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CSIS , B1 Conference Center, Room C
1800
K St. NW
Washington, DC 20006 United States
Date:
Delivery Method:In-Person
Event Host:Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Please join CSIS for an in-depth discussion on biofortification, a strategy to improve public health through more nutritious staple food crops. The event will feature a presentation by HarvestPlus on their experiences developing and delivering biofortified crops, and three panel discussions on current practices in the field; how biofortification can help meet nutrition goals; and next steps for bringing these solutions to scale.

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Location:
World Bank Headquarters
1818 H Street, NW
MC4-800
Washington, DC United States
Date:
Delivery Method:In-Person

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USAID Honduras Program At-a-Glance

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Organization(s):
USAID
Date Published:
November 1, 2011

USAID has provided more than $3 billion in economic assistance to Honduras since it began working in the country in 1961. Currently, programs strengthen the participation of marginalized groups in local and national governance, increase food security for the poorest sectors of society, support renewable energy and environmental conservation, expand basic education and skills training for at-risk youth and adults to increase their prospects for employment and higher incomes, and improve the quality and participation of local citizens and civil society in decentralized health care services.

Location:
QED Group LLC
1250 Eye St. NW
11th Floor
Washington, DC United States
Date:
Delivery Method:In-Person/Online

This presentation will promote a dialogue between the food security and health development sectors asking whether strategies and approaches can be applied to sustain positive development outcomes learned through the health sector to food security.

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.

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Stakeholder input requested: USAID Workshop on Enhancing Resilience in the Horn of Africa

This announcement comes from Joan Whelan. Joan is the Senior Knowledge Management Advisor for the USAID TOPS Project.

Location:

Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Room M17/18 (Public Information Center)
Washington, DC 20004
United States

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Ag Sector Council Meeting
Presenter(s):

Dan Gudahl
Winrock International

Date:
November 30, 2011 - 9:30am - 10:30am

The Rural Enterprise for Alleviating Poverty (REAP) project was a 30-month program, implemented by Winrock International and funded by USDA, that worked in the Mymensingh, Gazipur, and Tangail Districts of rural Bangladesh. REAP improved the socio-economic and nutritional status of poor and marginal farmers by providing seed and technical assistance to increase horticulture and freshwater pond production while linking farmers to coordinated production and marketing opportunities.

Presenter Bio(s):

Dan Gudahl
Winrock International

Photo of Dan Gudahl.Dan Gudahl is a Senior Program Officer at Winrock International. Based in Little Rock, Arkansas, he currently manages a pipeline of project funding of over $32 million. This includes a USDA Food for Progress program in Pakistan that assists farmers in Balochistan province with improving field-to-market capacity; a USAID-funded rehabilitation program in six Districts of Northern Uganda that assists local governments to manage construction based projects funded by the U.S. Government; and several rural development projects in Bangladesh including a 2011 funded USDA Food for Progress follow-on project for the Rural Enterprise to Alleviate Poverty (REAP) project. Gudahl previously served as Director of Contracts for Winrock International. From 1992-2000, he was the Africa director for Heifer International. Gudahl holds a master’s degree in International Agriculture from California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, California and was a Peace Corps Volunteer who taught animal science at an agricultural college in the Philippines. He is married and has one daughter who is currently a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic.

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Tim Williams discusses peanut research, aflatoxin, and public health at October Ag Sector Council Seminar

Are you "in the know" about the mighty peanut? Participants at the October Agriculture Sector Council Seminar got the inside scoop from a true peanut expert. Last week, Dr. Jonathan H. 'Tim' Williams, Director of the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program (Peanut CRSP), paid a visit to Washington to discuss the program's scope of research and how the peanut can influence community health in developing countries.

Applying Peanut CRSP Research to USAID Initiatives (Presentation and Screencast)

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Author(s):
Tim Williams
Organization(s):
Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program
Institution(s):
USAID Bureau for Food Security
Date Published:
October 19, 2011

This presentation was part of the Ag Sector Council Meeting, "Applying Peanut CRSP Research to USAID Initiatives." The seminar was held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, on October 19, 2011.

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Jessica Davis & Sarah Lupis of the Livestock-Climate Change CRSP discuss the project and their successful trip to the fair

Jessica Davis, LCC-CRSP Deputy Director, and Sarah Lupis, LCC-CRSP Communications Director, provided a brief background of the Livestock-Climate Change CRSP.