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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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Group of people at the USAID-SENA Renewable Energy Job Training Program for Waayu Youth and Women in La Guajira
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Colombia’s Green, Secure, Inclusive and Resilient Future

Colombia is making historic strides towards achieving carbon neutrality with a goal of 100 percent national energy access by 2030 to meet its revised Nationally Determined Contribution.
  • Ipshita Nandi Banerjee, Johanna Koolemans-Beynen
A photovoltaic solar array sits in the foreground with mountains and sea visible in the background.
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Private Sector Training Empowers Minigrid Proposals for Haiti

In March 2019, the Government of Haiti released an official request for proposals as part of a broader plan to support the development of minigrids. Minigrids generally involve small-scale electricity generation and can advance energy transitions in rural areas by enabling a power supply for communities lacking reliable electricity.
  • Alexis Powers, Sadie Cox