Tag: USAID

UF part of multi-institutional, $22M cereal crops project funded by USAID

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
November 2, 2023

The U.S. Agency for International Development announced the creation of the Feed the Future Climate Resilient Cereals Innovational Lab, or CRCIL, to improve lives around the world by making cereal crops more readily available to those most at ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Charlie Messina, Climate Resilient Cereals Innovational Lab, Feed The Future, Horticultural Sciences, Horticultural Sciences Department, USAID

USAID with Feed the Future funding awards $4M to UF/IFAS to improve Haitian livestock production and research capacity

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
September 6, 2023

The University of Florida Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems within the Global Food Systems Institute will lead a five-year, $4 million project to improve the productivity and resilience of Haiti’s livestock sector, with ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS
Tags: Capacity Building, Feed The Future Innovation Lab For Livestock Systems, Global Food Systems Institute, Haiti, UF/IFAS Global Food Systems Institute, USAID

USAID renews support of UF livestock research to improve nutrition and livelihoods in Africa, Asia

by Samantha Murray
September 21, 2020

The University of Florida has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to continue scientific research related to production and consumption of animal-source food in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Niger, Rwanda ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Adegbola Adesogan, Animal Sciences, Feed The Future Innovation Lab For Livestock Systems, News, Scott Angle, USAID

New institute to address food production and sustainability at global scale

by Samantha Murray
July 10, 2020

The University of Florida has announced the creation of the UF/IFAS Food Systems Institute, which will bring together the university's top researchers to find solutions to feeding the world in a way that is economically and environmentally sustainable. “This ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Crops, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, NATURAL RESOURCES, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Adegbola Adesogan, Feed The Future Innovation Lab For Livestock Systems, Food Systems Institute, Institute For Sustainable Food Systems, Jack Payne, News, USAID

University of Florida receives part of $7 million grant to empower women farmers in Africa

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 20, 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When Kathleen Colverson works in places like Mozambique, Tanzania and Ethiopia, she watches as women farmers rise before dawn to gather firewood and water to make breakfast for their families. They send the older children ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Africa, Extension, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, University Of Florida, USAID

USAID official to speak on global food security April 19 at Carleton Auditorium

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 13, 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An official with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will speak about global food security April 19 at Carleton Auditorium on the University of Florida campus. Gregory C. Gottlieb, senior deputy ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Global Food Security, Gottlieb, Koenig, USAID

UF receives $7.9 million to improve food security and human nutrition in Mozambique

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 20, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida has secured a four-year, $7.9 million award to lead a unique new collaboration among experts in the U.S. and Brazil to improve agriculture ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Africa, Bowen, International Programs, Mozambique, USAID

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