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Feed the Future (feedthefuture.gov)
Feed the Future was the United States government’s global hunger and food-security initiative, launched after the 2007–08 food price crisis and run through USAID across some twenty countries. Its site carried the year-in-review reports that said what the programme claimed to have done and at what cost — the documents anyone auditing the spending would start from. The domain no longer resolves in DNS. 30 pages are held here, recovered from the Internet Archive.
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FEED THE FUTURE (FEEDTHEFUTURE.GOV) U.S. Agency for International Development
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2019 Year in Review | Feed the Future www.feedthefuture.gov/2019-year-in-review/ — captured 2020-08-15
2019 YEAR IN REVIEW
2019 YEAR IN REVIEW
JOIN US FOR A LOOK BACK AT FEED THE FUTURE’S BIGGEST MOMENTS IN 2019.
INNOVATION
THE RACE TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS IS ONE OF THE MOST URGENT PRIORITIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY. BY INVESTING IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, FEED THE FUTURE IS MEETING THE GLOBAL CHALLENGES TO PRODUCE FOOD MORE EFFICIENTLY, IMPROVE NUTRITION AND STRENGTHEN THE RESILIENCE OF FAMILIES WHO RELY ON AGRICULTURE FOR A LIVING.
WE’RE LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO FIGHT FOOD LOSS
Story
SMALL GADGET, BIG IMPACT: YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR FIGHTS FOOD LOSS WITH INNOVATION
WE ARE STUDYING THE BEST APPROACHES TO TRANSFORM FARMERS' LIVES
Study
IMPACT STUDY DEMONSTRATES BT BRINJAL (EGGPLANT) HELPS FARMERS EARN MORE WITH LESS PESTICIDE
WE’RE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX TO IMPROVE SUPPLY CHAINS AND GROW NUTRITIOUS CROPS
Video
PEACE CORPS HACKATHON FINDS DIGITAL SOLUTION TO IMPROVE GHANA'S CASHEW INDUSTRY
News
INNOVATIONS HELP FARMERS GROW QUALITY VEGETABLES IN CAMBODIA
AND WE’RE COUNTING ON THE POWER OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATORS
GROWING YOUNG SCIENTISTS TO FEED A HUNGRY WORLD
PARTNERSHIP
FROM COAST TO COAST, FEED THE FUTURE IS FORGING NEW PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS SECTORS TO BRING UNIQUE SKILLS AND RESOURCES TOGETHER. WE’RE BRINGING NEW IDEAS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND SERVICES TO BEAR TO ADVANCE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY, WHICH BENEFITS AMERICANS AT HOME AND COMMUNITIES ABROAD.
WORKING WITH UNIVERSITIES
In 2019, we announced new Feed the Future Innovation Labs and continued partnerships with top U.S. universities and partner country research institutions to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges in agriculture and food security.
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence
WORKING WITH BUSINESSES
The business community is a key partner in our work and, in 2019, we expanded our private sector engagement to strengthen markets and stimulate broad-based, long-lasting economic growth.
Joining Up with John Deere
Going Digital with Mastercard
Teaming Up with Mars
Partnering with PepsiCo
Empowering Farmers with New Funds
A Toast to Our New Coffee Partnerships
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
WHEN WOMEN ARE ECONOMICALLY EMPOWERED, THEY REINVEST IN THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND CREATE A MULTIPLIER EFFECT THAT PROMOTES GLOBAL BENEFITS AND STABILITY. FEED THE FUTURE BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM PARTICIPATING FULLY IN SOCIETY TO HELP THEM UNLEASH THEIR FULL ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.
UNLEASH #HERIMPACT
These stories of the women we work with inspire us. We support women as leaders, influencers, groundbreakers, entrepreneurs and innovators.
AFFIONG
Affiong is the founder and CEO of ReelFruit, a food company in Nigeria that sources from smallholder farmers and demonstrates the power of agriculture-led growth.
ABERU
Aberu is a farmer in Ethiopia who gained financial literacy and business skills to overcome the prospect of drought and preserve her business.
MESKEREM
Meskerem, a dairy farming entrepreneur, learned to raise cattle from her grandmother and now she is unleashing her impact to teach women in Ethiopia how to run a business.
BIMALA
In Nepal, Bimala is working toward a future where no more children grow up malnourished by helping mothers stay healthy and strong during and after pregnancy.
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
This Feed the Future Week, our partners joined us to celebrate #HerImpact.
AROUND THE WORLD
FEED THE FUTURE BRINGS TOGETHER PARTNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TRANSFORM THEIR FOOD SYSTEMS TO BOOST GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY AND REPLACE HUNGER WITH HOPE.
TARGET COUNTRIES
Feed the Future works alongside partner country governments to help them create sound policy and build capacity for food security and nutrition so they can plan, implement and finance their own solutions.
We are excited to announce the signing of a Declaration of Partnership on the #FeedtheFuture Country Plan for Ethiopia with the Gov't of Ethiopia to continue our investments in improving food security & resilience and in a healthier & more prosperous future for Ethiopians.
The U.S. works with partner countries to address the root causes of poverty, hunger & malnutrition. Recently, Chargé d’Affaires FitzGibbon signed a declaration of partnership w Nigeria to launch a @FeedtheFuture Country Plan to increase investments in #FoodSecurity . #WorldFoodDay
We are excited to sign the new @FeedtheFuture Declaration of Partnership with the Government of #Ghana at #AGRF2019 to continue our collective efforts to improve food security, nutrition and prosperity of Ghanaian people. #USinGhana
Partnership makes progress possible! Today the U.S. Government and the Government of Uganda celebrated their partnership in improving agriculture and food security through @FeedtheFuture at a Declaration of Partnership signing ceremony. #USAIDTransforms
Great visit to Niger – broke ground on construction to rehabilitate the country’s largest irrigation system w President @IssoufouMhm – terrific meeting w potential beneficiaries of @MCCgov $437M Compact, thank you Niger!
