ADAPT

ADAPT Agricultural Development for Armed Forces Pre-Deployment Training is a specialized workshop for U.S. Endorsed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S.

military deploying to under-governed regions where agriculture plays a major role in stability. Agricultural Development for Armed Forces Pre-Deployment Training (ADAPT) is a specialized workshop for U.S. military personnel that provides practical, hands-on training related to village-level agricultural and water resource assessments. Department of Defense, ADAPT instruction centers on appropriate

mitigation and remediation projects that can be accomplished using local knowledge, skills, networks and resources (hand tools) within short time frames and minimal budgets. This experiential, quick impact training is intended for those units undertaking deployments to at-risk, fragile communities where food security plays a key role in stability. ADAPT students who have taken the course (more than 2,000) come from all U.S. Geographic Combatant Commands and have subsequently deployed to regions across the globe armed with fundamental skills in agricultural assessment and intervention.

ADAPT Director Bill Erysian has collaborated on a newly-published article for Military Review magazine that focuses on f...
07/11/2024

ADAPT Director Bill Erysian has collaborated on a newly-published article for Military Review magazine that focuses on food security issues of the Baltic States, particularly in light of potential Russian aggression in the region. The article largely takes an agro-economic perspective and reveals some vulnerabilities that can impact the region's agricultural and foods sectors:

Military Review July-August 2024

05/20/2024

Here is a great update from Captain Juan Whiting of the 351st Civil Affairs Command (and one of ADAPT's adjunct instructors) following his recent active duty assignment in the Philippines. Read about it here:

CONGRATULATIONS TO ADAPT ADJUNCT PROFESSORS MAJ GUSTAVO FERREIRA AND MAJ JAMIE CRITELLI FOR PUBLISHING 9 SCHOLARLY ARTIC...
01/31/2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO ADAPT ADJUNCT PROFESSORS MAJ GUSTAVO FERREIRA AND MAJ JAMIE CRITELLI FOR PUBLISHING 9 SCHOLARLY ARTICLES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGRICULTURE, REGIONAL SECURITY AND MILITARY ACTIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

Gustavo Ferreira, a U.S. Army major with a doctorate in agricultural economics from LSU, is helping military decision-makers gain insight into how agriculture-related issues can affect military actions across the globe. 

Read USAID Administrator Samantha Power's statement last month on World Food Day. A strong recommitment to advancing foo...
11/13/2023

Read USAID Administrator Samantha Power's statement last month on World Food Day. A strong recommitment to advancing food security worldwide:

With populations, water scarcity, and the frequency and intensity of natural disasters rising, tackling food insecurity is one of the most complex challenges we face as an Agency. But we know real progress is possible: in Feed the Future’s first decade alone, the effort helped reduce poverty, hung...

11/09/2023

The Global Alliance for Food Security has launched a new module on its Global Food Nutrition Security Dashboard that tracks progress of the Food Security Crisis Preparedness Plan and mobilizes early action when crises are detected:

The Global Food and Nutrition Security Dashboard, from the World Bank, G7 and partners, is a tool that provides timely, high-quality data at country and global levels on the food crisis.

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