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Your source for the latest in food security and nutrition January 27, 2015 | Volume 5, Issue 6

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See Your Words HereRegister Now for the AsiaRegional Knowledge SharingMeetingSocial and Behavioral ChangeTraining on "Make Me a ChangeAgent" ManualFood for Peace StrategyConsultationsSave the Date: Food AssistanceCommodity ManagementWorkshopDesigning for Behavior ChangeTrainingFor Review by All Partners: DraftRFAs and Country SpecificInformation for Bangladesh andMali, Technical ReferenceChaptersFeatured ResourceJob PostingsFunding & Other OpportunitiesTask Force MeetingsUpcoming EventsNew Publications, Guides & ToolsRecent Articles

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Baby's Cues TOPS/Food for the Hungry This role play of family decisionmakingregarding feeding baby was one participatoryactivity tested recently in a field staff training inCoban, Guatemala. The workshop was part of apilot project led by Food for the Hungry inGuatemala, with assistance from the CarolinaGlobal Breastfeeding Institute and support fromTOPS.

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DID YOU KNOW... The ADM Institute launched a blog seriesto share learning from a new study called"The Global Learning Assessment for theWaste and Spoilage DevelopmentInitiative." Read the first post: MitigatingPostharvest Loss: Addressing CausesRather than Symptoms.

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See Your Words Here The FSN Network News is a community newsletter, and we welcome your input. If you know of arelevant upcoming event, you're releasing a new publication, or you come across a cool article, send itour way for inclusion in an upcoming newsletter. We also share new job openings, fundingopportunities, calls for input, and photos. Email submissions to news@fsnnetwork.org.

Register Now for the Asia Regional Knowledge Sharing MeetingMarch 3 5, 2015; Dhaka, Bangladesh

Join fellow implementers, donors, and researchers for peer learning, knowledge sharing, andnetworking around food security and nutrition program implementation in Asia. Meeting participants are eligible for a special hotel accommodation rate of $200/night at the WestinDhaka if you book by January 31! Learn more.

Social and Behavioral Change Training on "Make Me a Change Agent"ManualMarch 2, 2015 Dhaka, Bangladesh

Please join us for a oneday training on the new Make Me a Change Agent manual. This special premeeting training is on Monday, March 2, the day before the Asia Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting.

The Make Me a Change Agent manual is a set of fieldfriendly SBC lessons that build the skills ofcommunitylevel workers, such as community development agents, community health workers andagriculture extension agents, to be more effective behavior change promoters in their communities.

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Click here to learn more and apply to attend the training.

The application deadline is February 5, 2015 and the training will be limited to 25 participants.

Food for Peace Strategy ConsultationsJanuary 28, February 4, and February 11, 2015 Washington, DC and Online

TOPS is hosting partner consultations in January and February to support the development of Food for

Peace's updated strategic plan.

These consultations provide an opportunity to harness the significant experience of FFP implementing

partners through small group discussion and other participatory methods exploring the roles most

appropriate for FFP and its partners to take on in key strategic areas, implications for such work, and

factors for both nearterm and longterm success.

Please note the first session originally scheduled for January 12 was rescheduled to February 4.

Both inperson and online participation are available for all sessions.

Learn more and register here.

Save the Date: Food Assistance Commodity Management WorkshopFebruary 23 27, 2015 Antananarivo, Madagascar

Do you work with food assistance program commodities? Are you interested in attending a workshopwhere you gain knowledge and find solutions to your challenges? Save the date for this upcoming TOPS workshop for anyone who works with commodities (directly orindirectly) associated with FFPfunded programs in Madagascar.

More information coming soon. Contact Jessi at jmann@savechildren.org with any questions.

Designing for Behavior Change TrainingMarch 23 27, 2015 San Diego, CA

TOPS is hosting a Designing for Behavior Change (DBC) training in collaboration with Project ConcernInternational.

This fiveday workshop gives field staff and managers the skills and tools to apply a behavioralapproach to designing food security programs, through the Designing for Behavior Change forAgriculture, Natural Resource Management, Health and Nutrition manual. The training will alsoreference the use of the methodology for gender, WASH, and other types of programs.

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Click here to learn more and apply. The application deadline is February 12, 2015

For Review by All Partners: Draft RFAs and Country SpecificInformation for Bangladesh and Mali, Technical Reference ChaptersThese draft Fiscal Year 2015 (FY 2015) documents are now available for comment:

Request for Applications (RFA) for Title II development food assistance programs in Bangladeshand MaliCountryspecific information for Bangladesh and MaliNew Food for Peace (FFP) technical reference chapters

Because these materials are in draft and subject to change, all potential applicants are strongly advisedto wait for the final versions before starting to work on an application. FFP encourages all partners to review and provide feedback on these documents even if you are notplanning to apply for these specific awards in Mali and Bangladesh. Learn more and download the documents here.