FIELD TRIP
In April, USAID Administrator Mark Green joined Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump for a trip to Ethiopia and Cote d’Ivoire to highlight the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative and explore how to unleash the full economic potential of women working in the cocoa and coffee sectors.
#FeedtheFuture is proud to support & contribute to #WGDP by empowering women entrepreneurs in sectors such as coffee to start & grow their businesses. Check out @IvankaTrump & @USAIDMarkGreen 's trip to see this work in action! https://usaid.gov/news-informati…
Incredible visit to a cocoa farm where women dominate! We announced a NEW $2 million public-private partnership w/ @USAID & @WorldCocoa that creates 300+ NEW savings associations, so women farmers can access capital & training programs to support themselves & their families! #WGDP
Economic growth depends on creating opportunities for people, particularly women, at all levels of society across the country. @IvankaTrump and I were able to visit a cocoa farm in #Adzope , Cote d’Ivoire to announce a new public private partnership with @worldcocoa #WGDP
NEW FINDINGS
The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development released a study that outlines the positive impact of the United States' investment in agriculture and food security abroad, highlighting the important returns this support brings back to the American people.
How The United States Benefits From Agricultural Development And Food Security Investments In Developing Countries
YOUR TOP READS
WE’RE PLAYING THE HITS! HERE’S THE CONTENT OUR READERS VIEWED THE MOST IN 2019.
Medium
YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR BRINGS SOLUTION TO EMPOWER MANUFACTURERS
CELEBRATING WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT DURING FEED THE FUTURE WEEK
CONNECTING YOUNG CHICKEN FARMERS TO THE KENYAN MARKET
THE AGRESULTS KENYA ON-FARM STORAGE CHALLENGE PROJECT
RESULTS
FEED THE FUTURE EMPOWERS PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, IN WAYS THAT HELP BUILD HEALTHIER FAMILIES, THRIVING COMMUNITIES AND GLOBAL STABILITY THAT WILL LAST WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
23.4 MILLION
more people now live above the poverty line (estimate)
3.4 MILLION
more children are living free from stunting (estimate)
5.2 MILLION
more families are no longer suffering from hunger (estimate)
2.6 MILLION
more women gained access to credit between 2012-2015
8.2 MILLION
more women are living in households that are not hungry since 2012
OVER $630 MILLION
in loans unlocked for women and their businesses since 2011
3.3 MILLION
more women had reasonable workloads between 2012-2015
3.7 MILLION
more women had input into farming decisions between 2012-2015
LOOKING FORWARD
LOOKING BACK OVER THE PAST DECADE, WE HAVE ACHIEVED SO MUCH TOGETHER SINCE THE 2007 AND 2008 FOOD PRICE SPIKES BY HELPING MILLIONS OF FAMILIES RISE OUT OF POVERTY. AS WE ENTER 2020, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING OUR PARTNER COUNTRIES TAKE FURTHER STEPS TO STABILIZE THEIR FUTURES AND END HUNGER IN THE NEW DECADE.
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2018 Year in Review | Feed the Future www.feedthefuture.gov/2018-year-in-review/ — captured 2019-08-13
2018 YEAR IN REVIEW
PROGRESS
Ending global hunger is one of the greatest challenges and opportunities of our time.
How do we help the more than 800 million people across the world who go to bed hungry each night get enough nutritious and safe food? Feed the Future believes the answer is clear:
THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION.
Tackling global hunger requires “all hands on deck.” Feed the Future represents a broad partnership that draws on the expertise, resources, talents and dedication of numerous organizations, companies and individuals, including young Americans who will be the future leaders of agriculture.
We are proud to say our collective efforts have helped millions of families live better lives in the areas where we work.
This year, our partners turned out in unprecedented numbers to connect and spread the word during Feed the Future Week . From launching new partnerships to extending existing ones, we worked together this year to meet the challenges of a changing world.
As we reflect on the great strides we’ve made in 2018, we look ahead to the challenges and opportunities that are shaping our work in the year to come as we protect and accelerate progress on the journey to self-reliance.
Continue reading to learn more about our year.
FEED THE FUTURE BY THE NUMBERS
Today, an estimated
more people are living above the poverty line in areas where Feed the Future has worked.
more families are no longer suffering from hunger in areas where Feed the Future has worked.
more children are living free of stunting in areas where Feed the Future has worked.
Feed the Future has unlocked
in agricultural and rural loans, helping smallholder farmers and businesses make the investments needed to grow.
Feed the Future helped
farmers apply modern technologies and techniques in 2017 alone.
Feed the Future farmers have made in agricultural sales since 2011.
innovations developed and deployed with Feed the Future’s help.
Feed the Future has helped
women farmers and women-owned businesses access credit every year since 2014.
The average pace of stunting reduction has been annually in Feed the Future focus countries than before the initiative began.
GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH
From weather to pests and diseases, the agriculture industry must continually adjust and evolve to protect the sustainability of farming livelihoods for generations to come. Feed the Future is helping farmers around the globe, including ones here at home, manage these risks through groundbreaking research by our 22 Feed the Future Innovation Labs. These labs bring together the expertise of top U.S. universities and developing country research institutions to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges in food security.
MAKING STRIDES IN WHEAT SCIENCE
In 2018, Feed the Future researchers made enormous strides in protecting one of the world’s most vital crops: wheat. Thanks to the work of scientists like Dr. Matthew Rouse, this year’s recipient of the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, researchers have successfully developed wheat varieties and management strategies to combat wheat stem rust, one of the world’s most dangerous agricultural threats.
Scientists, including ones from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics at Kansas State University, sequenced the bread wheat genome for the first time this year! This marks a critical milestone in providing a better understanding of wheat biology. This new knowledge will accelerate wheat research and drive innovation to help feed the growing global population.
