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Editor's Pick: Mitigation Low-Emissions Agriculture Blogs

The following blogs highlight some of the ways USAID is working at the intersection of climate and agriculture and food systems.
  • Jamie Schoshinski
Picture in April 2023, shows a rice farm in Majin Gari, Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State (Long: 6.113753, Lat: 9.07204), Nigeria, by Salihu Idris (in the plot), was fertilized solely with biochar and compost, and no synthetic fertilizers, yielded 4.5 tons/ha, without any release of carbon emissions from the farming activity. The farmer, Salisu, is one of the participants of the USAID Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Activity implemented by Winrock International.

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Private-Sector Engagement in USAID Climate Programming

In the fight against climate change, the private sector plays a strategic role in addressing development challenges. This blog describes how USAID partners with the private sector to consult, strategize, align, collaborate, and implement technological, financial, or strategic solutions to conservation, adaptation, and mitigation challenges.
  • Tedi Rabold
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How You Can Build Your Skills to Combat Climate Change

The scale of the climate crisis can feel overwhelming. Wondering how you can help in 2022? We pulled together our top tools and trainings for addressing climate change through development work.
  • Neeha Mian
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announcing a new $3m gender-sensitive agriculture insurance activity at the Our Climate Future is Female: Women and Girls Leading Climate Action session.
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SERVIR at COP26: Collaborating for Climate Action

Building on more than 120 years of combined experience of its two parent agencies – USAID and NASA – SERVIR joined the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow to highlight work that betters both scientific understanding and human well-being.
  • SERVIR Global
Artist’s concept of the Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory, a joint international project of NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency that measures rain and snow.
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Strengthening Climate Resilience from Space

At first glance, USAID and NASA seem like an unlikely pair. NASA’s satellites watch the world from above; USAID helps farmers around the world grow crops from the ground up. But through a 15-year partnership, we’re helping solve one of the greatest threats to Earth — the climate crisis — and simultaneously strengthening resilience against poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and lack of access to safe water and sanitation.
  • Pete Epanchin
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Driving Innovation to Solve Real-World Problems

How exactly does SERVIR connect space to village? These examples highlight some of the cutting-edge tools that support SERVIR’s work on land cover, agriculture and flood forecasting.
  • Devrin Weiss