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Materials Available for#KSAfrica16Food for Peace PhotoContestRegister for theInternational FoodAssistance and FoodSecurity ConferenceApply for the Asia RegionSocial and BehavioralChange WorkshopIntegrated PestManagement andFumigation Safety TrainingFeatured ResourceJob PostingsFunding & OtherOpportunitiesTask Force and InterestGroup MeetingsUpcoming EventsNew Reports, Guides &ToolsRecent Articles
PHOTO OF THE WEEK Submitted by The TOPS Program Photo by Emmanuel Museruka
Joyce Luma, WFP South Sudan, Keynote Speaker atthe TOPS/FSN Network East and Southern AfricaRegional Knowledge Sharing Meeting, interacts withother meeting participants. The meeting attracted over200 implementers, donors, and researchers from 95organizations working on food security and nutritionprogramming. Read more about the meeting in thisweek's featured news.
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DID YOU KNOW...We hear about the growing refugee crisis everyday in the news, but do you know about howUSAID is using food assistance to providecritical aid to refugees? Read Three StoriesAbout Refugees You Won't See in the Newsfrom USAID/Food for Peace to learn more.
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Materials Available for #KSAfrica16September 2022, 2016 Kampala, Uganda
The TOPS/FSN Network East and Southern Africa Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting brought together over200 implementers, donors, and researchers from 95 organizations on September 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Click below to watch the keynote and plenary sessions, browse photos, read session summaries, downloadpresentations and handouts, and more:
Food for Peace Photo ContestSubmit your photos by October 31, 2016!
Food for Peace is holding a photo contest to highlight the great work our staff and partners do in order toachieve our vision of a world free of hunger and poverty. Winners could see their photos on the cover of FFPreports or used in our information products! Send all submissions to [email protected]. The deadline for entry is October 31, 2016. Please see the attached flyer for more details!
Register for the International Food Assistance and Food SecurityConferenceOctober 1011, 2016 Des Moines, Iowa
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Registration is now open for the International Food Assistance and Food Security Conference taking placeOctober 1011 in Des Moines, Iowa. The conference, to be held in conjunction with the World Food Prize, willbring together partners from the public and private sectors, civil society, and the research and scientificcommunities to discuss challenges and solutions related to delivering programs to alleviate hunger andpromote longterm food security throughout the world. Learn more and register here. For more information, you can contact the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Food Assistance Division [email protected] or (202) 7204233.
Apply for the Asia Region Social and Behavioral Change WorkshopSave the date: November 30 December 7, 2016 Hanoi, Vietnam HKI/Vietnam will host a TOPSfunded, 7day combined Designing for Behavior Change/Barrier Analysistraining from November 30 December 7, 2016 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The purpose of the training is to increaseparticipants' skills to design evidencebased behavior change strategies using the results of Barrier Analysis(BA) studies. Participants will be asked to commit to developing a BA questionnaire in local language as part ofthe course, and to conduct a BA study in the months following the training, for which remote technicalassistance will be provided. This training will use these manuals: Designing for Behavior Change for Agriculture, Natural ResourceManagement, Health and Nutrition and A Practical Guide to Conducting a Barrier Analysis. The course will beconducted in English. As a result of attending the training, participants will be able to:
Design evidencebased behavior change strategies using the DBC FrameworkPlan and carry out a Barrier Analysis study and use the findings to inform behavior change strategydesign/modifications
The ideal participant will be a senior program staff member of a USAID/FFPfunded food security project inAsia, who has authority to design/make changes to the project's behavior change strategy. Other applicants willbe considered as space permits. Contact: [email protected] and [email protected] to receive an application. The application deadline is October 31, 2016.
Integrated Pest Management and Fumigation Safety TrainingSave the date: January 2426, 2017 Kansas State University: Manhattan, Kansas
Project ConcernInternational (PCI), incollaboration with TOPSand Kansas StateUniversity's (KSU)Department of Grain
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Science and Industry, willbe hosting a 3dayIntegrated PestManagement andFumigation SafetyTraining. Space is limited, so pleaseRSVP as soon aspossible.
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Featured ResourceNutritionSensitive Agriculture Programming: A NutritionSensitive Approach forMarketBased Agricultural Projects
This toolkit has been designed to help agriculturalists working in marketbasedprograms avoid harming the nutritional status of target householdsunintentionally and to boost nutrition whenever possible. It includes:
An overview of nutritionrelated issues;A stepbystep guide for the design, implementation, and evaluation ofnutritionsensitive agriculture programs;A number of annexes providing background information, and practicaltools to use when applying the stepbystep approach.
View the document in the resource library at fsnnetwork.org.