Advancements supported by Feed the Future not only help farmers in South Asia avert significant losses of their wheat harvests; they also help protect a U.S. wheat industry
Once thought impossible, scientists finally map the wheat genome after 13 years of collaboration between Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics at Kansas State University and more.
valued at $10 billion per year. Today, Feed the Future rust-resistant wheat varieties are being grown on more than 25 million hectares in Africa and Asia. In Ethiopia, female seed producer groups now have access to more than 400 tons of this new disease-resistant wheat—helping them to feed their country and their families.
EXPANDING UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS
The network of more than 70 American universities we work with are continuing to make new strides in research, finding solutions to agriculture’s biggest challenges and protecting farmers from current and future threats. In 2018, Feed the Future extended or started partnerships with the following universities. They are working on a wide range of issues from how to increase the sustainable production of fish to developing heat and drought-resistant crops to tackling pests and diseases that cross borders.
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry at UC Davis
Feed the Future Innovation Labs for Sorghum and Millet; Applied Wheat Genomics; and Reduction in Post-Harvest Losses at Kansas State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research at Michigan State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish at Mississippi State University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation at Texas A&M; University
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut Research at the University of Georgia
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Soybean Value Chain Research at the University of Illinois
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW HARNESSING SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IS CRITICAL TO MEETING THE GLOBAL CHALLENGES OF ENDING HUNGER.
MEET THE NORMAN BORLAUG AWARD FOR FIELD RESEARCH AND APPLICATION RECIPIENT
SHIFTING THE LIMITS IN WHEAT RESEARCH AND BREEDING USING A FULLY ANNOTATED REFERENCE GENOME
ETHIOPIAN FARMERS PROFIT FROM SCALED-UP, FAST-TRACK PRODUCTION OF DISEASE-RESISTANT WHEAT SEED
TACKLING EMERGING CHALLENGES
Some of the threats farmers and vulnerable communities face are so old, they’re familiar foes. But new challenges are emerging all the time, threatening the progress we’ve already made. And while some components of these challenges may seem well-known, it takes an innovative approach to tackle and halt these threats in their tracks.
FIGHTING FALL ARMYWORM
Insects may be an expected threat to farming, but fall armyworm, an invasive species native to the Americas, is destroying crops at an alarming rate in Africa. Together with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and CIMMYT, we brought sustainable and effective integrated pest management strategies to African communities and governments to manage this pest. These systems aren’t all chemical pesticides, either -- we’ve educated smallholders on innovations as simple as pest exclusion nets and biological pesticides.
CHECK OUT A FEW OF THE WAYS WE’VE HELPED AFRICAN COUNTRIES COMBAT THIS FOOD SECURITY THREAT.
U.S. AND BRAZIL SUPPORT AFRICA IN COMBATING FALL ARMYWORM
FALL ARMYWORM IN AFRICA: A GUIDE FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
A FARMER IN MOZAMBIQUE FACES AN UNFAMILIAR PEST
Farm.ink, a Nairobi-based startup, won the Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize in November. It is integrating a Fall Armyworm Virtual Advisor into its Africa Farmers Club mobile service, which already provides more than 150,000 farmers across Africa with farming information. The new virtual advisory feature will provide them with specific information on how to identify and treat fall armyworm.
PROTECTING PROGRESS
Many emerging challenges are also putting our progress at risk. Shocks, like floods, drought and conflict, and ongoing stresses, like scarce natural resources, price volatility and political fragility, threaten to slow the strides we’ve made and undo development gains around the world. So, now more than ever, we’re prioritizing investments that proactively build resilience.
We work with a host of partners to promote agriculture-led growth and good nutrition, and help communities get the tools they need to better manage and proactively deal with shocks and stresses without falling back into poverty in places like Kenya and Niger . The evidence continues to grow that by partnering with countries and investing in resilience, we can protect progress and reduce humanitarian need .
SEE HOW, IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE TACKLED OTHER OBSTACLES SMALLHOLDER FARMERS FACE AROUND THE GLOBE.
AS YOU SIP YOUR CUP OF COFFEE, REMEMBER THE SMALLHOLDERS
TREE TO TREAT: THE SWEET JOURNEY OF CHOCOLATE
DIGITAL TOOLS FOR AGRICULTURE
PESTS ARE NO MATCH FOR NEW EGGPLANT IN BANGLADESH
INVESTING BEYOND THE FIELD
REDUCING FOOD LOSS
Helping smallholders learn how to better cultivate their crops and improve their nutrition is only one step in the process of establishing food security. We were inspired this year by our partners’ dedication to transforming storage options and preventing postharvest losses , too.
Our partner, Promethean Power Systems, brought the power of cold dairy storage to 3,000 smallholder farmers in Bangladesh. See how Promethean develops cold storage solutions for processors in rural areas where there is inconsistent electricity and individual farmers produce relatively small quantities of nutritious and safe milk.
No matter how basic or complex the need—from access to water to food processing —we brought the full weight of our partners’ innovation and drive to each step in the supply chain and reduced waste and loss along the way.
GOOD NUTRITION FOR BETTER FUTURES
Here at Feed the Future, we know good nutrition builds the foundation for a healthy future. That’s why we’ve been integrating agriculture and nutrition from the start, with a particular focus on the critical 1,000 days from pregnancy to a child’s second birthday when good nutrition makes a lifetime of difference.
We were thrilled to see the World Food Prize focus on nutrition this year. The laureates, Drs. Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro, have been long-time Feed the Future partners and their efforts over the last several decades helped put nutrition at the top of the global development agenda.
At the World Food Prize’s October conference, the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development hosted a timely discussion on improving nutrition through private sector engagement too. The takeaway...
“NUTRITION IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS!”
