A Smart Food initiative has been developed with the aim to mainstream Smart Food – bringing diversity in diets and on the farm. This is to make a major breakthrough in overcoming malnutrition and rural poverty, and being more sustainable on the environment.Ensuring smallholder farmers and rural communities
are pulled out of poverty and hidden hunger- This will require a concerted effort working with rural health workers, connecting farmers to the value chain and advocacy for research and development and supporting policies.
What is your vision for the smart food initiative? & what led to the initiati...ICRISAT
I envision Smart Food becoming a part of regular diets and the food system. By building millets and sorghum as a major business and progressing from the Big 3 to create the Big 5 and later the Big 7, we will have a major impact on global issues of nutrition/health, environment, and farmer welfare. Millets are traditional foods of these areas, are super nutritious, survive with minimal water and are often
the last crop standing in times of drought. They are recognized as “Climate Smart” crops. They are also prone to very few pests and diseases and are often naturally organic and have a low carbon footprint.
Dear All,
It contains plenty of useful and valuable information about the hydroponic system and urban farming. Please do not hesitate to contact me directly for more information.
Regards
Dr. Hamed Faghiri
What is your vision for the smart food initiative? & what led to the initiati...ICRISAT
I envision Smart Food becoming a part of regular diets and the food system. By building millets and sorghum as a major business and progressing from the Big 3 to create the Big 5 and later the Big 7, we will have a major impact on global issues of nutrition/health, environment, and farmer welfare. Millets are traditional foods of these areas, are super nutritious, survive with minimal water and are often
the last crop standing in times of drought. They are recognized as “Climate Smart” crops. They are also prone to very few pests and diseases and are often naturally organic and have a low carbon footprint.
Dear All,
It contains plenty of useful and valuable information about the hydroponic system and urban farming. Please do not hesitate to contact me directly for more information.
Regards
Dr. Hamed Faghiri
Food is as essential for living as air is to breathing. But food security means something more than getting two square meals. Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times.
This ppt is based on the chapter food security in India of class 9th economics cbse board. It will make it easier for the students to come up with the chapter. Hope You'll enjoy.
National Strategic Alliance on Sustainable Agriculture Principles GlobalHunt Foundation
GlobalHunt Foundation initiated the National Strategic Alliance on Sustainable Agricultural Principles (SAP). This outcome report showcases the proceedings of the multi stakeholder meeting to discuss and strategize on key issues on pertaining to the alliance. AsaCSRandSustainabilityResearch,ConsultingandAdvisoryorganizationGlobalHuntFoundationthroughtheformulationofStrategicAllianceforSustainableAgricultureendeavorsobringsustainabilityintherealmofagriculture.Thepurposebehindtheallianceistoformulatesustainableprinciplesofagriculturethathelpsindesigningprogrammesacrosspan-Indiatowardstherevivingandsecuringofsustainableindigenousfarmingpractices,launching programmes that will enable upscaling of small and marginal farmers,preservation of indigenous knowledge,skills and enhancing ethical value chain.
ICRISAT Global Planning Meeting 2019:CGIAR Research Program Grain Legumes and...ICRISAT
The CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Agri-food Systems (CRP GLDC) focused on increasing the productivity, profitability, resilience and marketability of critical and nutritious grain legume and cereal crops grown in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia.
EVENT TITLE: CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING WORKSHOP IN FINDING, REUSING AND
PRESENTATION TITLE: Nutrition potential of local staple food; what is hindering local people from accessing such information and recommendations.
WORKSHOP DATE: 09th January to 10th January 2018
WORKSHOP VENUE: Mukono District Local Government Headquarters, Mukono District, Uganda
SUMMARY:
A staple food, food staple, or simply a staple, is a food that is eaten routinely and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for a given people, supplying a large fraction of energy needs and generally forming a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients as well.
The smart food triple bottom line – starting with diversifying staplesICRISAT
The Smart Food initiative engages in finding foodsystem solutions that, in unison, are good for consumers (nutritious and healthy), the planet (environmentally sustainable) and the producers, especially smallholder famers. This is the Smart Food triple bottom line. A key objective of Smart Food is to diversify staples. By focussing on staples across Africa and Asia, which typically comprise 70 percent of the plate and are often eaten three times a day, we can make a big impact.
The role of university is not to train students to become farmers but agricultural scientists. Students are therefore taught the Art, Science and Business of Agriculture so that they can recreate opportunities for farmers and other participants in agricultural value chain.
The International Year of Family Farming was launched on the 22nd November at UN Headquarters in New York.
What is Family Farming?
Family farming includes all family-based agricultural activities, and it is linked to several areas of the rural development. Family farming is a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production which is managed and operated by a family and predominantly reliant on family labour, including both women’s and men’s.
Objectives of the International Year include supporting the development of policies conducive to sustainable family farming and increasing knowledge, communication and public awareness.
