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requires a holistic approach – one that integrates agriculture, water issues, health and nutrition, governance, climate change and adaptation, and social safety net programs:
- Food, feed, and fiber crop production and marketing
- Water, irrigation and sanitation
- Post-harvest handling
- Livestock production and marketing
- Producer group and institutional capacity strengthening
- Integrated food security and livelihood assessments
- Humanitarian interventions
- Fisheries and aquaculture
- Adaption to climate change
that leads to an improved enabling
environment for rural prosperity:
 Sector development
strategies, including planning and program development;
Agricultural
trade and negotiation strategies; and
Policy analysis,
including recommendations and facilitating institutional links.
to increase productivity and profitability:
Development
of input market systems for land, labor, finance, water, and technology;
and
Improved production
systems for agriculture and natural products that increase labor
returns, competitiveness, and sustainability;
to improve the scale, competitiveness, and profitability of agribusinesses
and natural resource-based enterprises:
Post-harvest
processing and storage to meet food safety requirements and enhance
market access;
Product market
systems to attract investment, increase profitability, and conserve
environmental quality; and
Market-driven
business models, including institutional development strategies
for producer organizations and trade associations.
In all these technical service areas, the DAI Team offers assistance
in:
project management
and implementation
project monitoring
and evaluation
infrastructure
development
research and
publications
information
and communications systems
workshops and
conferences
short-, medium-,
and long-term technical assistance
short- and
long-term training
commodity procurement
grant management
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