POLICY MATTERS
Policy guides the development and use of resources, incentivizes private sector investment and ensures accountability. This is why Feed the Future helps partner country governments create better policies, regulations and strategies for food security and nutrition to ultimately help them move toward self-reliance.
We joined our African counterparts in launching the first edition of the African Union’s African agriculture transformation scorecard and review this year, which tracks food security investments and accountability. We also launched the new 50 by 2030 Data Initiative with multiple partners to help countries improve their national data systems to inform policies and decision-making in the future.
EMBRACING ENTERPRISE-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
From advanced seeds to better storage, our work benefits from the expertise and ingenuity of the global business community. The future of development is enterprise-driven, and Feed the Future brought the future closer this year with new and innovative ways of working with the private sector and fostering market-driven progress in rural communities.
We know growth only gets stronger when empowered youth and women can create enterprises within their communities. This year, we supported new entrepreneurs and launched new programs aimed at helping these groups overcome barriers.
HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF YOUTH TO REALIZE THE POWER OF AGRICULTURE
On International Youth Day, we highlighted how engaging youth in food systems is vital to ending global hunger.
OPIC 2X WOMEN'S INITIATIVE
OPIC launched the 2X Women's Initiative to mobilize $1 billion in capital to invest in the world's women and unlock the multi-trillion dollar investment they represent.
INVESTING IN WOMEN-OWNED ENTERPRISES TO HELP END HUNGER
Women lead approximately one-third of small- and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets. USAID is helping women business owners in Africa grow their ag-related companies.
IN THE BUSINESS OF NUTRITION
The U.S. African Development Foundation helps the women of Neema Poultry Enterprise in Kenya create pathways to prosperity.
ENGAGING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
This year, Feed the Future opened new markets and brought new partners in on the fight against food insecurity and malnutrition.
Thrilled to expand @FeedtheFuture work w/ @Corteva Agriscience. The future of development is enterprise-driven. The agreement signed today lays the foundation for future co-investment & creation that will help #endhunger while growing markets for U.S. business. #USAIDTransforms
@beth_dunford @RTI_INTL_DEV : We're working on processing & packaging nutritious foods as a business opportunity - mainly for women - to increase the prevalence of healthy food in communities where we work. #endhunger
@FeedtheFuture Deputy Director Beth Dunford spoke on an inspiring panel on Friday about how #science can #endhunger at #TheFoodEffect @SXSW @LandOLakesInc
A special thanks to everyone that participated in our Food Security Summit today, to discuss global food security challenges! #OnlyAtECOM #FoodSecurity @WFP @WFPUSA @WFPUSA_CEO @WFPChief @Cargill @JStoneGlobalAg @GeneralMills @LandOLakesInc @BethFordLOL @beth_dunford @USAID
We're proud to work alongside experts at @LandOLakesInc @BethFordLOL and other partners like @beth_dunford at @FeedtheFuture because #feedinghumanprogress will take all of us to find new solutions to #endhunger : http://bit.ly/2QlKwWs
#FeedtheFuture 's @Beth_Dunford joins public & private sector leaders @idh_buzz to talk about moving toward sustainable international trade through partnership, good policies & innovation.
Our Africa Trade Hubs made new connections between U.S. & African businesses leaders in #Iowa this week. Together with @FeedtheFuture and @IGDleaders , we're working to end hunger abroad by partnering with businesses at home. #USAIDTransforms @InvestEAfrica @USAIDAfrica
Here at #usglcDE to talk about how @USADF drives development in #Africa by connecting US businesses w grassroots enterprises #AmericaLeads @USGLC
“We turn to the #privatesector and say, ‘Give us the best you got!’” Today @USAIDMarkGreen announced a new private sector engagement policy @AEI -- a major shift toward enterprise-driven development. @usaid #USAIDTransforms #WorkWithUSAID https://goo.gl/9JV74p
LOOKING FORWARD TO 2019
By continuing to invest in new technologies and long-term solutions today, we can reduce the need for foreign assistance in the future, while opening up new markets and opportunities that fuel development and self-reliance. Partnerships have been, and will continue to be, key to making this happen.
Although untapped agricultural potential and unpredictable trends continue to be a barrier to progress, we believe that with private sector, civil society, universities and research organizations, donors, and Americans here at home working together, we can build lasting food security for generations to come.
As we enter 2019 with strong bipartisan support , new indicators and new target country plans, we are proud of the progress we’ve seen in areas where we work. We look forward to helping our partner countries take further steps to stabilize their futures—and end hunger.
FEED THE FUTURE COUNTRY PLANS
BANGLADESH
ETHIOPIA
GHANA
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS
KENYA
MALI
NEPAL
NIGER
NIGERIA
SENEGAL
UGANDA
OUR RESOURCES
FEED THE FUTURE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE
NEW MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING INDICATORS
FEED THE FUTURE 2018 PROGRESS SNAPSHOT
FEED THE FUTURE TEACHER TOOLKIT
FEED THE FUTURE VOLUNTEER TOOLKIT
Feed the Future: 2017 Year in Review | Feed the Future feedthefuture.gov/2017-year-in-review — captured 2018-01-04
YEAR IN REVIEW
Over 800 million people across the world go to bed hungry each night. To meet the needs of a growing population, global food production needs to increase.
Feed the Future, a U.S. Government initiative, is working to address global hunger through partnership and innovation.
more people now live above the poverty line more children are living free from stunting families are no longer suffering from hunger innovations developed and deployed generated by farmers in new agricultural sales leveraged in private sector capital investments
PARTNERING FOR PROGRESS
From natural disasters to national conflict, many communities across the world frequently experience threats to their food security, nutrition and well-being. The key to combating those threats and avoiding slipping into, or back into, poverty is resilience. Through our many partnerships, we help communities improve their ability to adapt, cope and recover by connecting them to the tools, resources, skills, assets and opportunities they need to weather the next inevitable threat while protecting their futures.
