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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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Announcement

2023 Climatelinks Photo Contest

Our 2023 Photo Contest theme is USAID’s Climate Strategy in Action: Confronting the Climate Crisis Across Sectors. We are looking for submissions that show the breadth of issues, impacts, and solutions to climate change across 13 categories. Submissions will be open starting July 11, 2023.
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Leveraging the Power of Nature

Addressing climate change and conserving forests go hand-in-hand, but what does that look like in practice? This blog outlines six approaches for using the power of nature to address the climate crisis.
  • Neeha Mian
A farmer plants a eucalyptus sapling on a plot in Zambezia province, Mozambique.
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Achieving Ambitious Food System Transformation in the Context of USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy

Join this listening session on Monday, November 14th at 6:25–7:10 pm EET (11:25 am–12:10 pm EST). The session will seek input from COP27 attendees and the wider public on the preliminary findings of a study on systemic approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation in agricultural, nutrition, and food systems.
  • Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)
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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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Climatelinks Website Redesign Showcases Climate Integration

Climate impacts social and economic development across sectors, in numerous ways. Each sector also has unique opportunities to contribute to climate solutions. USAID integrates climate change in development programming across a variety of technical fields.
  • Isabela Barriga