Thematic Presentation on "Family farming"Amit Yadav
Welcome to the Thematic Presentation on “Family Farming”. We the MSW II year student of School of Social Work Roshni Nilaya select this topic for thematic presentation because 2014 is The”International Year of Family Farming”. Through this presentation our focus is to inform about the family farming, importance of family farming, what is International Year of Family Farming, 2014, Objectives of family farming and so on.
Smart Food Kenya- Good For You - The Planet - The FarmerICRISAT
Smart Food is a global initiative coordinated by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). In Kenya, with the support of Feed the Future and USAID, ICRISAT has partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Ministry of Health to promote production and utilization of Smart Food which is good for consumers, the planet and the farmers.Smart Food helps solve a number of our biggest issues n unison: rural poverty, malnutrition and adaptation to climate change and environmental degradation. A major impact can be made if we not only popularize but also mainstream Smart Food – bringing diversity in diets and on the farm. This must be undertaken, ensuring rural communities benefit through better health and livelihood improvements. Other global benefits will be new market development and growth and more sustainable diets.
Smart Food is food that fulfills all the criteria of being-GOOD FOR YOU, GOOD...ICRISAT
Smart Food crops are highly nutritious and targeting some of the largest micro nutrient deficiencies and needs, especially of women and children. Pearl millet has very high levels and bioavailability studies have shown that they will provide the average person’s daily requirement of iron and zinc. Smart Food allows us to have Sustainable Diets ie diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security.
Breaking the food-system divide with Smart Food - good for you, the planet an...ICRISAT
For decades the vast majority of investments have flowed to the ‘Big 3’ crops- Wheat, maize and rice. Whether it is R&D, private industry investment, policy support, product development, or even development aid, the Big 3 have received the lion’s share across the globe. This is a problem because it has led to crops being grown in inappropriate agroecologies.This can negatively impact on the natural resources, and increase risk for farmers.It is also well known that globally we need more diversity on-farm, we need more diversity in our diets and more nutritious diets.We have to change peoples’ habits of eating mainly one food such as rice. If we do not change habits then there are not going to be the changes in global diets that are needed, both nutritionally and environmentally and for farmers’ sakes. Therefore we have set up the Smart Food movement.
Food is as essential for living as air is to breathing. But food security means something more than getting two square meals. Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times.
This ppt is based on the chapter food security in India of class 9th economics cbse board. It will make it easier for the students to come up with the chapter. Hope You'll enjoy.
National Strategic Alliance on Sustainable Agriculture Principles GlobalHunt Foundation
GlobalHunt Foundation initiated the National Strategic Alliance on Sustainable Agricultural Principles (SAP). This outcome report showcases the proceedings of the multi stakeholder meeting to discuss and strategize on key issues on pertaining to the alliance. AsaCSRandSustainabilityResearch,ConsultingandAdvisoryorganizationGlobalHuntFoundationthroughtheformulationofStrategicAllianceforSustainableAgricultureendeavorsobringsustainabilityintherealmofagriculture.Thepurposebehindtheallianceistoformulatesustainableprinciplesofagriculturethathelpsindesigningprogrammesacrosspan-Indiatowardstherevivingandsecuringofsustainableindigenousfarmingpractices,launching programmes that will enable upscaling of small and marginal farmers,preservation of indigenous knowledge,skills and enhancing ethical value chain.
ICRISAT Global Planning Meeting 2019:CGIAR Research Program Grain Legumes and...ICRISAT
The CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Agri-food Systems (CRP GLDC) focused on increasing the productivity, profitability, resilience and marketability of critical and nutritious grain legume and cereal crops grown in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia.
EVENT TITLE: CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING WORKSHOP IN FINDING, REUSING AND
PRESENTATION TITLE: Nutrition potential of local staple food; what is hindering local people from accessing such information and recommendations.
WORKSHOP DATE: 09th January to 10th January 2018
WORKSHOP VENUE: Mukono District Local Government Headquarters, Mukono District, Uganda
SUMMARY:
A staple food, food staple, or simply a staple, is a food that is eaten routinely and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for a given people, supplying a large fraction of energy needs and generally forming a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients as well.
The smart food triple bottom line – starting with diversifying staplesICRISAT
The Smart Food initiative engages in finding foodsystem solutions that, in unison, are good for consumers (nutritious and healthy), the planet (environmentally sustainable) and the producers, especially smallholder famers. This is the Smart Food triple bottom line. A key objective of Smart Food is to diversify staples. By focussing on staples across Africa and Asia, which typically comprise 70 percent of the plate and are often eaten three times a day, we can make a big impact.
The role of university is not to train students to become farmers but agricultural scientists. Students are therefore taught the Art, Science and Business of Agriculture so that they can recreate opportunities for farmers and other participants in agricultural value chain.
The International Year of Family Farming was launched on the 22nd November at UN Headquarters in New York.
What is Family Farming?