This year, we doubled down on nutrition- and enterprise-driven development too. Our newly enacted partnerships are helping farmers gain access to affordable, high-yielding seeds and enabling small-scale coffee producers to grow higher quality coffee and connect with financing and buyers . We’re also partnering to support solutions that help farmers improve value from agriculture productivity, improve infrastructure like irrigation and roads, and increase the incomes, nutrition and food security of millions of smallholder farming households .
HARVESTING HOPE
Throughout the year, our work led us to various events across the world and the United States. From Iowa to Italy, we met thousands of inspirational people that have joined us in our mission to end global hunger.
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina was awarded the 2017 World Food Prize in Iowa, which he’ll use to set up a fund that will finance young African entrepreneurs. We were inspired by our nation’s future leaders and their passion for solving some of the world’s toughest food challenges at the National FFA Convention . And we were proud to present the status of our work to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
- MARCH 7, 2017 PEACE CORPS Peace Corps Global Food Security Summit
- MARCH 22—24, 2017 Global Learning and Evidence Exchange: Thailand
- JUNE 5—8, 2017 Global Learning and Evidence Exchange: Senegal
- JULY 18, 2017 FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Subcommittee Hearing: Implementing the Global Food Security Act
- AUGUST 1—7, 2017 AMY FOWLER/USAID World Breastfeeding Week
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 USAID/OFDA 2017 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal
- SEPTEMBER 27—29, 2017 FEED THE FUTURE Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit
- OCTOBER 2—3, 2017 Resilience Evidence Forum
- October 17—19, 2017 USDA The World Food Prize
- OCTOBER 24—27, 2017 FEED THE FUTURE National FFA Convention
- NOVEMBER 4, 2017 ALESSANDRA GRASSO, U.S. BORLAUG FELLOW Global Nutrition Summit
- NOVEMBER 28—30, 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit
CULTIVATING COMMUNITY
By bringing partners together to invest in agriculture and nutrition, we have helped millions of families around the world lift themselves out of hunger and poverty. This means more families are able to feed themselves, and more children are able to reach their full potential.
The second annual Feed the Future Week called on people around the world to share how they will #endhunger and contribute blog posts about resilience , science and innovation , child nutrition , partnerships and agriculture-led growth.
WORLD FOOD DAY
World Food Day in October called for reflection , drawing attention to ongoing efforts to end hunger, alleviate suffering and expand opportunity across the world. We launched our fourth annual Fall Recipe Contest to help raise awareness about agriculture’s potential to end poverty, hunger and malnutrition—with a focus on pumpkin .
READ MORE
- OPIC Addressing the Root Cause of Hunger in One of the World’s Poorest Countries
- USAID 5 Ways USAID Is Helping to End World Hunger
- USADF Why Invest in Rural Development?
- STATE DEPARTMENT The Global Economy at America’s Doorstep
FARMING FOR THE FUTURE
Feed the Future has shown that progress on ending hunger is possible . And this year, the U.S. Government announced that moving forward, we will partner with 12 countries that have taken concrete steps to improve their own food security and nutrition.
As Feed the Future works to advance a pipeline of 50,000 more innovations to meet dynamic and sometimes unforeseen changes that impact food security, we will continue to leverage investment from partner countries and the private sector to reduce reliance on humanitarian aid, promote American prosperity, deliver results, and build stability around the world.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PLANS
- U.S. Government Global Food Security Strategy
- U.S. Government Global Food Security Research Strategy
- U.S. Government Global Food Security Toolbox
- Feed the Future Civil Society Engagement Handbook
- Feed the Future Technical Guidance
- PRINT-FRIENDLY VERSION
Feed the Future: 2015 Year in Review | Feed the Future feedthefuture.gov/2015-year-in-review — captured 2016-01-30
FEED THE FUTURE: 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW
After a three-decade long decline in global agriculture investment and a spike in global food prices in 2007 and 2008, President Obama rallied world leaders at the G-8 meeting in 2009, calling for renewed investment in international agriculture that would boost food security and nutrition. Recognizing that agriculture is at least two times as effective at reducing poverty as other industries, President Obama pledged to do more to advance global food security, building on resources allocated during the George W. Bush Administration. Feed the Future, the U.S. Government's global hunger and food security initiative, was born out of this new commitment. Since 2009, Feed the Future and related U.S. Government efforts have demonstrated that this new model of development is working. In FY 2014 alone, Feed the Future and its partners helped nearly 7 million smallholder farmers adopt and use improved tools and technologies, reached more than 12 million children to improve their nutrition, and helped farmers boost agricultural sales by more than half a billion dollars to increase their incomes. Read on to see how partners throughout the U.S. Government have made major contributions to meaningful progress against hunger, poverty, and malnutrition in 2015.
LEADERSHIP
U.S. Government leadership, focused through President Obama's Feed the Future initiative, is helping farmers and their families flourish and enabling us to meet tomorrow's food security challenges. The successes realized by millions of farmers across the world reached by Feed the Future and other U.S. Government-led efforts are contributing to substantial reductions in poverty and stunting. We've made an enormous difference thus far and must continue to make investing in agriculture a long-term priority as we hone our approach and take it to scale.
Together with our partners, we're proud to be writing a new chapter for the nearly 800 million people around the world who go to bed hungry every night. Building on the leadership and commitment of both the Bush and Obama administrations, these shared endeavors have reached millions of people whose individual stories of success add up to meaningful impact on a large scale. Our coordinated efforts have significantly contributed to progress that, if sustained, will transform the futures of generations to come.
PARTNERSHIP
Feed the Future is playing a vital role in answering the call to end hunger, poverty, and malnutrition, but we know that the path to global food security cannot be forged by governments alone. To achieve sustainable solutions that will feed a growing population, we're engaging our partners, especially those in the private sector, in new and impactful ways. Through U.S. leadership and partner collaboration, we will continue to foster growth in emerging markets, a fundamental component of reducing poverty, fighting hunger, and improving nutrition.
