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The Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity (USAID's LMS) is a USAID-funded initiative aimed at enhancing resilience against shocks and stresses in Northern Kenya.
The Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded program that is part of the Feed the Future initiative for addressing poverty, hunger, and malnutrition.
Deeply ingrained gender norms around livestock ownership and management have historically limited women's participation and decision-making in northern Kenya’s livestock sector, which has been traditionally dominated by men,
USAID LMS had a specific objective of promoting gender equity and women's empowerment by supporting vulnerable women and girls in building incomes and social capital to enhance resilience to shocks.
The Feed, the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity was a Five-year (2017-2022) Activity with Leader and Associate Awards funded by USAID and managed in a consortium of ACDI/VOCA, Mercy Corps, and their partners.
The global water crisis continues to threaten United States (U.S.) national security and prosperity. Water insecurity endangers public health and food security and undermines economic growth.
The global water crisis continues to threaten United States (U.S.) national security and prosperity. Water insecurity endangers public health and food security and undermines economic growth.
“These steps will help us build a more inclusive Agency, one that is more diverse and willing to engage with new partners, more equitable in its impact, and more responsive to local voices. USAID’s legacy as the world’s leading bilateral development institution has always been an asset to the American people and a means for securing stability, security, and prosperity, both at home and abroad. This Joint Strategic Plan acknowledges and draws strength from this heritage to take on the challenges of today and prepare for those that will come tomorrow.”
The updated Global Food Security Strategy is our roadmap to that better future. It charts an ambitious course to reduce global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition in the face of COVID-19, climate change, growing conflict, and rising inequality through Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s (USG) global hunger and food-security initiative. It brings America’s full strength to bear on these challenges by drawing on the expertise of agencies across the U.S. government. Through this strategy, we aim to contribute toward a 20% reduction in poverty and stunting in the areas where we work between 2022-2026 by partnering with foreign governments, the private sector, and our colleagues across the interagency.
Improving water resources management (WRM) plays a fundamental role in maintaining vibrant, resilient societies and economies and is becoming increasingly important as climate change, pollution, and rising demand increase water stress.
Any partnership between a company, NGO or research institution can be fraught with misalignment of stated objectives, appetite for risk, and short- versus long-term thinking.
U.S. foreign agricultural assistance investments bring substantial economic, health, and security benefits to the United States.
USAID’s work on climate change fits into a larger domestic and international policy context and is guided by Administration policy as developed in the President’s Global Development Policy, the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, USAID Forward, and the GCCI. Additionally, USAID’s Policy Framework 20112015 defines the following as one of seven Core Development Objectives for the Agency: Reduce Climate Change Impacts and Promote Low Emissions Growth. USAID has a long history of programming in sectors relevant to climate change and will draw lessons learned from this history to shape efforts under this strategy. The goal of USAID’s 2012-2015 Climate Change and Development Strategy is to enable countries to accelerate their transition to climate resilient low emission sustainable economic development.
The consensus of climate scientists on the probable harmful effects of climate change and the need for climate adaptation has grown stronger in recent years. However, knowledge about the potential links between climate change and conflict, as well as the appropriate climate adaptation measures to prevent or mitigate conflict, remains limited and underdeveloped. This discussion paper provides an initial examination of climate change and climate adaptation, how and where climate change may be linked to conflict, and some of the implications of these linkages for development agencies.