2012 IFADC International Food Aid & Development Conference May 07-09, 2012

We have included PowerPoint Show files for which the presenters provided USDA a copy and release. The opinions stated in the PowerPoint are of the author and all rights are retained.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Workshops

Debra Pfaff, Chief, School Feeding and Humanitarian Assistance Branch, FAD
McGovern-Dole Program (PowerPoint Show)

Nicola Sakhleh, Chief, Food for Development Branch, FAD
Food for Progress Program (PowerPoint Show)

Shari Kosco, Program Analyst, Food for Development Branch, FAD

Echo Domingues, Program Analyst, Food for Development Branch, FAD

Barbara Shumar, Senior Analyst for Closeouts, Monitoring and Evaluations Staff, OCBD

Dorothy Feustel, Deputy Director, FAD
Updates in Food Aid Program Operations (PowerPoint Show)

Jennifer Wenger, Program Analyst, School Feeding and Humanitarian Branch, FAD

Colin Miller, Program Analyst, Food for Development Branch, FAD

Amy Ritualo, Evaluation Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation Staff, OCBD

Best Practices for Proposal Submission (PowerPoint Show)

USAID Welcome and Introductory Remarks

The Food for Peace (FFP) Management Team Key Topics
Food for Peace (PowerPoint Show)

Shannon Wilson, Chief of Party, USAID-Bellmon Estimation Studies for Title II Project
USAID-BEST Project (PowerPoint Show)

Dave Evans, President, Food for the Hungry (PowerPoint Show)

Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Fumigation of Title II Commodity

Arianne Neigh, Post Crisis Environmental Advisor, Office of Program, Policy & Management, USAID
Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Use of Fumigants in USAID Food for Peace Title II Food Aid (PowerPoint Show)

United Nations Association Symposium

Jay Sjerven, President, United Nations Association, Kansas City Chapter
UNA Roundtable on Food & Agriculture Assistance (PowerPoint Show)

Perspectives on Resilience – The PVO Experience

Timothy Frankenberger, President, Technical Assistance to N.G.O.s
Building Resilience to Food Security Shocks in the Horn of Africa (PDF)

Perspectives on Resilience (PowerPoint Show)

Mara Russell, Practice Manager, Food Security & Livelihoods, Land O'Lakes.

Building a Resilient Foundation (PowerPoint Show)

Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Emily Hogue, Technical Team Lead, Monitoring and Evaluation, Bureau for Food Security, USAID
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index(WEAI) (PowerPoint Show)

Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Coordinator, Collective Action and Property Rights Program, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Piloting and Development of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (PowerPoint Show)

Investing in Global Agriculture

Dr. Thompson, Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Professor Emeritus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Investing in Global Agriculture (PowerPoint Show)

Food Security Toolbox

Jamie Fisher, Chief, Local and Regional Procurement, Food Assistance Division, Office of Capacity Building and Development, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA
Tools for Development Food Assistance and Findings from the Pilot Project Final Evaluation (PowerPoint Show)

Jeffrey Klein, President and CEO, The Global FoodBanking Network
Improving Lives, and Expanding Resources to Feed the World’s Hungry (PowerPoint Show)

Rachel Vas, Program Operations Specialist, Office of Food for Peace, USAID
USAID In-Kind Food Aid Prepositioning (PowerPoint Show)

Nutrition Research

Scott Bleggi, Senior International Policy Analyst, Bread for the World Institute
Bread for the world (PowerPoint Show)

Indi Trehan, Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Washington University, and Visiting Lecturer, Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Malawi
World Food Programme (PowerPoint Show)

Patrick Webb, Dean, Academic Affairs, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Measuring Outcomes in the Field (PowerPoint Show)

Improving Food Aid Operations

Stephen Moody, Senior Advisor for Food Technology, Policy and Technical Division, Office of Food for Peace, USAID
USAID Food Aid Product Improvement and Development (PowerPoint Show)

USDA Food for Education Program

Lara Evans, Deputy Director, U.S. Food Security & Livelihoods Team, World Vision
Improving Early Grade Education through Food for Education (PowerPoint Show)

Anne Sellers, Education Advisor, Catholic Relief Services
Promoting literacy and well-being for all children (PowerPoint Show)