MOMENTUM
While 795 million people in the world still go to bed hungry every night, the number has dropped by more than 167 million in the last decade, due in large part to strong leadership and momentum across the globe to fight hunger and malnutrition. In countries supported by Feed the Future and other large-scale U.S. Government efforts, local capacity to support food security, agricultural productivity and good nutrition continue to grow stronger, while new commitments to food security should help ensure that more and more individual smallholder farmers will continue to contribute to - and benefit from - participation in the global economy.
USAID WELCOMES NEW ADMINISTRATOR GAYLE E. SMITH
In December, thanks to the support of the U.S. Senate, USAID welcomed its 17th Administrator, Gayle E. Smith , a former national security aide to President Obama and leading expert on humanitarian disaster relief. Administrator Smith's career spans more than 20 years working on development issues across the world, and includes a wealth of experience in driving forward international development strategies. Feed the Future welcomes Administrator Smith, an instrumental supporter of the initiative from the start.
THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE RELEASES GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT
According to an assessment released by the U.S. intelligence community in October, the overall risk of food insecurity in many countries of strategic importance to the United States will increase during the next ten years because of production, transport and market disruptions to local food availability, lower purchasing power and counterproductive government policies. Feed the Future's approach of inclusive agriculture-led growth helps ensure results on a large scale by improving agricultural productivity, expanding markets and trade, and increasing the economic resilience of vulnerable communities.
SECRETARY KERRY HIGHLIGHTS FOOD SECURITY AS KEY TO GLOBAL STABILITY AT MILAN EXPO
This year's World Expo, also known as the world's fair, was held in Milan, Italy, with the theme of "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life." The event brought together 145 countries from around the world to tackle a vital question: How do we feed nine billion people by 2050? Speaking the day after World Food Day , Secretary of State John Kerry highlighted the interrelated challenges of food insecurity and global climate change.
Estimates predict that the world will have to increase global food production by at least 60 percent between now and 2050 to keep pace with a growing population. As Secretary Kerry noted, and a new report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirms, the challenge of feeding the world is further complicated by climate variability and increasingly frequent weather extremes. As climate prediction models indicate the need to prepare for the impacts of climate change on agriculture, Feed the Future and related U.S. Government food security efforts continue to emphasize climate-smart agriculture . By integrating new technologies, improved resource management practices, better information, and more efficient post-harvest handling and markets, climate-smart agriculture will ensure our efforts to sustainably reduce hunger, poverty, and malnutrition are even more effective.
STATE DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF URBAN FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE
Throughout 2015, the Department of State's Office of Global Food Security worked to advance two important food security issues: food insecurity in urban areas, and climate-smart agriculture. In September, on the margins of the UN General Assembly, the State Department partnered with global design company IDEO to bring together global food security policy experts to brainstorm innovative ways to address urban food security, while also launching Project 8 , which will serve as a data aggregation platform for data on hunger and malnutrition in cities.
In partnership with USDA , USAID , and the U.S. Department of the Treasury , the State Department played a key role in the Enabling Environment Action Group of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA), leading the GACSA country case study on Costa Rica, one of six countries that will be highlighted for their actions on climate-smart agriculture at the GACSA Annual Forum in early 2016. In addition, through COAST (Caribbean Oceans and Aquaculture Sustainability Facility) , the Department of State is leading a collaborative effort to increase access to climate-risk insurance as a means of improving food security within the fisheries sector. COAST will provide as many as 180,000 fisherfolk and workers in the Caribbean access to insurance for losses from severe weather as well as providing incentives for risk reduction related to climate-smart food security strategy.
PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES FEED THE FUTURE IMPACT
During an historic trip to Africa in July, President Obama announced that Feed the Future is delivering on his inauguration promise to work with developing nations "to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow." During a tour of Ethiopian food processor Faffa Foods , a factory supported by Feed the Future through a partnership with U.S. businesses, the President highlighted progress across the continent made through Feed the Future and other U.S. Government efforts, noting that stunting rates have declined in Ethiopia, Ghana, and parts of Kenya by between 9 and 33 percent in recent years, while areas in Uganda have seen a 16 percent drop in poverty.
After his tour, the President met with Gifty, an Ethiopian smallholder farmer who is now able to support her family with the help of Feed the Future. Gifty is one among millions of smallholders who illustrate the story behind Feed the Future's impact. To read more about how Feed the Future supports smallholder farmers across the world, explore the 2015 Feed the Future Progress Report .
FEED THE FUTURE RELEASES 2015 PROGRESS REPORT, DEMONSTRATES RESULTS
New results, released in our 2015 Feed the Future Progress Report , signal that Feed the Future is working. In addition to helping millions of smallholders improve their yields and incomes and helping families — particularly mothers and young children — improve nutrition, new data show that Feed the Future and related U.S. Government efforts are contributing to downward trends in poverty and malnutrition. These results suggest that Feed the Future can meet its ambitious goal of reducing poverty and stunting by an average of 20 percent across the areas where the initiative works.
In October, Feed the Future co-hosted an event on Capitol Hill with InterAction to discuss the value of partnerships in addressing food security, and to release new data from the Latin America and Caribbean and Asia chapters of the 2015 Progress Report. With remarks from both Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), sponsors of the Global Food Security Act , the event highlighted the benefits — both global and here at home — of investing in food security and building on Feed the Future's promising results.
FEED THE FUTURE AND FOOD FOR PEACE EFFORTS ENSURE FOOD SECURITY FOR EBOLA-AFFECTED COUNTRIES
In the midst of the Ebola crisis in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, another less visible crisis arose -- food insecurity. With markets closed, movement restricted, and trade disrupted, many households in the region began to experience new or increased food insecurity.
