January 4, 2018

SWFF M&E Evaluation Field Interns Needed

SWFF is seeking Monitoring & Evaluation Field Interns (graduate students) to conduct in-country, field research with a SWFF innovator using SWFF established guidelines and research questions. The ideal candidates will have a background in water,…

December 15, 2017

SWFF TA Facility Seeks Social Impact Storytelling Virtual Intern

Washington, DC — The Securing Water for Food (SWFF) Technical Assistance Facility, a global, enterprise incubator-accelerator that serves SWFF innovators, seeks applications from senior and masters level students for its Social Impact Storytelling Virtual Internship….

December 8, 2017

Rising Sea Levels Threaten Bangladesh Farmers. Hybrid Seeds Could Help Save Them.

An innovative company is using hybrid seeds to increase crop yields — and opportunity — for vulnerable family farms. Sajeda Khatun is a family farmer who lives with her son and husband in the village…

December 7, 2017

SWFF Innovator Muthoni Masinde Featured in Series “When Women Do Better, Countries Do Better”

Professor Muthoni Masinde, the developer of the drought protection tool, was recently featured in USAID’s series on extraordinary women entrepreneurs, When Women Do Better, Countries Do Better.  As a female scientist and entrepreneur, Dr. Masinde has…

November 27, 2017

Assessing the Impact of Iska SMS on Agriculture in Ghana

Written by Rebeka Ramangamihanta I spent my summer as an M&E Field Evaluator for Securing Water for Food (SWFF). SWFF is a Grand Challenge for Development initiative that sources and accelerates innovations that will enable…

November 20, 2017

10 Billion Liters of Water Saved: SWFF Releases 2017 Annual Report

Securing Water for Food (SWFF) released its 2017 Annual Report, highlighting the program’s successes in the last year and opportunities for growth. It documents SWFF innovators’ impact to date, major program activities and achievements, innovators’…

November 13, 2017

Incorporating Ants, Animals, and Technology for Accurate Drought Prediction

SWFF innovator Professor Muthoni Masinde grew up in a remote village in Kenya where her parents were smallholder farmers, and she witnessed first hand the struggles local farmers had in predicting the weather. Most smallholder…

October 24, 2017

Vietnam’s Homegrown System for Saving Water

A young man returned home to invent an internet-integrated system that helps farmers produce more food with less water. Tri Nguyen, CEO of MimosaTEK, was born and raised in Dalat, a city in the Central…

October 23, 2017

SWFF Team Travelled To Africa To Engage Innovators in Kampala, Jinja, and Mbarara

The SWFF Program Team lead, SWFF TA Facility deputy program coordinator, and other USAID representatives traveled to Kampala, Jinja, and Hoima to meet with innovators in Uganda, including Aquaponics and Green Heat. “SWFF site visits…

October 20, 2017

The Database That’s Fighting Drought

One computer scientist is combining traditional farming techniques with weather data to help farming families in Kenya. Long before Prof. Muthoni Masinde became an Associate Professor and Head of the IT Department at Central University…