' ability to drive been seed systems to respond to market demand.

Patricia Onyango

Feb 13, 2023

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade

Legume Systems West and Southern Africa Grant Writers Workshop and Seed Grant Competition

West and Southern African researchers: Request for concept notes for the Legume Systems West and Southern Africa Grant Writers Workshops and Seed Grant Competition.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research

Jan 25, 2022

The Future of Lentil Systems in Nepal - Virtual Workshop

Dec 15, 2021 to Dec 16, 2021 online

Two day workshop and expert perspectives on lentil production systems and potential opportunities in Nepal.

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Nutrition

SAWBO RAPID Project Aims to Curb Newcastle Disease in African Chickens

New animation, How to Protect Your Chickens from Newcastle Disease, educates global smallholder farmers on how to prevent this devastating disease in their crop.

Genomics to Improve Poultry Innovation Lab

Nov 16, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension

Agricultural Development in the Next Decade: Technology, Collaboration and Smart Systems

We are in the electronic age, where knowledge can be shared globally at little cost, even to “last mile” communities. At the same time, our growing global population challenges our...

New Legume Systems Innovation Lab Program Addresses 5 Themes

Learn how the newly developed Resilience Resource Team is helping the Legume Systems Research Lab projects understand and address 5 themes.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research

Aug 10, 2020

Education and Extension Gender Nutrition Resilience

farmers receiving seed of new bean variety

Improved Seed Varieties Address a Changing Climate

The Legume Systems Innovation Lab has funded six initial activity projects focused on creative legumes systems research.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research

Jun 30, 2020

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources

Image from animation showing a man pouring beans from a jerrycan into a bowl.

Scientific Animations Without Borders launches FTF-Supported Global Education Program Addressing COVID-19 Impacts

The Feed the Future SAWBO Responsive-Adaptive-Participatory Information Dissemination Scaling Program (SAWBO RAPID) is an educational intervention program to disseminate crucial information related to COVID-19’s secondary economic impacts –– including disruption...