Feed the Future Innovation Labs Regional Partners Meeting

13th February 2017
by secretary

Paepard

6-9 February 2017. Dakar, Senegal. With the passage of the Global Food Security Act (GFSA) and a number of the Innovation Labs nearing the end of their programs, the Bureau for Food Security, Office of Agricultural Research and Policy of USAID, is redesigning and developing new Innovation Labs.

The Senegal meeting provided an opportunity for strategic reflection about the future of the Innovation Lab programs and the role they will play in addressing key agricultural and nutrition constraints in West Africa.

It will provide a venue for Missions, regional programs, local and international collaborators to present a vision of the strategic directions for research and the development needs of each, to be taken into consideration as new Innovation Lab programs come on board and as BFS realigns the Feed the Future Research Strategy to meet the goals of the GFSA.

At the same time, this visioning exercise has the potential to identify new modes for interdisciplinary

and inter-Innovation Lab collaboration responsive to the demand of local and regional programs.

The meeting generate a report synthesizing:

Key agricultural and nutrition research and development needs for West Africa and the role of the Innovation Labs and their partners in addressing these needs;
Key human and institutional capacity development needs in partner institutions;
Opportunities for inter-Innovation Lab and interdisciplinary collaboration to meet the above needs in addition to Innovation Lab-specific contributions;
Visioning on the role of the Innovation Labs in the realignment of the Feed the Future Research Strategy and how the Labs will contribute to the new strategy.

Browse the list below to learn more about our 24 Feed the Future Innovation Labs or download this fact sheet for more details and contact information for each.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab Name	Lead Institution
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics	Kansas State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Aquaculture and Fisheries	Oregon State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access	University of California, Davis
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Beans	The Pennsylvania State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Chickpea	University of California, Davis
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Cowpea	University of California, Riverside
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Millet	University of California, Davis
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Sorghum	University of Georgia
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Wheat	Washington State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post-Harvest Handling	Purdue University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy	Michigan State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry	University of California, Davis
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Grain Legumes	Michigan State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture	University of California, Davis
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems	University of Florida
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition	Tufts University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control	University of Georgia
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss	Kansas State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Rift Valley Fever Control in Agriculture	University of Texas, El Paso
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation	Texas A&M University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sorghum and Millet	Kansas State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Soybean Value Chain Research	University of Illinois
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification	Kansas State University

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Feed the Future Innovation Labs Regional Partners Meeting

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