Since the onset of the outbreak in 2014, USAID's Office of Food for Peace adjusted programming by incorporating Ebola-focused messaging on prevention and treatment, training health workers on infection control and prevention, providing sanitation and hygiene materials to households and places of business, and equipping governments' ministries of health to better fight the disease. Meanwhile, earlier Feed the Future and USAID Office of Food for Peace investments proved vital to mitigating some of the secondary impacts of the outbreak. Many farmers who had benefited from Feed the Future support were able to sell over 340 metric tons of rice to the U.N. World Food Program for emergency distribution — helping their neighbors and supporting faster access than imported food aid alone would have provided, while pooling incomes to help sustain their own livelihoods in a time of uncertainty.
Using a mix of targeted cash, food vouchers, and in-kind food assistance, Food for Peace is helping communities recover well into the future. As Ebola is contained, Food for Peace activities will continue to contribute to and complement Feed the Future efforts to accelerate the recovery of health and agricultural systems in Ebola-affected countries.
GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM DELIVERS RESULTS FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS
In response to the 2007-2008 global food crisis, the U.S. Department of the Treasury played a key role in developing the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), an innovative multi-donor trust fund housed at the World Bank. Since its founding, GAFSP has allocated approximately $1.4 billion to 25 low-income countries to support their efforts to improve food security for smallholder farmers and their families.
In Bangladesh, 226,295 farmers, 39 percent of whom are women, have adopted various crop, livestock, and fisheries technologies being promoted by the Integrated Agricultural Productivity Project , and fish production has increased by more than 50 percent. In Ethiopia, more than 146,000 farmers have already adopted the crop and livestock technologies promoted by the Agricultural Growth Project . And in Togo , Rwanda , and Malawi , GAFSP programs are improving food security and incomes of smallholder farmers through sustainable agriculture practices, expanding access to finance, and agriculture extension services.
PEACE CORPS JOINS FORCES WITH USAID TO SUPPORT NUTRITION
To ensure Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in Benin are well-equipped to improve nutrition in their communities, West Africa's Food Security Coordinator for the U.S. Peace Corps in Benin worked together with partners to design a training package for PCVs supporting the Feed the Future Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovations in Nutrition Globally Project . The Essential Nutrition Actions training package provides the tools PCVs need to confidently discuss nutrition with community members. Peace Corps Volunteers from all sectors — health, agriculture, and community economic development — will receive the training package, ensuring that nutrition messaging can be incorporated into any activity, with the potential to ultimately reach more people.
USAID AND LEADING UNIVERSITIES SUPPORT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL HUNGER
This fall, USAID awarded the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences a $49 million, five-year cooperative agreement to establish the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems. This newest Feed the Future Innovation Lab will improve livestock productivity and the incomes and nutrition of livestock holders through appropriate improved technologies, capacity building, and enabling policies. By joining the ranks of the science-based Feed the Future Innovation Labs, the award will strengthen global engagement at the University of Florida and allow the institution to better assist developing nations in addressing poverty and hunger.
Through the Feed the Future Innovation Labs , USAID is working with the world's leading universities to scale up proven technologies and activities, expand nutrition interventions and programs, and conduct research to create the next generation of innovations that can change the lives of food producers and their families.
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION INVESTS IN PARTNERSHIPS FOR IMPACT
MCC's $262 million Compact with Moldova funded the rehabilitation of 10 pumping stations to improve the quantity and quality of irrigation water for more than 37,000 acres, while expanding access to agricultural loans to help farmers invest in their farms . In partnership with the Government of Moldova, MCC is improving key agricultural policies and helping Moldovan producers better market their products to regional and overseas markets.
In Senegal , MCC's $540 million Compact is giving the country's farmers reason to hope. The Compact, which will upgrade the Senegal River irrigation systems, is designed to boost economic growth by unlocking the country's agricultural productivity and expanding access to markets and services by investing in roads and irrigation networks . MCC is working closely with SAED (Société Nationale d'Aménagement et d'Exploitation des Terres du Delta), the agency providing irrigation water supply and drainage services in the region, to ensure the project's sustainability and efficiency.
In Indonesia, the Compact's $332.5 million Sustainable Cocoa Partnership Grant , under MCC's Green Prosperity Project , is working to increase agricultural productivity and reduce reliance on fossil fuels by expanding renewable energy, and to increase productivity and reduce land-based greenhouse gas emissions by improving land use practices and management of natural resources. In partnership with Swisscontact Consortium, the activity will add value not only to cocoa production, but will also spur the rise of the local cocoa manufacturing industry.
PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY, ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME
The Peace Corps is one of 11 federal departments and agencies contributing to Feed the Future, with more than 3,500 Peace Corps volunteers in 55 countries working to bring important food security messaging and practices to their communities. Check out the Peace Crops food security infographic , released to commemorate World Food Day, celebrating the thousands of volunteers across the world who are working with their communities, local organizations, and host country governments to ensure every family has enough food for a healthy life.
FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE MOBILIZES GLOBAL COMMITMENTS
At the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, food security leaders from the public, private, and NGO sectors met to define an approach for mobilizing financial resources for sustainable development. As part of the conference, the U.S. Government and the African Union Commission hosted an event, "Leadership and Partnership to Achieve Global Food Security," to discuss how to best leverage partnerships to fight food security and malnutrition. Recognizing Feed the Future's proven approach in working with partners across a variety of sectors, global leaders affirmed their support of a country-driven model for food security that includes a cross section of government, NGO, and private sector partners.
