United States Agency for International Development

Investor/Funder

United States Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID

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Projects sponsored by USAID

Aug 2018Jul 2019

Aflatoxin-related health risk for milk consumers in rural and peri-urban areas in Burkina Faso

Milk and dairy products are a key source of essential nutrients, but they are also greatly vulnerable to contamination with microorganisms and chemicals that can cause illness in people. The high levels of aflatoxins in milk reported in various African countries, with their carcinogenic effect and...

Jan 2020Aug 2020

Situation analysis of food safety control systems in East African Community member states

Food safety is important for the health and wellbeing of communities. Control systems are meant to protect consumers from unsafe products, safeguard public health and facilitate trade. A review of national food control systems can help define where the gaps are and provide suggestions on what needs...

Nov 2016Sep 2019

Improving handling practices and microbiological safety of milk and milk products in Borana pastoral communities, Ethiopia

Borana is a pastoral area in southern Ethiopia where milk is a common food. A recent study involving participatory qualitative investigation on the topic focused on four village administrations of the Yabello district in the Borana zone. Microbiological assessment was carried out along different...

Jan 2013Dec 2019

Red Meat Value Chain Development in Maputo and Limpopo Corridors (PROSUL Project)

Study for the red meat value chain, ensure that stakeholders in the value chain are brought together to overcome structural constraints for the improvement of cattle and goat productivity

Jan 2016Dec 2019

Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program (FTF-MLTS)

Aims to reduce ruminant livestock productivity gaps and increase the volume and value of ruminant livestock marketed and promoting the expansion of profitable livestock-based enterprises with a business model that stimulates commercial and institutional innovations, linking up producers with input...

Oct 2016Sep 2019

Tuendelee Pamoja II Project

To train farmers on forage agronomy and conservation techniques that will help them overcome livestock feed shortage during the dry season and to train Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) on common livestock diseases and their treatments, to equip them with material and medicine kits and...

forages

Jan 2019Dec 2020

Feed the Future - Accelerated Value Chain Development Program phase II

The Feed the Future Kenya Accelerated Value Chain Development program seeks to widely apply technologies and innovations for selected value chains in order to competitively and sustainably increase productivity, contributing to inclusive agricultural growth, nutrition and food security in the...

Jan 2017Dec 2021

ReSAKSS Phase III

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes established in 2006 under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). It supports implementation of CAADP efforts to promote evidence and outcome-based policy...

Oct 2017Sep 2022

Kenya crops and dairy market systems development activity (KCDMSD)

The Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems Development Activity (KCDMSD) is a five-year (Oct 2017–Sept 2022) program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It is funded as part of Feed the Future, the US government’s global hunger, and food security initiative that helps...

Sep 2017Mar 2021

Safe food, fair food for Cambodia

Cambodia has a rich tradition of tasty and nutritious foods. Animal-source foods are an important part of the cuisine with pork, fish, and poultry products widely consumed. The great majority of livestock products are produced by smallholders, many of them women, and sold in traditional, wet...

Feb 2017Jan 2019

Developing optimal vaccination strategies for Rift Valley fever in East Africa

Rift Valley fever is a mosquito-borne viral zoonotic disease that affects sheep, goats, cattle and camels causing devastating losses, especially among pastoral communities that rely on livestock for their livelihoods. The disease occurs in explosive outbreaks following periods of above-normal and...

Jan 2017Dec 2019

Enhancing milk quality and consumption for improved income and nutrition in Rwanda

Objectives Generate evidence on interventions aimed at improving dairy income and consumption of milk in Rwanda. Specifically, the project will; evaluate the impact of a nutrition education intervention on ASF consumption and nutrition outcomes among children (12-23 months) and pregnant and...

nutrition