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Increasing Feed the Future Impacts through Targeted Gender Integration

The USAID Bureau for Food Security cordially invites you to a webinar on Feed the Future’s Gender Integration Framework.EVENT WEBINAR REGISTER USERS: Q&A (1) | Approaches to Building Food Security...

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FY14 Feed the Future Monitoring System (FTFMS) Guidance Review

This webinar is intended for USAID staff and implementers who are users of the Feed the Future Monitoring System (FTFMS).EVENT WEBINAR REGISTER USERS: Q&A (1) | Approaches to Building Food Security...

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2014 Feed the Future Indicator Refresh Consultation

The USAID Bureau for Food Security's Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning team held a facilitated conversation on proposed upcoming changes to the Feed the Future indicator framework, including:...

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#AskAg: Climate, Economy and Livelihoods

About:In coming years, climate change will put unprecedented pressure on arable lands and forests. Without the implementation of critical policies and reforms, the degradation of these crucial...

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Draft Guidance for USAID-Funded Nutrition-Sensitive Programming

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”...

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Realizing Rural Resilience and Inclusive Growth by Reducing Risk: Is...

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...

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Feed the Future Branding 101

Please join the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Food Security communications and outreach team for an in-depth webinar on how to use the Feed the Future Graphic and Naming...

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Breaking the Mold: How Mycotoxins Impact Agriculture, Nutrition and Development

Mycotoxins are toxic by-products of naturally occurring fungi that have serious health implications in humans and livestock. Found on grains, fruits and vegetables, acute and long-term exposure is...

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Ask Ag About... M&E for Gender Integration

Measuring the impact of gender integration is vital to ensuring that agriculture and food security projects make contributions towards women’s empowerment and sustainable food security outcomes.Join...

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Help WEAI Help You: New Opportunities to Utilize the Women’s Empowerment in...

The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is the first comprehensive and standardized measure to directly capture women’s empowerment and inclusion levels in the agricultural sector. Since...

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FY15 Feed the Future Monitoring System (FTFMS) Guidance Review

This webinar is intended for USAID staff and implementers who are users of the Feed the Future Monitoring System (FTFMS). We will review the FY15 FTFMS guidance, discuss entering data for complex...

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e-Verification of Agricultural Inputs: Progress in Uganda

Correctly applied pesticides and fertilizers can significantly increase yields. But many smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are reluctant to invest in these inputs out of concern that they' will...

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Ask Ag About... The Interactions Between Climate Change and Nutrition

How can cooperation between climate and nutrition communities mitigate the impacts of climate change on nutrition, as well as the impacts of dietary choices on climate change? Join this month’s Ask Ag...

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As Good as Money in the Bank: Increasing Resilience Through Improved On-Farm...

Farm products that are properly processed and stored can be a lifeline for smallholder farmers trying to break out of the feast/famine cycle. Secure storage can improve the resilience of an entire farm...

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Operational Implications of Integrating Climate Smart Agriculture into Feed...

Climate-Smart Agriculture is one of the three cross-cutting themes within the Feed the Future initiative along with environment and gender. Global consensus is coalescing around the Climate-Smart...

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