Featured ResourceBarrier Analysis Questionnaires now in French and Spanish

Last year, TOPS created a set of 30 Barrier AnalysisQuestionnaires and guidance on how to adapt thesequestionnaires as references for BA implementers. Thequestionnaires address behaviors in the areas ofmaternal and child nutrition, health, water and sanitationand agriculture. BA is recommended in the Designing for BehaviorChange framework to identify the most significantbarrier to behavior change, and to implement a BA,researchers first must develop a data collection tool the questionnaire. Now all the questionnaires are translated into Frenchand Spanish for use around the world.

View the questionnaires in the Resource Library(including links to French and Spanish versions) atfsnnetwork.org.

Job PostingsKnowledge Management Coordinator based in WDC with CORE GroupGender and Youth Development Officer based in WDC with USAID

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MECap Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow for USAID based in Washington DC and Overseaswith Social Solutions International, Inc.Manager Financial Planning and Analysis based in Phoenix, Arizona USA, with Food for theHungryGrant Development Coordinator position based in Washington, DC USA, with Food for theHungryFood Security and Livelihoods Advisor based in Los Angeles or WDC with International MedicalCorpsTechnical Advisor for Food Security and Resilience based in Baltimore with CRSChief of Party, Development Food Assistance Program based in Mali with CRSAquaculture Education Specialist based in Liberia with ACDI/VOCAFish Feed and Nutrition Specialist based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo withACDI/VOCAOperations Director based in Central African Republic with Mercy CorpsMonitoring & Evaluation Specialist based in WDC or New York with HKIEmergency response: Nutrition Programme Manager based in Haiti with Save the ChildrenSenior Specialist, Food Operations and Technical Unit (FOTU) based in WDC with Save theChildrenSenior Advisor (SPRING Director of Country Initiatives), Nutrition based in Rosslyn, VA with Savethe ChildrenSenior Project Management Specialist (Agriculture) based in Ethiopia with USAIDDeputy Chief of Party Operations based in Haiti with CAREProject Director based in South Sudan with CRSDeputy Project Director based in South Sudan with CRSMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager based in South Sudan with CRS

Funding & Other Opportunities Apply for a grant through the TOPS Small Grants Program Awarded on a rolling basis until January31, 2015. Under the Micro Grants RFA, selected projects will receive a maximum of $50,000 per awardand a project completion period of April 30, 2015. Apply for a Gallup World Poll data license through FAO Due February 15, 2015. FAO will grant accessto seven individual researchers to the complete set of Gallup World Poll data from 2005 through the endof the 2014 cycle. Submit a research proposal on the GrOW (Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women) Program Due February 23, 2015. This call aims to investigate the effect that specific patterns of growth have onwomen’s economic empowerment. Submit an abstract for The Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health(LCIRAH) 5th annual research conference EXTENDED to February 28, 2015. The conferencetheme is "Agrihealth research: what have we learned and where to next?" and the conference will be

held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on June 3 5, 2015.

Task Force Meetings Newcomers are welcome! Learn more about Task Forces here.

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Nutrition: Tuesday, February 24 at 1:00PM EST

Upcoming Events Food for Peace Strategy Update Consultation Social Accountability and Governance: TOPS; January

28, 2015; WDC & Online Smallholder Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management: Agrilinks; January 28, 2015; WDC &Online How Will Climate Change Affect Our Global Food Supply?: Resources for the Future (RFF); January 28,2015; WDC & Online Webinar: Insuring the Future of Farmers Under Climate Change: CGIAR; January 28, 2015; Online Accelerating Progress to Overcome Malnutrition: IFPRI, FAO; January 30, 2015; WDC & Online More Events

New Publications, Guides & Tools Masculinities, Conflict, and Peacebuilding: Perspectives on Men through a Gender Lens from

Saferworld

HIV Programming Comes of Age: The Malawi Experience of Colocating HIV and Livelihoods

Programming from CRS

Gendertransformative Approaches to Address Inequalities in Food, Nutrition, and Economic Outcomes

in Aquatic Agricultural Systems from World Fish Center

Climate Change Explain a Third of Global Crop Yield Variability from Nature Communications

Women's Agricultural Work and Nutrition in Pakistan: Findings from Qualitative Research from LANSA

Recent Articles Is "Resilience" the New Sustainababble? from Grist Learning in the Shade: A Story from the 1,000 Days from Outrage and Inspire How 5 Creative Young People Are Addressing Youth Employment in Africa from Forbes Achieving Peace and Food Security for All from Christian Science Monitor

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From Dust Bowl to Bread Basket: Digging the Dirt on Soil Erosion from The Guardian Agriculture for Nutrition? Not without Gender! from SecureNutrition New Farm Maps Offer Indepth Picture of Global Agriculture from LiveScience Food Security: Is It Time to Recognise the Nutritional Value of Human Waste? from The Guardian

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