Family farming includes all family-based agricultural activities, and it is linked to several areas of the rural development. Family farming is a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production which is managed and operated by a family and predominantly reliant on family labour, including both women’s and men’s.
Objectives of the International Year include supporting the development of policies conducive to sustainable family farming and increasing knowledge, communication and public awareness.
Thematic Presentation on "Family farming"Amit Yadav
Welcome to the Thematic Presentation on “Family Farming”. We the MSW II year student of School of Social Work Roshni Nilaya select this topic for thematic presentation because 2014 is The”International Year of Family Farming”. Through this presentation our focus is to inform about the family farming, importance of family farming, what is International Year of Family Farming, 2014, Objectives of family farming and so on.
Smart Food Kenya- Good For You - The Planet - The FarmerICRISAT
Smart Food is a global initiative coordinated by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). In Kenya, with the support of Feed the Future and USAID, ICRISAT has partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Ministry of Health to promote production and utilization of Smart Food which is good for consumers, the planet and the farmers.Smart Food helps solve a number of our biggest issues n unison: rural poverty, malnutrition and adaptation to climate change and environmental degradation. A major impact can be made if we not only popularize but also mainstream Smart Food – bringing diversity in diets and on the farm. This must be undertaken, ensuring rural communities benefit through better health and livelihood improvements. Other global benefits will be new market development and growth and more sustainable diets.
Smart Food is food that fulfills all the criteria of being-GOOD FOR YOU, GOOD...ICRISAT
Smart Food crops are highly nutritious and targeting some of the largest micro nutrient deficiencies and needs, especially of women and children. Pearl millet has very high levels and bioavailability studies have shown that they will provide the average person’s daily requirement of iron and zinc. Smart Food allows us to have Sustainable Diets ie diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security.
Breaking the food-system divide with Smart Food - good for you, the planet an...ICRISAT
For decades the vast majority of investments have flowed to the ‘Big 3’ crops- Wheat, maize and rice. Whether it is R&D, private industry investment, policy support, product development, or even development aid, the Big 3 have received the lion’s share across the globe. This is a problem because it has led to crops being grown in inappropriate agroecologies.This can negatively impact on the natural resources, and increase risk for farmers.It is also well known that globally we need more diversity on-farm, we need more diversity in our diets and more nutritious diets.We have to change peoples’ habits of eating mainly one food such as rice. If we do not change habits then there are not going to be the changes in global diets that are needed, both nutritionally and environmentally and for farmers’ sakes. Therefore we have set up the Smart Food movement.
BIG IDEAS for partnerships in sustainable developmentICRISAT
ICRISAT has identified the biggest hurdles and opportunities critical for the
development of agriculture and agribusiness in the drylands.
The drylands cover 40% of the world’s land, where one-third of the people depend on agriculture and over 600 million of these people are among the poorest in the world. Climate change is also making the drylands a tougher environment to develop and survive.
On account of International Year of Lets Millet, ICRISAT smartfoods initiative provides the better use of millet and its effect on climate change and mitigating the challenge of Malnutrition
Smartfood- Good for you - the planet - the farmer by Joanna Kane-Potaka, Assi...ICRISAT
This was brought together in a holistic approach with a recommended focus on Smart Food – food that is defined as good for you (nutritious and healthy), good for the planet (environmentally sustainable) and good for the farmer. It was highly recommended to learn from all the interventions suggested but to not implement these in silos. Instead to find solutions that fulfil all the criteria of Smart Food. This was presented by Joanna Kane-Potaka, Assistant Director General, External Relations, ICRISAT. She explained how development had focused on food security when stopping mass starvation was needed, later with the recognition of hidden hunger, nutrition security was added and now the UN talks about sustainable diets – diets sustainable on the environment. The recommendation is that the focus now needs to be on Smart Food – food that fulfils all criteria of being good for you, the plant and the farmer.
CIAT’s Partnership with Canada: Pathways to sustainable economic empowerment ...CIAT
CIAT’s work harnesses global expertise and partnerships that empower poor people to provide for their families and that shed light on new solutions to today’s global challenges. In keeping with Canada’s strategy to increase food security, stimulate sustainable economic growth, and secure the future of children and youth, CIAT is working to
advance our mutual aims with longstanding partners, including the Canadian government and institutions.
Nurturing a Sustainable Future Innovative Approaches to Cultivating Food Secu...Astute Connect
Nurturing a Sustainable Future explores innovative approaches to cultivating food security. This insightful discussion delves into strategies that promote environmental resilience, efficient agricultural practices, and equitable distribution, ensuring a sustainable and nourished global community.
Global partnership tower July 2018 by ivo arrey mbongayaivo arrey
Publication on business, SDGs, investment, international development, research, environment, arts, poverty alleviation, agriculture, energy etcetera . Editor in Chief by Ivo Arrey Mbongaya at African Centre for Community and Development. Your best window to corporate and personal development
Presented at the Pulses for Sustainable Agriculture and Human Health” on 31 May-1 June 2016 at NASC, New Delhi, India. The conference was jointly organised by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), TCi of Cornell University (TCi-CU) and Agriculture Today.
