With the support of USDA Costa Rica and The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), it was decided that the Food Loss and Waste Value Chain Selection Guide will be piloted in the Huetar Caribbean region.
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) of Kenya was the first organization to pilot the ‘Food Loss and Waste Value Chain Selection Guide’ for two weeks in January 2022, with technical support from Agribusiness Associates Inc.
USAID’s investments in water security under the U.S. Global Water Strategy are critical to advance health, prosperity, stability, and resilience. The Global Water Strategy details USAID’s approach to implementing the White House Action Plan on Global Water Security.
The goal of the 2022-2027 U.S. Government Global Water Strategy is to improve health, prosperity, stability, and resilience through sustainable and equitable water resources management and access to safe drinking water and sanitation services and hygiene practices.
Water security is a national security priority. Water matters—from sustaining life to powering economies to preventing conflicts. The U.S. Global Water Strategy lays out a catalytic, locally led, and climate-resilient plan for advancing a water-secure world for all.
The “Food Loss and Waste Value Chain Selection Guide” is a practical resource for educating organizational stakeholders on how to integrate considerations of food loss and waste (FLW) reduction within agricultural value chains when selecting priority chains to work in.
This document summarizes the proceedings of USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean’s second annual Regional Climate Symposium, held on July 15 and 21, 2022.
Under PREPARE, USAID with 18 other U.S. Government departments and agencies announces more than 60 actions to accelerate international adaptation efforts. USAID’s work under the Agency’s Climate Strategy (2022-2030) also supports PREPARE.
This template is part of the Food Loss and Waste Value Chain Selection Toolkit, and offers an outline of how to create a report on country food loss & waste value chain selection.
The validation workshop template slide deck aims to help practitioners validate working in the proper value chain, buy-in from key stakeholders, and setting and sharing priorities for others to align with.
This Plant/Packhouse Data Collection Tool helps practitioners assess harvest, sorting/grading, transportation, treatment/conditioning, packaging, and marketing of products.
This Farm Field Data Collection Tool helps practitioners assess harvest, grading/selecting, transportation, conditioning, packaging, and commercialization of products.