Beth Sheehy, Senior Consultant, PlanetAid
McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program (PowerPoint Show)

Eric Eversmann, Senior Director, Basic Education, Save the Children
Save the Children’s Literacy Boost (PowerPoint Show)

New Product Development, Field Trials, and Pilot Projects

Paul Alberghine, Program Specialist of Health and Nutrition, Food Assistance Division, Office of Capacity Building and Development, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA
Overview and Update of the Micronutrient-Fortified Food Aid Products Pilot (MFFAPP) (PowerPoint Show)

Hanane Bouzambou, Food Technologist, Food Safety and Quality Unit, World Food Program
Stability Study of Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food in the field (PowerPoint Show)

Dipika Matthias, Project Director, Ultra Rice, PATH
Improving the Nutritional Value of Rice (PowerPoint Show)

Bridget Owen, Associate Director, National Soybean Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Haiti and Mozambique Fresh Approaches to Food Assistance (PowerPoint Show)

Bertrand Salvignol, Head, Food Safety and Quality Assurance Unit, World Food Program
Challenges & Opportunities to produce Super Cereal Plus (PowerPoint Show)

TOPS Takes on Global Title II Commodity Management Training

B.K. De, TOPS Commodity Management Specialist, Office of Food for Peace, USAID
Commodity Management (PowerPoint Show)

Interfaith Missions in Feeding Hungry people

Divya Selvakumar, Director and Founder, American Hindu World Service
American Hindu World Service and Nutrition (AHWS) (PowerPoint Show)

Food Aid Export Documentation Requirements and Distribution Logistics

John Roberts, World Food Program Coordinator, Geodis Wilson USA
Food Aid Documentation Requirements and Distribution Logistics (PDF)

Anthony Fisher, Packaged Commodity Team Lead, Transportation Division, Office of Acquisition and Assistance, USAID
Kenya & Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) (PowerPoint Show)

Michael Perry, Export Specialist, Plant Protection Quarantine and Phytosanitary Issues Management, Export Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
Phytosanitary Certification Program (PowerPoint Show)

FEWS NET: Evidence for Food Security Decision – Making in the Horn of Africa

John Scicchitano, Program Manager for FEWS NET, Office of Food for Peace, USAID.
Evidence for Effective Food Security Decisions (PowerPoint Show)

Bangladesh and Guatemala: USAID and USDA Programming and Collaboration

Daniel Gudahl, Senior Program Officer, Winrock International
Rural Enterprise for Alleviating Poverty (REAP) (PowerPoint Show)

John Duxbury, Professor of Soil Science and International Agriculture Faculty Fellow, David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University
FFPr Program for Bangladesh (PowerPoint Show)

David Delgado, Senior Food Security Advisor USAID-Guatemala

Guatemala – Western Highlands Integrated Development (PowerPoint Show)

Rodrigo Aria, Title II Program Manager, Save the Children-Guatemala
Title II in Guatemala, an Evolved, Holistic and Integrated Approach (PowerPoint Show)

Julia Maria Asturias, Food Security Program Officer, USAID-Guatemala
Let's go from Kansas City to Guatemala (PowerPoint Show)

International School Feeding and Sustainability

Domingos Torres, National Director of School Social Action Programs and Coordinator of National School Feeding, Ministry of Education, Republic of Angola
A Perspective on the Strategy of the Ministry of Education in Angola (PowerPoint Show)

Rosalie Kama-Niamayoua, PhD, Minister of Education, Republic of Congo

Rachel Onuska, Assistant Country Director in Republic of Congo, International Partnership of Human Development
School Feeding in Republic of Congo (PowerPoint Show)

Megatrends in Global Food Security

Paul Schickler, President, Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont Business
Vietnam (QuickTime Movie 45 MB)

Leveraging and Financing for Small/Medium Enterprises and Related Initiatives

Nicola Sakhleh, Chief, Food for Development Branch, Food Assistance Division, Office of Capacity Building and Development, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA
Small Medium Enterprise Development (SME) (PDF)

Warehouse Storage and Quality Controls for Food Aid

David Kirkland, Chief, Licensing Branch, Warehouse License and Examination Division, Commodity Operations, Farm Service Agency, USDA
Export Food Aid Commodities Licensing Agreement (PowerPoint Show)