Smart technology is an important part of the solution to food challenges. Smart technologies are already being used by urban food projects but the two concepts are not well connected. Smart Food has been introduced as approach to provide a personalized, mobile, on site counseling service for food allergic people. Smart food focuses especially on foods that can be eaten as staples. This paper provides a brief introduction to smart food. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Tolulope J. Ashaolu | Sarhan M. Musa ""Smart Food: An Introduction"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-2 , February 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29943.pdf
Paper Url : https://www.ijtsrd.com/chemistry/food-science/29943/smart-food-an-introduction/matthew-n-o-sadiku
To return the control of food to each local community is something essential to creating sustainable societies. Only installing this practice as habitual would change other systems a lot, amongst them the economy, soil regeneration & ecosystem & human health.
We explore the importance of food sovereignty & how it works in practice. Included in this class is an exploration in some detail in the various organic food-growing styles that can be used, in small & large scale, with examples of good practice in different areas of the planet.
The Brussels Policy Briefing n. 54 on ”Sustainable agriculture: where are we on SDGs implementation?” took place on 27th February 2019 (European Commission, Charlemagne Building, Alcide de Gasperi Room, Rue de la Loi 170, 1040 Brussels).
ICRISAT’s soil laboratory registers with FAO’s International Network on Ferti...ICRISAT
The Charles Renard Analytical Laboratory at ICRISAT has been officially registered with the International Network on Fertilizer Analysis – a network created in December 2020, to build and strengthen the capacity of laboratories in fertilizer analysis and harmonize fertilizer quality standards. Dr Pushpajeet L Choudhari, Manager of the soil laboratory, said that testing serves as a preventive measure to avoid the misuse of fertilizers leading to better soil management.
Uzbek delegation explores climate-resilient crop options for arid, degraded e...ICRISAT
A delegation from Uzbekistan visited ICRISAT headquarters in India in search of a short-duration second crop suited to arid ecologies that mature before winter. The visit aligns with the Government of Uzbekistan’s efforts to increase agricultural production through double cropping. The visitors were briefed on dryland crop options and expressed interest in academic exchanges and internships based on the Institute’s expertise in genomic technologies and dryland agri-food systems.
Indian Ambassador to Niger explores opportunities for South-South cooperationICRISAT
The Ambassador of India to Niger, His Excellency Mr Prem K Nair, visited ICRISAT’s research station at Sadore, to explore opportunities for South-South collaboration. He said that the objective of his visit was to learn about ICRISAT’s activities in Niger and to identify possible areas of cooperation for implementing agri-development initiatives introduced by India.
WFP, ICRISAT to partner on climate-resilience, food security, nutrition and l...ICRISAT
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) will partner on programs and research to improve food, nutrition security and livelihoods in India against the impacts of climate change. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between Mr. Bishow Parajuli, WFP India Representative and Country Director, and Dr. Jacqueline Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT.
Visit by Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner to ICRISAT opens opportunities f...ICRISAT
Dr Doraiswamy Venkateshwaran, Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner stationed in Chennai, recently visited the ICRISAT campus in Hyderabad to learn more about the Institute’s science-backed research for dryland agriculture. Along with his team, he visited the genebank and toured the pigeonpea and finger millet field plots, where Dr Prakash Gangashetty and Dr Sobhan Sajja explained to him the research focus and various traits of hybrids and varieties developed by ICRISAT.
UK Ambassador to Niger discusses climate change adaptation and humanitarian i...ICRISAT
Niger needs support for the implementation of climate change adaptation measures,” said Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, Ms Catherine Inglehearn while on a recent visit to ICRISAT-Niger. She spoke about the ongoing discussion with the government regarding Niger’s participation at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) meeting in November 2021 in Glasgow.
New climate-resilient, disease-resistant chickpea varieties coming farmers’ wayICRISAT
Three new chickpea varieties, with enhanced drought tolerance, disease resistance and increased yield, are set to become available to the Indian farmers. These have been notified to be available for cultivation by the Central Varietal Release Committee. Calling for the deployment of ‘fast-forward breeding’, a newly conceived framework that promises faster delivery of varieties to farmers, Dr Rajeev Varshney, Research Program Director – Accelerated Crop Improvement, ICRISAT, who coordinated the integration of genomics-assisted breeding activities for developing these varieties
Deputy Collector gets training on agriculture research at ICRISAT HyderabadICRISAT
Mrs Bikumalla Santoshi, Deputy Collector of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in Telangana, India, visited ICRISAT, Hyderabad recently as part of her orientation and training in agricultural research. Mrs Santoshi toured the campus and learnt about the research done on dryland cereals and legumes at ICRISAT’s centers in India as well as Africa.
