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  1. IFAD Meeting Credit: IFAD
    May Ag Sector Council

    "Setting Investment Priorities for Achieving Poverty Reduction and Food Security" featuring Shenggen Fan of IFPRI

  2. Cracking the Nut: Private Sector Investment in Rural & Agricultural Markets
    Cracking the Nut: Private Sector Investment in Rural & Agricultural Markets

    This year's conference will focus on leveraging public-private partnerships to develop rural and ag markets and help you identify investment opportunities along dynamic rural and ag value chains.

  3. Farmers receiving practical training at the Dakawa Model Farm, Tanzania
    Microlinks Breakfast Seminar

    "Balancing Quick Wins with Sustainability: FTF’s NAFAKA Project in Tanzania" featuring Lee Rosner of ACDI/VOCA from our partner site, Microlinks

  4. Herd of camels in Africa. Photo credit: USAID
    May Special Seminar

    "Enhancing Livestock Resilience and Pastoral Livelihoods in Africa" featuring Francis Chabari and Jurjen Draaijer of CNFA and John McPeak of Syracuse University

  5. Multi-stakeholder traveling seminar in Bangladesh. Credit: CSISA
    April Ag Sector Council Event Resources

    View event resources from "Experimental Approaches to Understanding Market Segmentation Strategies for New Agricultural Technologies" featuring David Spielman and Nicholas Magnan of IFPRI

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2012 Agrilinks event recap
AgTeam |
May 17, 2012 |
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Miss an Agrilinks event from 2012? Don't worry, all of our Ag Sector Council Seminars, Feed the Future Stakeholder Meetings, and special seminars are recorded and easy to access. And for many events, you can also watch video interviews with the presenters and download presentations and transcripts.

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Building an enabling environment for functioning commodity exchanges
David Quinn |
May 14, 2012 |
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The USAID Enabling Agricultural Trade (EAT) project, in partnership with the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois, has launched a policy brief meant to inform policymakers and donors about conditions necessary for an operational commodity exchange in a given country.

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Relationships built on trust are key to successful impact
Kimberly Flowers |
May 10, 2012 |
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Nutrition practices are often based on customs and beliefs passed down for generations, which can make them difficult to change. It is only through strong relationships built on trust and consistency that we can hope to introduce sustainable nutrition practices that will improve food security for rural smallholder farmers. Learn how the USAID-funded Nepal Flood Recovery Program built trust and helped flood-affected communities “build back better.”

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Upcoming Events

Global Agricultural Development Initiative’s Third Annual Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security
May 18, 2012 - 7:30am
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
Biofortification: Leveraging Agriculture to Improve Nutrition
May 21, 2012 - 1:00pm
CSIS , B1 Conference Center, Room C
Balancing Quick Wins with Sustainability: FTF’s NAFAKA Project in Tanzania
May 22, 2012 - 9:00am
QED Group LLC
From Good to Great - Bringing Impact to Scale at the World Food Programme
May 22, 2012 - 12:15pm
International Food Policy Research Institute
3rd Annual Malthus Lecture: “How Can We Feed a Growing World & Still Sustain the Planet?”
May 22, 2012 - 3:30pm
Globe Theater
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Recent Library Additions

Building an enabling environment for functioning commodity exchanges policy brief
May 1, 2012
New Country and Region-Led Efforts and Partnerships for Enhancing Resilience and Building Growth in the Horn of Africa (Event Resources)
May 10, 2012
Science and Innovation for Development
January 1, 2010
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