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Environment and agriculture

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  • Practice Area

    Technology

    FHI 360's experts use the multiplying effect of innovative and basic technology to further the impact of everything we do.
  • Expertise

    Environment and agriculture

    FHI 360 helps farmers and small-scale traders in agriculture, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, use applied information and communications technology to improve decision making. The result is improved productivity and greater competitiveness of...
  • Published research

    Sand barriers around latrine pits reduce fecal bacterial leaching into shallow groundwater: A randomized controlled trial in coastal Bangladesh

    Pit latrines are a common disposal system for feces in low-income countries, but there are concerns of leaching into groundwater used for drinking. The authors evaluated the effectiveness of a sand barrier around pit latrines to reduce fecal contamination. The data indicates that a sand barrier can modestly reduce the risk.
  • Feature

    Exchange program channels passion for protecting marine life

    Rafa Teixeira participated in the Study of the U.S. Institutes for Student Leaders from Europe Program, which helped her to advocate for sustainable fishing and become a marine biologist.
  • Feature

    From waste to cooking fuel: An alternative energy source in Addis Ababa

    FHI 360 is responding to Ethiopia’s electric grid overload by building biodigesters that create fuel from waste in septic tanks and provide people with a sustainable energy source. 
  • Publication

    Catalyzing Integration: Agriculture and Nutrition

    The agriculture and nutrition catalyst brief addresses integrating these two sectors as a crucial step toward improving nutrient intake, decreasing malnutrition and expanding agricultural markets and incomes.
  • Publication

    Catalyzing Integration: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security

    The climate change, agriculture and food security catalyst brief addresses the critical role of integrating these sectors in reducing the threat that climate change poses to long-term food security.
  • Tools

    SCALE+ System-wide Collaborative Action for Livelihoods and Environment

    SCALE+ is a systems methodology to accelerate broad stakeholder engagement in sustained collaborative action to address a complex, multidisciplinary development issue.
  • Feature

    Mobile and wireless technology helps Ugandan farmers adapt to climate change

    Climate change poses great risks to the well-being of communities around the globe. Farmers in poor communities are often hit the hardest when drought occurs.
  • Feature

    Technology mitigates the negative impact of climate change (video)

    FHI 360’s Climate Change Adaptation and ICT (CHAI) project recently received the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 2015 Momentum for Change’s Lighthouse Activities Award, which recognizes innovative and...