Cereal-legume value chain stakeholders in WCA meet to develop demand-driven a...ICRISAT
ICRISAT’s Gender Research Program recently brought together breeders, value chain stakeholders and social scientists from Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria to define priority traits of cultivars of sorghum, millet and groundnut during a 4-day workshop. Prior to the workshop, studies were carried out with the national agricultural research systems (NARS) partners in the above countries, to examine and assess the trait preferences of key stakeholders, especially taking into account the specificity of traits with respect to gender-related needs. The results of these studies were presented during the workshop. The expected output is priority trait demands translated into new market-driven and gender-responsive product profiles for the breeding programs at ICRISAT and NARS.
ICRISAT to share expertise on sorghum production with farmers in SomaliaICRISAT
ICRISAT is collaborating with the Somali Agricultural Technical Group (SATG) to provide technical support for sorghum production in Somalia. The expertise provided includes identification of sorghum varieties suitable for Somalia, provision of breeder seed of the identified varieties and training of SATG staff and their partners in sorghum seed production.
4CAST: New digital tool to enhance farmers’ access to modern varietiesICRISAT
To improve smallholder farmers’ access to new improved varieties, a digital variety catalog tool created by ICRISAT in partnership with public and private institutions was recently launched. Called 4CAST, the tool is a user-friendly data driven platform that gives information about new improved varieties, quality and availability of seeds nationally and regionally. 4CAST, which stands for Digital Tools 4 Cataloguing and Adopting Improved Seed Technologies, also provides stakeholders in seed value chains a digital workflow, decentralized access, real-time tracking of progress, private catalogues as well as seed roadmaps.
New ‘one-stop shop’ team formed to take ICRISAT’S plant breeding program in W...ICRISAT
ICRISAT West and Central Africa has reorganized all disciplines of agronomic research (agronomy, breeding, biotechnology/ genomics, integrated crop management, physiology, sociology, agroeconomics, etc.) under one umbrella called the Crop Improvement Operations Team (CIOT). A “one-stop shop” for all crop improvement operations, the CIOT was launched on Tuesday 24 August 2021 at ICRISAT’s Samanko research station in Mali.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize, for work that has improved food security across 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT, a CGIAR Research Center, is a non-profit, non-political public international research organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world.
Rooting for strong partnerships and participatory extension in Nigeria for ro...ICRISAT
To enhance partnerships and make the extension systems for cereals and legumes production technologies in Nigeria more participatory, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and ICRISAT recently organized a workshop for agencies implementing the Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project.
Understanding consumption preferences for sorghum and millets globallyICRISAT
In support of the objectives of the International Year of Millets (2023), a global study, “Prioritizing Regular Intake of Sorghum and Millets (PRISM)”, is being conducted to understand the potential drivers of sorghum and millets consumption. PRISM is a collaborative effort of researchers in the Markets, Institutions and Policy team at ICRISAT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) to understand the choices that drive the consumption of these nutricereals and to explore their increased inclusion in diets globally for the good of dryland farmers, human health and the environment.
ICRISAT introduces an invigorated research structure (The research structure ...ICRISAT
A robust, more efficient research structure is part of the reorganization initiative at ICRISAT that aims at building a cohesive and interconnected body of work in agricultural research. The revitalized framework is expected to seamlessly integrate and deliver agricultural research outputs across the drylands of Asia and Africa. The strength of this framework is the deeply interlinked global and regional programs working towards common and interdependent goals.
Training on science communication to engage funders and stakeholdersICRISAT
Communicating research findings to policy makers, peers and civil society is crucial for research uptake and development. To meet this goal, a one-day training session on messaging through newsletters and journal articles was held for participants of the International Training Programme on Climate Change – Mitigation and Adaptation of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) at ICRISAT, Mali.
Virtual training in the use of remote sensing for the agriculture sector in P...ICRISAT
A virtual hands-on training program on developing geospatial maps for supporting insurance products using Google Earth Engine and semi-automatic techniques was conducted for participants in Pakistan as part of the project “Strengthening Post-COVID-19 Food Security and Locust Attacks”. The nine participants were from the PARC Agrotech company (PATCO) technical team and crop reporting service teams from Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan. They were introduced to remote sensing and its applications in agriculture. Hands-on training using Google Earth Engine (GEE), Image Processing Software – ERDAS 2015 and various automatic classification techniques was provided along with several applications for using these modern tools.
ICRISAT pleased to share this five-year Strategic Plan 2021-2025 which builds on our extensive partnerships, networking and our understanding of the needs on the ground and sets out our current expertise with our vision for the next five years of a streamlined, targeted research for development institution, working closely with our partners and stakeholders in the private and public sectors.
