The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the world’s premier international development agency and a catalytic actor driving development results. USAID’s work advances U.S. national security and economic prosperity, demonstrates American generosity, and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience. Within USAID the Bureau for Food Security (BFS) combats hunger, poverty and malnutrition by leading coordination of U.S. Government Global Food Security Strategy through the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future initiative.
Projects
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Agrifood system (AFS) diagnostics
Agrifood systems (AFS) play a potentially central role in driving economic growth and transformation in low- and middle-income countries. From a national accounting perspective, an……
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Agrifood system (AFS) measurement
Agrifood systems (AFS) play a potentially central role in driving economic growth and transformation in low- and middle-income countries. AFS can encompass the value added……
Publications
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Data Paper
Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey Round Four: Note on Sample Characteristics and Weighting
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Report
Impacts of Africa RISING in Ghana
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Brief
Africa RISING in Tanzania: Impact brief
Events
![Release of the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Ghana](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/08.22.23-Ghana-event-image.png)
Release of the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Ghana
Event: August 24, 2023 – 5:30 AM- 7:00 AM EDT. IFPRI is co-hosting the release of the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Ghana under the Nexus Project in partnership with the Ghana Statistical Service and the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research.
![Irrigation sensible à la nutrition au Mali : un guide pour progresser en matière de sécurité hydrique, alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Mali](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Aug.-2-event-image.png)
Irrigation sensible à la nutrition au Mali : un guide pour progresser en matière de sécurité hydrique, alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Mali
Virtual Event: August 2, 2023 – 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM EDT. Irrigation contributes to agricultural intensification and farm profitability, helps farm households extend the growing season, and is increasingly important for farmers’ resilience to climate shocks and stressors. Please join us for a webinar to discuss this important topic on August 2 at 9:00 EST and 13:00 GMT (Bamako time).
![Harmful Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Subsidies](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Dec.-14-Event-page.jpg)
Harmful Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Subsidies
Virtual Event: December 14, 2022 – 3:00 PM- 4:30 PM EST. This seminar will discuss the harmful environmental impacts of agricultural subsidies and how repurposing them could lead to policies that work better for people and the planet.
Blogs
![Shaping the future of agrifood systems: Insights from an Avanzar2030 workshop in Costa Rica](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/avanzar2030-workshop.jpg)
Shaping the future of agrifood systems: Insights from an Avanzar2030 workshop in Costa Rica
Surfacing the most promising innovations.
![Reviving public extension for climate-resilient agriculture: Lessons and insights from India, Indonesia, and Nepal](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/india-extension.jpeg)
Reviving public extension for climate-resilient agriculture: Lessons and insights from India, Indonesia, and Nepal
Integrating reforms with global goals.
![Trade policy and food price volatility: Beggar thy neighbor or beggar thyself?](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/deepak-kumar-42bbYFbVaiw-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
Trade policy and food price volatility: Beggar thy neighbor or beggar thyself?
The downsides of emergency trade measures.