Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) Research in Action

State Department to reach out to our partners in the African Union (AU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) to launch the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS), with an initial focus on the African continent. [...] Thank you for being a part of that movement! Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) Research in Action Acknowledgements The research team is especially grateful to the VACS Chairs, Lindiwe Sibanda, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR); and Namukolo Covic, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and President of the African Nutrition Society; and the VACS S. [...] The VACS approach and gender barriers and constraints to adoption and con- recognizes and values that agricultural and dietary sumption. [...] The climate-crop-economics modeling with the African Union (AU), the Food and Agriculture approach assessed the potential adoption of cowpea Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the Office (Vigna unquiculata) and the associated socio-economic of Global Food Security at the U. [...] The crops modeled included legumes, cereals, roots and tubers, nuts and oilseeds, and fruits and vegetables, as well as trees used for food, and ensured distribution of crops that are important throughout the five regions of Africa for their consump- tion, breeding potential, and contribution to improving soil quality.