ICRISAT and HarvestPlus to collaborate on mainstreaming nutrition research an...ICRISAT
ICRISAT and HarvestPlus signed an agreement for scientific and technical collaboration between the two global organizations. Mr Arun Baral, CEO, HarvestPlus, and Dr Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT, signed the Memorandum of Understanding, which is made and entered into by IFPRI on behalf of its HarvestPlus Program. On the occasion, Dr Hughes said, After 17 years of fruitful collaboration on biofortification research, we have now decided to elevate this partnership. ICRISAT and HarvestPlus will work together more closely, making available micronutrient-rich varieties, high-quality seed and related technologies to the farming communities and consumers. This will contribute to eliminating micronutrient malnutrition in the drylands.
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Understanding the Challenges of Street ChildrenSERUDS INDIA
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Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
1. Leading the Smart Food initiative globally:
GOOD FOR YOU - THE PLANET - THE FARMER
March 2017
Working in the drylands for 45 years with a specialty
in Dryland Cereals and Grain Legumes.
Innovating to overcome poverty, hunger, malnutrition
and environmental degradation.
Global
Smart Food is
food that fulfills all the criteria of being:
GOOD FOR YOU
GOOD FOR THE PLANET
GOOD FOR THE FARMER
Smart Food helps solve a number of our biggest issues
in unison: rural poverty, malnutrition and adaptation to
climate change and environmental degradation.
A major impact can be made if we not only popularize
but also mainstream Smart Food – bringing diversity in
diets and on the farm.
This must be undertaken, ensuring rural communities
benefit through better health and livelihood
improvements. Other global benefits will be new market
development and growth and more sustainable diets.
Drylandcerealslikemilletsandsorghum,
andgrainlegumesareSmartFood.
HowaretheyGoodforYou?
TheseSmartFoodcropsarehighlynutritiousand
targetingsomeofthelargestmicronutrientdeficiencies
andneeds,especiallyofwomenandchildren.
Forexample:
▪▪Iron,zincandfolicacid-Pearlmillethasvery
highlevelsandbioavailabilitystudieshaveshown
thattheywillprovidetheaverageperson’sdaily
requirementofironandzinc.
▪▪Calcium-Fingermillethas3timestheamount
comparedtomilk.
▪▪Affordableprotein-providedbygrainlegumes.
▪▪LowGlycemicIndex-whichmeansescalating
levelsofdiabetes–canbeavoidedormanaged
bysorghumandmilletsbecausetheyhavelow
GlycemicIndex.
▪▪Highantioxidants-Fightsagainstheartdiseases,
lifestyledisordersandcancer
▪▪GlutenFree
HowaretheyGoodforthe
Smallholderfarmer?
SmartFoodaregoodforthesmallholderfarmers
because
▪▪Theirclimateresiliencemeanstheyareagoodrisk
managementstrategy.
▪▪Legumeshaveanimportantcontributiontosoil
nutritionandwhenrotatedwithothercrops,increase
thewateruseefficiencyoftheentirecropcycle.
▪▪Theirmultipleusesanduntappeddemandmeans
theyhavealotmorepotential.
▪▪Unliketheothercropstheyhavenotyetreached
ayieldplateauandhavegreatpotentialfor
productivityincreases.
HowaretheyGoodforthePlanet?
Thesearealsocropscriticalinthedrylandsthatwillbest
survivetheharshenvironmentsandaremostresilient
henceclimatesmartcrops.Basically,milletsarethelast
cropstandingintimesofdrought.Themillets,
sorghumandlegumeshaveclosetothelowest
waterandcarbonfootprintsofallthecrops.
Aims of the Smart Food initiative
A Smart Food initiative has been developed with the aim
to mainstream Smart Food – bringing diversity in diets
and on the farm. This is to make a major breakthrough
in overcoming malnutrition and rural poverty, and being
more sustainable on the environment.
The approach
The approach is based on creating a demand pull by
the consumer. This needs to be complemented with
accelerating investments and support for the research
and development of value chains for Smart Food.
It is also critical to ensure that smallholder farmers and
rural communities in developing countries benefit from
the market growth and can move out of poverty and
their hidden hunger.
Efforts will focus initially on millets and sorghum as
well as grain legumes.
Needs and market potential will lead to a geographic
focus on countries where these crops traditionally
grew (Africa, India and other areas of Asia), as well as
the large, influential markets in the West (USA, Europe
and Australasia).
The approach, as shown in the diagram, will include:
1. Creating the Smart Food concept and messaging:
This will include building a strong scientific case
for selected Smart Food, developing the marketing
approach and building an accreditation scheme for
Smart Food.
2. Creating a demand pull with consumers: This
will include promoting a modern image for the
selected Smart Food through an intensive and
highly creative viral campaign, complemented with
facilitating innovative convenience food products.
From policy makers to urban aspirational markets,
rural communities, processors and investors will be
engaged, along with the food service, media and
health industries.
3. Ensuring smallholder farmers and rural communities
are pulled out of poverty and hidden hunger: This
will require a concerted effort working with rural
health workers, connecting farmers to the value
chain and advocacy for research and development
and supporting policies.
