Famine Early Warning Systems Network
The goal of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is to strengthen the abilities of Haiti, Guatemala, Afghanistan and African countries and regional organizations to manage risk of food insecurity through the provision of timely and analytical early warning and vulnerability information.
Burundi Agribusiness Program (BAP)
The Burundi Agribusiness Program (BAP) is a five-year value chain development initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Global Agrifood Systems Development
The Global Agrifood Systems Development (GASD) initiative is a multi-college, multi-department initiative partially funded by the Michigan State University Quality Fund. The initiative aims to solidify and enhance the University’s position as a world leader and center of excellence for research, teaching and outreach in global agrifood systems.
Rural and Agricultural Incomes with a Sustainable Environment/Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Under the "Rural and Agricultural Incomes with a Sustainable Environment (RAISE)" IQC, EGAT has recently launched a three year, $5.6 million Task Order entitled "Assistance for Trade Capacity Building in Relation to the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)".
Indian Horticulture Development Alliance
The Indian Horticulture Development Alliance (IHDA) is a comprehensive and inclusive coalition established to address India’s major horticultural development goals. It will help build value chains for horticulture products with high potential for expanded distribution and sales in India’s rapidly-evolving food retail sector and high value export markets.
Southern Africa Biotechnology Program
Science and technology (S&T) constitute one of two major pillars of the Initiative to End Hunger in Africa (IEHA) strategy to cut hunger in half by 2015. Leveraging the new scientific tools of biotechnology to generate crops that will increase agricultural production is one component of the broader S&T strategy of the Regional Center for Southern Africa (RCSA)under this IEHA pillar.
Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) Potato Project in South Africa
The cultivated potato, (Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum L.) is one of the world’s major food crops following rice, wheat and maize. The potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella Zeller) is a primary problem facing potato farmers in developing countries. Currently, the only available means to control the potato tuber moth (PTM) and avoid major crop losses is the use of chemical pesticides.
