Agriculture

“Don’t Lose the Plot” – East Africa’s agriculture reality TV show launched

2, May 2017Posted by Hellen GithakwaAgriculture, East Africa, ESA Updates, Featured, Impact Story, Program UpdatesProgram Update Tanzania

Youth agribusiness and entrepreneurship took center stage at the recent launch of the first ever competitive reality TV show focused on agriculture in Africa, ‘Don’t Lose the Plot’. The show […]

Early Generation Seed Studies – Rwanda, Zambia, Kenya, & Nigeria

5, September 2016Posted by Thomas WallaceAgriculture, East Africa, ESA Updates, News, Resources, Seeds, Southern Africa, West Africa

Through a USAID and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) partnership, Africa Lead is addressing the longstanding problem of severe shortages of improved varieties and high quality seed in African […]

Implementing Africa’s Commitments on Food Security, Agriculture, and Nutrition

11, July 2015Posted by admin271Agriculture, East Africa, Geography, Nutrition, Policy, Presentation, Resources, Sector, Southern Africa, West AfricaAfrica Leading

Dr. Abebe Haile Gabriel, Director of Rural Economy and Agriculture for the African Union, recently delivered a webinar about Africa’s commitments to transformation. The presentation clearly defines the plans and initiatives that […]

Rwanda CAADP II/PSTA III Private Sector Consultation Report

11, August 2014Posted by admin262Agriculture, Capacity Building, East Africa, Institutional Strengthening, Policy, Report, Resources

Rwanda CAADP II/PSTA Private Sector Consultation Report April 2014

Zambia Institutional Architecture Assessment

28, July 2014Posted by adminAgriculture, Capacity Building, Institutional Architecture Assessment, Institutional Strengthening, Policy, Resources, Southern Africa, Study, Tool

Zambia IAA January 2014

Tanzania Institutional Architecture Assessment

28, July 2014Posted by admin269Agriculture, Capacity Building, East Africa, Institutional Architecture Assessment, Institutional Strengthening, Policy, Resources, Study, Tool

Tanzania IAA September 2013

Mozambique Institutional Architecture Assessment

28, July 2014Posted by admin267Agriculture, Capacity Building, Institutional Architecture Assessment, Institutional Strengthening, Policy, Resources, Southern Africa, Study, Tool

Mozambique IAA December 2013

Malawi Institutional Architecture Assessment

28, July 2014Posted by admin264Agriculture, Capacity Building, Institutional Architecture Assessment, Institutional Strengthening, Policy, Resources, Southern Africa, Study, Tool

Malawi IAA October 2013

Uganda Institutional Architecture Assessment

28, July 2014Posted by admin274Agriculture, Capacity Building, East Africa, Institutional Architecture Assessment, Institutional Strengthening, Policy, Resources, Study, Tool

Uganda IAA June 2013

Senegal Institutional Architecture Assessment

28, July 2014Posted by admin275Agriculture, Capacity Building, Institutional Architecture Assessment, Institutional Strengthening, Policy, Resources, Study, Tool, West Africa

Senegal IAA May 2013

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Africa Lead is Feed the Future’s primary capacity building program in sub Saharan Africa. Feed the Future (FTF) is the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative.

The program works to help realize FTF's and the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) goals of reduced hunger and poverty by building the capacity of champions, institutions and stakeholders to develop, lead and manage the structures needed for African-led agriculture transformation.