4. Health benefit testing to fill gaps and build further
knowledge on the Smart Food.
Partners on the Smart Food initiative
Significant impacts and mainstreaming Smart Food
can only be achieved through partnership. This
requires a wide variety of players: from the food,
retail and catering industries (new entrepreneurs to
multinationals); the health industry; marketers; social
media players and governments to development
agencies, foundations and NGOs.
Write to: SmartFood@cgiar.org
www.SmartFood.org
Contact: Joanna Kane-Potaka
Join the Smart Food Movement
Smart Food is a global initiative founded and
coordinated by the International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
Themajorconstraints
Themajorconstraintsforthesedrylandcereals
andgrainlegumesthatareholdingthembackfrom
reachingtheirfullpotentialare–verylittleinvestment,
significantlyunderdevelopedvaluechains,andthe
imageofthefoodasoldfashioned,especiallythecase
formilletsandsorghum.
Moreinvestmentandpolicysupporthavesignificant
potentialtoincreaseyields,providebetternutrition,
fulfillmultipleuses(food,feed,biofuels,brewing),
developmodernprocessedfoodproductsand
integratefarmersintothevaluechain.
THEAPPROACH
1.CreatingtheSmartFood
conceptandmessaging
2.Creatingademandpullwithconsumers
Implementationatcountrylevel:
3.Ensuringsmallholderfarmersandruralcommunitiesbenefit
Viralcampaigntocreateabuzzaroundmilletsthroughsocialmedia,massmedia
andrealityshowsandambassadors.
Facilitatemodernconvenienceproductsby:
▪▪DevelopingSmartFoodsignatureproducts
▪▪Raisingawarenessamongprocessors
▪▪Overcomingbarrierslikeknowledge,
equipmentandgrades/standards.
Facilitatethehealth,food
serviceandmediaindustries
throughengagementand
informationsharing
Connectingfarmerstothevaluechain:
▪▪LinkingFarmerProducerOrganizationswithsupplyprocessorsandotherusers
▪▪On-farmvalueadditionbeforeselling
▪▪Developingbrandedfranchisedmilletproductswithwomenself-helpgroups
Ensuringthemilletsareeatentoavoidorovercomehealthissues:
▪▪Workingwithhealthworkerstointroducemilletintotheadvice
▪▪Developingmenustoincludemilletsintomiddaymealfeedingprogramsand
implementingwithaschoolcampaign
Advocacyforsupportingpolicies:Clarifysupportingpoliciesneeded,supported
documentation,andatravelingroadshowofdynamicscience-backedpresentations
Supportonfarm:Incorporate‘nutrition’and‘processingqualities’intocultivar
selectionprocessandsupportfarmingpractices
Advocacyforresearchdevelopment:Throughinteractionsandawarenessraising
andbroaderpromotionwithNGOsandfundingagencies.
SmartFood
Science-
backed
information
Base
marketing
messaging
andmaterial
Classification
and
accreditation
ofSmartFood
(andcrops)
4.Healthbenefittesting:Identificationofknowledgegaps
AnewapproachisneededifwearetomakeamajorchangeandbringSmartFoodintothemainstream.Thisapproach
isbasedonselectingsomeSmartFoodandhavea‘focusedavidinvestment’.
2. Leading the Smart Food initiative globally:
GOOD FOR YOU - THE PLANET - THE FARMER
March 2017
Working in the drylands for 45 years with a specialty
in Dryland Cereals and Grain Legumes.
Innovating to overcome poverty, hunger, malnutrition
and environmental degradation.
Global
Smart Food is
food that fulfills all the criteria of being:
GOOD FOR YOU
GOOD FOR THE PLANET
GOOD FOR THE FARMER
Smart Food helps solve a number of our biggest issues
in unison: rural poverty, malnutrition and adaptation to
climate change and environmental degradation.
A major impact can be made if we not only popularize
but also mainstream Smart Food – bringing diversity in
diets and on the farm.
This must be undertaken, ensuring rural communities
benefit through better health and livelihood
improvements. Other global benefits will be new market
development and growth and more sustainable diets.
Dryland cereals like millets and sorghum,
and grain legumes are Smart Food.
How are they Good for You?
These Smart Food crops are highly nutritious and
targeting some of the largest micronutrient deficiencies
and needs, especially of women and children.
For example:
▪▪ Iron, zinc and folic acid - Pearl millet has very
high levels and bioavailability studies have shown
that they will provide the average person’s daily
requirement of iron and zinc.
▪▪ Calcium - Finger millet has 3 times the amount
compared to milk.
▪▪ Affordable protein - provided by grain legumes.
▪▪ Low Glycemic Index - which means escalating
levels of diabetes – can be avoided or managed
by sorghum and millets because they have low
Glycemic Index.
▪▪ High antioxidants - Fights against heart diseases,
life style disorders and cancer
▪▪ Gluten Free
How are they Good for the
Smallholder farmer?
