Skip to main content
Visit our Knowledge-Driven International Development portal, kdid.org

Microenterprise Development

Location:
USDA South Building
Room 3107
1400 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC United States
Date:
Registration Deadline:February 8, 2012
Delivery Method:In-Person

Kenyan smallholder staple farmers have few options to increase their incomes outside of selling their produce, yet these farmers find maize marketing laden with challenges. Most of the thousands of small staple farmers in Kenya find themselves in a seasonal poverty cycle, despite having maize surpluses to sell. This seminar is an overview of a FAO field research project identifying attitudes and post-harvest marketing issues that underlie this cycle, making the transition from subsistence to “maize as a business” difficult. The project is partially supported by USDA.

Comments (0)

The Senegal Local Support Fund: Capacity Building for the Maize Value Chain (Presentation & Screencast)

Author(s):
Andrew Keck
Organization(s):
International Resources Group (IRG)
Institution(s):
USAID Bureau for Food Security
Date Published:
July 20, 2011

This presentation by Andrew Keck (IRG), was part of the Ag Sector Council Meeting, "The Senegal Local Support Fund: Capacity Building for a Competitive Maize Value Chain." The seminar was held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. on July 20, 2011.

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

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.

Implications of Land and Resource Tenure on Investments in Climate-Smart Agriculture

Organization(s):
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme
Date Published:
November 10, 2011

Land tenure challenges are age-old and climate change simply exacerbates the situation. The uncertainty of future climate variability and change requires greater flexibility in all land-based production systems. Given the central role of user rights in those systems, land and resource tenure will likewise require greater flexibility, thus raising a critical policy matter for many countries to maintain flexibility in customary and statutory tenure systems. Tenure security will be a critical factor in providing the incentives for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change. Because climate-induced migrations could lead to social tensions, climate change will challenge institutions responsible for the governance of natural resources to establish inclusive processes to negotiate claims, regulate disputes, and establish new tenure systems.

This factsheet was developed as part of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Climate-Smart Agriculture Workshop. The workshop 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.

50 Years of Agriculture: Interviews with former USAID Administrators McPherson and Fore

Stories of impact from former USAID Administrators

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of USAID, the Bureau for Food Security through the USAID Knowledge-Driven Microenterprise Development Project (KDMD) captured the following stories from former Administrators highlighting some of the impacts USAID has had through investments in agriculture over the years.