Job PostingsCash Transfer Manager based in multiple locations with Save the ChildrenNutritionist based in Nigeria with WFPFood Security, Health and GenderBased Violence Programming Consultant based in US or Africa withEpiscopal Relief & DevelopmentDirector, Global Public Health based in US or Europe with Johnson & Johnson Global HealthSouth Sudan Country Director based in South Sudan with American Refugee CommitteeMonitoring and Evaluation Associate based in Kenya with One Acre FundNutrition Research Manager based in South Sudan with International Rescue CommitteeGender Advisor based in DRC with International Rescue CommitteeWomen's Protection and Empowerment Service Delivery Specialist based in NYC with InternationalRescue CommitteeProgram Analyst (Gender Advisor) based in Washington, DC with USAID Bureau of Food SecurityOffice of Country StrategyKnowledge Management and Learning Advisor based in Bangladesh with CARE Bangladesh
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Knowledge Management Research and Development Senior Advisor based in Atlanta, Georgia withCAREMonitoring, Evaluation and Learning Senior Advisor based in Atlanta, Georgia with CARESenior Technical Advisor, Gender based in Washington, DC with PCINutrition and Cash Transfer Programming/Social Protection Consultant based remotely with FAOExpert Emergency Response "Food & Nutrition Security FNS" based in Germany with Welthungerlife
Funding & Other Opportunities Apply for a scholarship to attend the November ENAEHA Training of Trainers Workshop to CORE Group accepted on a rolling basis. Up to four scholarships will be offered to overseas nutrition program managersfrom priority FFP countries (or staff/consultants who are regionally based and provide technical assistance tothese countries) who otherwise do not have funding to attend. A competitive application for the scholarship willinclude outlining a proposal for replicating the training upon return. Submit proposals for the 4th Global Call for Innovations to Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge forDevelopment due October 10, 2016. USAID, Sida, the Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,and the Government of South Africa are accepting applications for awards ranging between $100,000 and $2million to fund projects that meet Securing Water for Food's criteria. Apply to attend December SMART Training to SMART Methodology due October 13, 2016. An upcominginteragency SMART Survey Manager Training organized by Action Against Hunger Canada will take placefrom December 59, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. This training is intended for staff or persons involved in provisionof technical support on nutrition and mortality surveys in their agencies. Call for nominations for the 2016 Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research due October 14,2016. The Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research recognizes and honors outstandingachievement in the fields of gender and women's and girls' empowerment. This award will be presented to ayoung female researcher who is a citizen of a country in subSaharan Africa and is conducting research in subSaharan Africa, contributing to the evidence base supporting policies and programs that build gender equality.
Task Force and Interest Group Meetings Commodity Management: October 27 at 10AM, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904
Upcoming Events Consultative Meeting on FFP's 20162025 Food Assistance and Food Security Strategy: USAID/FFP andTOPS; October 5, 2016; Washington, DC Pulses: The Heroes of Nutrition and Agricultural Sustainability: Secure Nutrition; October 5, 2016; Washington,DC Seeking New Solutions for Family Planning Through Breastfeeding: USAID/MCSP; October 8 October 9,2016; Baltimore, MD
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International Food Assistance and Food Security Conference: USAID and USDA; October 10 October 11,2016; Des Moines, IA 6th Regional Training Course on Nutrition in Emergencies: ADPC; October 10 October 21, 2016; Bangkok,Thailand Virtual Dialogue: Theory of Change and Feminist Pedagogies in Training for Gender Equality: UN WomenTraining Centre; October 12, 2016; Online Cultivating Natural Resources for More Sustainable Development Looking at a Case Study in the SahelRegion: Land of Opportunities: SIDWashington; October 12, 2016; Washington, DC CORE Group Fall 2016 Global Health Practitioner Conference: CORE Group; October 13 October 14, 2016;Washington, DC World Food Prize Event: Crop Intensification in the Tropics: Soybean Innovation Lab; October 13, 2016; DesMoines, IA Equal Parenting, Violence Prevention, and Corporal Punishment: MenCare; October 14, 2016; Online Livestock Markets, Animal Source Foods and Human Nutrition: Considering Program Tensions, MaximizingImpact and Avoiding Harm: Land O'Lakes and ILRI; October 17, 2016; Washington, DC More Events
New Reports, Guides & Tools NutritionSensitive Agricultural Programming: A NutritionSensitive Approach for MarketBased AgriculturalProjects from Mercy Corps Experiences and Psychosocial Impact of West Africa Ebola Deployment on US Health Care Volunteers fromPLOS Currents: Outbreaks Junk food Consumption is a Nutrition Problem among Infants and Young Children: Evidence and ProgramConsiderations for Low and Middle Income Countries from MCSP A Brewing Storm: The climate change risks to coffee from The Climate Institute Cash for Care: Making Social Protection Work for Children's Care and Wellbeing from Family for Every Childand The Centre for Social Protection Guidelines for Integrating Nutrition into Agriculture Enterprise Mixes in Uganda from FANTA ADAPTing Aid: Lessons from Six Case Studies from Mercy Corps and IRC
Recent Articles What's the Fuss about Cash and Vouchers? from CaLP
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Migration should be an act of choice and not a desperate last resort from FAO To Effectively Combat Climate Change, Involve Women from Inter Press Service Ethiopia soil map arms farmers with new fertilizers in climate fight from Reuters 75,000 could starve to death in Nigeria after Boko Haram: UN from AP Flood resilience and accurate data from Devex The country that cracked its stunting crisis from The Guardian
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