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International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K Street, NW,
Washington, DC United States
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Delivery Method:In-Person
Event Host:International Food Policy Research Institute
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Enhancing Resilience in the Horn of Africa: An Evidence-Based Workshop on Strategies for Success (Agenda)

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Organization(s):
USAID
Date Published:
December 13, 2011

The USAID Resilience Workshop was held on December 13-14, 2011. Download the full agenda at right, or read about the workshop on the Agrilinks Blog or the USAID Impact Blog.

Click here for a summary of all available resources.

This event was jointly hosted by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, Bureau for Food Security, and Bureau for Africa In partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the USAID/Office of Food for Peace-funded TOPS Program in support of the Feed the Future Initiative.

OBJECTIVES

  • Foster a common understanding of what is meant by resilience and resilience programming;
  • Identify successful strategies and enabling conditions to build resilience, as well as lessons learned from less successful strategies;
  • Demonstrate the value of resilience programming in mitigating the effect of shocks and recovery from them, and its potential role in any “pathway out of poverty;” and
  • Identify the linkages between resilience and economic growth.

SUBMITTED BY AgTeam ON Fri, January 27, 2012 4:39pm  | Comments (0)

Opening the Dialogue on Resilience Building to the Larger Relief and Development Community

Guest post by Dina Esposito, Director, Office of Food for Peace, USAID

In December 2011, USAID hosted an evidence-based workshop on enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa. It was a unique gathering of USAID staff, other U.S. Government representatives, implementing partners, the research community, donors, and Embassy representatives.

Voucher Schemes for Enhanced Fertilizer Use: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications (Presentation and Screencast)

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Author(s):
Ian Gregory, David Rohrbach
Organization(s):
IFDC, World Bank
Institution(s):
USAID Bureau for Food Security
Date Published:
January 25, 2012

This presentation was part of the Ag Sector Council Seminar, "Voucher Schemes for Enhanced Fertilizer Use: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications." The event was held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. on January 25, 2012.

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USAID Resilience Workshop | Plenary Panel Discussion: Pathways out of poverty: Exploring the linkages between resilience and economic growth

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Author(s):
Steve McCarthy, Alexia Latortue, Andrew Preston
Institution(s):
USAID
Date Published:
December 14, 2011

This resource is from Enhancing Resilience in the Horn of Africa: An Evidence-Based Workshop on Strategies for Success. The event was jointly hosted by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, Bureau for Food Security, and Bureau for Africa, in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the USAID/Office of Food for Peace-funded TOPS Program in support of the Feed the Future Initiative.

Steve McCarthy, Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development, ACDI/VOCA

Andrew Preston, Counsellor Development, Foreign and Security Policy Group, British Embassy, Washington D.C.

Alexia Latortue, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), The World Bank

Location:
The Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States
Date:
Delivery Method:In-Person
Event Host:USAID Microenterprise Development Office, ACDI/VOCA

A two-day learning event convening donor, practitioner and research communities to disseminate significant value chain learning and discuss our most pressing issues.

  • Learn about innovations and challenges in market system development
  • Access the latest tools and resources
  • Share your best practices in management and implementation
  • Connect with other professionals

Event topics will include:

SUBMITTED BY AgTeam ON Mon, December 12, 2011 6:33pm  | Comments (0)

CAADP Climate-Smart Agriculture Workshop factsheets

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Climate-Smart Agriculture Workshop, held last month in Nairobi, Kenya, focused on approaches for effective program design of climate-smart agriculture in support of both country and regional CAADP investment plans. Climate-smart agriculture incorporates practices that increase productivity, efficiency, resilience, adaptive capacity, and mitigation potential of production systems.

SUBMITTED BY Julie MacCartee ON Mon, December 5, 2011 10:53am  | Comments (0)

Dan Gudahl showcases the Rural Enterprise for Alleviating Poverty (REAP) Project at November Ag Sector Council Seminar

Last Wednesday, Dan Gudahl, Senior Program Officer at Winrock International, engaged the Agriculture Sector Council audience in a discussion about sustainable aquaculture and horticulture production in rural Bangladesh. His presentation centered on the recently-completed Rural Enterprise for Alleviating Poverty (REAP) Project, funded by USDA and implemented by Winrock International.

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International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K St., NW
Fourth Floor Conference Facility
Washington, DC United States
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Delivery Method:In-Person/Online
Event Host:International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

International food prices began to rise sharply in the first quarter of 2011, resulting in a second food price crisis in three years. Rising food inflation in many developing countries and increasing food price volatility have revived concerns about the long-term food security of poor people.

Making Transformational, Scalable, and Sustainable Changes in Rural Bangladesh (Presentation and Screencast)

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Author(s):
Dan Gudahl
Organization(s):
Winrock International
Date Published:
November 30, 2011

This presentation by Dan Gudahl (Winrock International), was part of the Ag Sector Council Meeting, "Making Transformational, Scalable, and Sustainable Changes in Rural Bangladesh." The seminar was held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. on November 30, 2011.