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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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Foreign Service Limited Position Opportunity: Natural Resource Officer, FSL-0028-02

The Natural Resource Officer will support implementation of the forthcoming Agency Climate Strategy, an Administration priority, which has set ambitious targets the Agency must meet on land-based mitigation. The Natural Resource Officer will be a senior-level Agency technical expert supporting implementation of the Climate Strategy through leadership and technical expertise in NCS.
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Working for a Healthy and Resilient Amazon

According to the recently released Amazon Vision 2020 Report, USAID and its global partners improved the management and conditions of key landscapes in the Amazon, working on more than 48 million hectares.
  • USAID