2017/02/09 RIPAT (Rural Initiatives for Participatory Agricultural Transformation) is a participatory extension approach aims to close the agricultural technology gap as a means of improving livelihoods and self-support among rural small-scale farmers. The approach is as well a documented step-by-step guide...
The most effective wayto improve the lives of millions in poverty is to support agriculture in developing countries. Most of the world’s poor are farmers, and those who are not spend much of their income on food. Transforming a country’s agriculture sector can create jobs, raise incomes, reduce...
This Agricultural Transformation video is a teaching resource within USAID's Food Security and Agriculture Core Course, which incorportates USAID's focus for food security and agriculture development under the Global Food Security Strategy and expanding work in nutrition and resilience.
Feed the Future This Why Agriculture features Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist USAID. It is a teaching resource within USAID's Food Security and Agriculture Core Course, which incorporates USAID's focus for food security and agriculture development under the Global Food Security Strategy and...
The view that a productive agriculture is critical for employment creation and poverty reduction is now widely shared within the development community. Yet, this has not always been the case. In the run up to the 2008 world food price crisis, many development practitioners, government officials...