Smart Food are good for the small holder farmers
because
▪▪ Their climate resilience means they are a good risk
management strategy.
▪▪ Legumes have an important contribution to soil
nutrition and when rotated with other crops, increase
the water use efficiency of the entire crop cycle.
▪▪ Their multiple uses and untapped demand means
they have a lot more potential.
▪▪ Unlike the other crops they have not yet reached
a yield plateau and have great potential for
productivity increases.
How are they Good for the Planet?
These are also crops critical in the drylands that will best
survive the harsh environments and are most resilient
hence climate smart crops. Basically, millets are the last
crop standing in times of drought. The millets,
sorghum and legumes have close to the lowest
water and carbon footprints of all the crops.
Aims of the Smart Food initiative
A Smart Food initiative has been developed with the aim
to mainstream Smart Food – bringing diversity in diets
and on the farm. This is to make a major breakthrough
in overcoming malnutrition and rural poverty, and being
more sustainable on the environment.
The approach
The approach is based on creating a demand pull by
the consumer. This needs to be complemented with
accelerating investments and support for the research
and development of value chains for Smart Food.
It is also critical to ensure that smallholder farmers and
rural communities in developing countries benefit from
the market growth and can move out of poverty and
their hidden hunger.
Efforts will focus initially on millets and sorghum as
well as grain legumes.
Needs and market potential will lead to a geographic
focus on countries where these crops traditionally
grew (Africa, India and other areas of Asia), as well as
the large, influential markets in the West (USA, Europe
and Australasia).
The approach, as shown in the diagram, will include:
1. Creating the Smart Food concept and messaging:
This will include building a strong scientific case
for selected Smart Food, developing the marketing
approach and building an accreditation scheme for
Smart Food.
2. Creating a demand pull with consumers: This
will include promoting a modern image for the
selected Smart Food through an intensive and
highly creative viral campaign, complemented with
facilitating innovative convenience food products.
From policy makers to urban aspirational markets,
rural communities, processors and investors will be
engaged, along with the food service, media and
health industries.
3. Ensuring smallholder farmers and rural communities
are pulled out of poverty and hidden hunger: This
will require a concerted effort working with rural
health workers, connecting farmers to the value
chain and advocacy for research and development
and supporting policies.
4. Health benefit testing to fill gaps and build further
knowledge on the Smart Food.
Partners on the Smart Food initiative
Significant impacts and mainstreaming Smart Food
can only be achieved through partnership. This
requires a wide variety of players: from the food,
retail and catering industries (new entrepreneurs to
multinationals); the health industry; marketers; social
media players and governments to development
agencies, foundations and NGOs.
Write to: SmartFood@cgiar.org
www.SmartFood.org
Contact: Joanna Kane-Potaka
Join the Smart Food Movement
Smart Food is a global initiative founded and
coordinated by the International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
The major constraints
The major constraints for these dryland cereals
and grain legumes that are holding them back from
reaching their full potential are – very little investment,
significantly underdeveloped value chains, and the
image of the food as old fashioned, especially the case
for millets and sorghum.
More investment and policy support have significant
potential to increase yields, provide better nutrition,
fulfill multiple uses (food, feed, biofuels, brewing),
develop modern processed food products and
integrate farmers into the value chain.
THE APPROACH
1. Creating the Smart Food
concept and messaging
2. Creating a demand pull with consumers
Implementation at country level:
3. Ensuring smallholder farmers and rural communities benefit
Viral campaign to create a buzz around millets through social media, mass media
and reality shows and ambassadors.
Facilitate modern convenience products by:
▪▪ Developing Smart Food signature products
▪▪ Raising awareness among processors
▪▪ Overcoming barriers like knowledge,
equipment and grades/standards.
Facilitate the health, food
service and media industries
through engagement and
information sharing
Connecting farmers to the value chain:
▪▪ Linking Farmer Producer Organizations with supply processors and other users
▪▪ On-farm value addition before selling
▪▪ Developing branded franchised millet products with women self-help groups
Ensuring the millets are eaten to avoid or overcome health issues:
▪▪ Working with health workers to introduce millet into the advice
▪▪ Developing menus to include millets into midday meal feeding programs and
implementing with a school campaign
Advocacy for supporting policies: Clarify supporting policies needed, supported
documentation, and a traveling roadshow of dynamic science-backed presentations
Support on farm: Incorporate ‘nutrition’ and ‘processing qualities’ into cultivar
selection process and support farming practices
Advocacy for research development: Through interactions and awareness raising
and broader promotion with NGOs and funding agencies.
Smart Food
Science-
backed
information
Base
marketing
messaging
and material
Classification
and
accreditation
of Smart Food
(and crops)
4. Health benefit testing: Identification of knowledge gaps
A new approach is needed if we are to make a major change and bring Smart Food into the mainstream. This approach
is based on selecting some Smart Food and have a ‘focused avid investment’.