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            },"content" :"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThank you for your interest in this Digital.gov event. Please contact us directly at \u003ca href=\"mailto:digitalgov@gsa.gov\"\u003edigitalgov@gsa.gov\u003c/a\u003e if you need accessible accommodations to be able to attend.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the last nine years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has organized 11 \u003ca href=\"https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/frontlines/grand-challenges\"\u003eGrand Challenges for Development\u003c/a\u003e. These programs bring together governments, foundations, and the private sector to improve global development problems. The latest grand challenge, Securing Water for Food (SWFF), recently published their final report detailing the processes and culture that made the program such a success.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy ensuring that the entrepreneurs and scientists behind groundbreaking new approaches are getting the support they need to apply and expand their solutions around the world, Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development has helped farmers around the world since 2013 to grow more food using less water, enhance water storage, and improve the use of saline water and soil to produce food.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this webinar, Dr. Ku McMahan discusses the culture, program management, and outcomes of SWFF. He will be sharing how SWFF’s process for finding and scaling new water and agriculture solutions helped 7 million farmers and their families produce 6.8 million tons of food and save 19 billion liters of water.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"presenter\"\u003ePresenter\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt USAID, \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Ku McMahan\u003c/strong\u003e serves as team lead for Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usaid.gov/GlobalDevLab\"\u003eU.S. Global Development Lab\u003c/a\u003e at USAID. He received his Ph.D. in environmental sciences and an M.P.H. in environmental health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under NSF and EPA STAR Fellowships. He received a B.A. in environmental sciences and policy. In addition, he developed a simple, low-cost water quality test for developing countries and emergency situations. Ku was recently a program executive officer for the USAID WA-WASH program in GLOWS and assistant professor of research at Florida International University.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"related-links\"\u003eRelated Links\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://securingwaterforfood.org/\"\u003eSecuring Water For Food: A Grand Challenge for Development\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.we4f.org/\"\u003eWater and Energy for Food\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis webinar is hosted by Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development (SWFF) and Digital.gov. SWFF worked with innovators to scale solutions for water-agricultural challenges in developing countries and emerging economies.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n",
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