Tag archives for agricultural technology

Moving the Dial on Poverty and Hunger: What are Feed the Future’s High-Level Outcome Targets?

Posted by Sally Rey and Emily Hogue, Monitoring and Evaluation, Bureau for Food Security on Tuesday, July 23rd 2013

The second Feed the Future progress report is out and is generating a lot of buzz about the initiative’s successes last year. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Sharing Agricultural Success with President Obama

Posted by Nimna Diayaté on Thursday, July 18th 2013

Nimna Diayaté showed President Obama how technology helps her corn growers federation in Senegal. Photo credit: Zach Taylor, USAID

A woman farmer from rural Senegal shares her story of meeting President Obama and the success of a federation that last year produced 13,000 tons of corns on 5,000 hectares of land to feed their families. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Photo of the Week: POTUS and Administrator Shah at Agriculture Technology Marketplace in Senegal

Posted by Impact Blog Team on Tuesday, July 2nd 2013

POTUS & Administrator Shah tour the Feed the Future agricultural technology marketplace during trip to Africa. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

A Bright Future for Agriculture in Africa

Posted by Henderson M. Patrick, Mission Director, Senegal on Monday, July 1st 2013

At a Feed the Future agricultural technology marketplace in Senegal last week, President Obama met with farmers, innovators and entrepreneurs whose new methods and technologies are improving the lives of smallholder farmers throughout West Africa. Photo credit: Kate Gage, USAID

USAID/Senegal Mission Director talks about Feed the Future and President Obama’s global hunger and food security initiative. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Video of the Week: Feed the Future in Tanzania

Posted by Impact Blog Team on Monday, June 24th 2013

One of the ways USAID is feeding the future in Tanzania is through its MKUKUTA program that aims to reduce the percentage of people living below the food and income poverty lines.

Read the rest of this entry »