On January 23, 2023, SEADS Standards for crop-related livelihoods in emergencies launched its Handbook in the Americas. The event was hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC. The event featured: Suresh Babu, IFPRI (moderator) Racey Henderson, SEADS Coordinator Julie Ideh, CRS Jan Morrow, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, USAID Themba Sibanda, Norwegian...Read More

On January 17, 2023, SEADS Standards for crop-related livelihoods in emergencies launched its Handbook in Asia. The event was hosted by the World Vegetable Center in Bangkok, Thailand. The event featured: Marco Wopereis, World Vegetable Center Racey Henderson, SEADS Coordinator, CRS Moyen Uddin Ahmmed, Islamic Relief Bangladesh Pradipta Kishor Chand, Caritas India Ashta Prajapati, iDE...Read More

On December 15, 2022, SEADS Standards for crop-related livelihoods in emergencies launched its Handbook in Africa. The event was hosted by the ICRC Regional Delegation in Nairobi. The event featured: Juerg Eglin, ICRC (host) Morena Bassan, ICRC Ugo Bernieri, ICRC Salih Abdal Mageed Eldouma, SOS Sahel Sudan Loise Gichuhi, INEE Everlyn Matiri, CRS (moderator)Read More

On November 9, 2022, SEADS launched its Handbook at the Food Security Cluster Global Partners Meeting at the World Food Program in Rome. The launch event starts at 45:45 in this recording of Day 3 of the meeting. The launch featured: Shawn McGuire, FAO Tristan Hale, Sphere Kate Longley, CRS Isaac Jebaseelan, World Vision South...Read More

iDE Nepal staff reflect on how SEADS will help them minimize the immediate and longer-term effects of emergencies on livelihoods of small holder farmers. The handbook will support their emergency programming, which includes: providing agricultural inputs and technical advice to minimize disruptions to production, supporting the production of high-value vegetables to provide income in the...Read More

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Adam Riddell, former Director of Emergency Funding at World Vision, visited BidiBidi Refugee Settlement in Uganda and discussed how SEADS will help inform programming for people there and in other refugee situations.Read More

Gregory Gottlieb, former Director of the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, described why SEADS is important.Read More