The U.S. Government made several pledges during the conference, including increased support for global efforts to make agricultural and nutritionally relevant data available, accessible, and usable worldwide, underscoring its commitment to open data and access. As a cornerstone of this support , the United States will expand and deepen its commitment to the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative. Along with the governments of Kenya and the United Kingdom, the ONE Campaign , and Presidents United to Solve Hunger (PUSH), the United States also announced plans for a 2016 GODAN Summit, scheduled to take place in September 2016.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SETS SIGHTS ON 2030
In late September, USAID then-Acting Administrator Alfonso Lenhardt delivered remarks at the UN General Assembly to highlight how USAID will help lead the new approach to financing and development to end extreme poverty and achieve the Global Goals, or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), several of which aim to curb greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. In December, in a show of commitment to addressing the challenges of climate change, leaders at COP21 agreed to the Paris Agreement , taking a first step toward a more sustainable future.
Reaching the new SDGs will require close collaboration between governments, private sector partners, and others. For example, DuPont and USAID have already teamed up to advance sustainable agriculture through projects such as the Advanced Maize Seed Adoption Program , a collaboration that provides sample seeds and high-quality inputs to farmers in Ethiopia. Through a shared commitment to innovation to tackle global food security, public-private partnerships such as these will ensure our efforts are contributing to the achievement of the SDGs.
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN AGRICULTURE INDEX EVOLVES INTO FASTER, EASIER TOOL
In early 2015, the Women's Empowerment Agriculture Index (WEAI) marked its three-year anniversary. Designed in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative , the WEAI is designed to measure women's empowerment and inclusion in agriculture, a field in which women too often suffer from lack of access to land, financial services, credit, and purchasing power. The WEAI has already proven invaluable to both governments and agriculture experts. For those looking for a more streamlined tool to use, Feed the Future and its partners developed the Abbreviated WEAI , or A-WEAI, a simpler alternative that requires less field time for data collection and is easily integrated into large surveys. The A-WEAI packs the same punch, and can equip agriculture experts and policy makers with the evidence they need to increase agricultural opportunities for women.
WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE PUTS WOMEN AT THE CENTER OF AGRICULTURE
This year's World Food Prize honored Sir Fazle Hasan Abed , founder of BRAC, the world's largest NGO and one of the leading organizations dedicated to advancing gender equality and women's empowerment in agriculture. Women, who comprise 43 percent of the global agricultural workforce, can play a fundamental role in agriculture and are increasingly vital to meeting the world's demand to feed 9 billion people by 2050. Through Feed the Future and related programs, the U.S. Government continues to support women's advancement in an effort to create resilient and economically flourishing societies.
CONCLUSION
Agriculture has been critical to America's growth as a nation, and today, demonstrating our continued commitment to agriculture globally through Feed the Future is one of the most important and successful ways America is leading in the world. As we connect more farmers abroad to the global economy, our work brings benefits back home , too, generating knowledge to help America's farmers stay ahead of new pests and diseases, boosting incomes in developing countries and increasing demand for U.S. products, and reducing the risk of instability and turmoil often driven by a lack of access to food.
Today more than ever, through Feed the Future's whole-of-government approach, we're one step closer to a world without hunger. Thanks to all of our supporters and partners for a momentous year of progress.
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FEED THE FUTURE: 2016 YEAR IN REVIEW
YEAR IN REVIEW
In many countries, the path to prosperity runs through agriculture. The sector provides a powerful means of reducing hunger, poverty and malnutrition. With the right investment and policies, it can also be an engine of growth and stability for developing economies, providing dignified and sustainable work.
Through the Feed the Future initiative, the U.S. Government has rallied global leaders to help developing countries unlock agriculture’s potential. Along the way, we’ve transformed the way we address the root causes of poverty and hunger through agricultural development.
With bipartisan support, collaboration with a diverse array of partners, country leadership, and a focus on results, Feed the Future has made exciting progress. Last year alone, we helped 9 million food producers use new tools and technologies and reached nearly 18 million children with nutrition help.
Results like these are contributing to early impact, with data showing drops of up to 36 percent in poverty and up to 40 percent in child stunting within many Feed the Future countries. This year also marked enactment of the historic Global Food Security Act and creation of a new U.S. Government strategy for global food security to accompany it. Read on to learn more about progress made this year in the global effort to end hunger and promote prosperity.
BY THE NUMBERS
$800 MILLION
Earned through new agricultural sales by Feed the Future producers last year.
18 MILLION
Children reached last year with help to boost their nutrition.
19 COUNTRIES
Partnering with us to transform economies and become self-reliant.
1 ACT
Passed with bipartisan support to strengthen global food security.
11 AGENCIES
Contributed to a new whole-of-government global food security strategy.
70 UNIVERSITIES
Bringing American ingenuity to bear to end global hunger with us.
U.S. leadership and investment in global food security has leveraged billions from donors and the private sector to fight global hunger. But Feed the Future is about more than just money. Our model has dramatically improved the way the U.S. Government does business, facilitating effective, evidence-based, multi-stakeholder development to achieve lasting success.
New data show Feed the Future is contributing to reductions in poverty and child stunting in many of the places where we work. Many factors have contributed to this progress, including bipartisan support in Congress, a relentless focus on results, partnerships that maximize our investments, and research and innovation. Together, we are building a world free of hunger and poverty.
Partnership is at the core of everything we do at Feed the Future. We can’t achieve a food-secure world – one where all children have the opportunity to grow up healthy and strong – alone. In 2016, Feed the Future continued meaningful collaboration with governments, businesses, researchers, universities, civil society, and innovators. We achieve more when we bring all of our tools and resources together.
Local capacity for lasting food security, good nutrition and economic growth is getting stronger in the countries where we work. But we must sustain this momentum. The Global Food Security Act of 2016 codified Feed the Future’s successful approach, and we submitted a new U.S. Government strategy to Congress outlining how we’ll collaborate to accelerate global food security and nutrition in the years ahead.
BEST OF LEADERSHIP
U.S. leadership and investment in global food security has leveraged billions from donors and the private sector to fight global hunger. But Feed the Future is about more than just money. Our model has dramatically improved the way the U.S. Government does business, facilitating effective, evidence-based, multi-stakeholder development to achieve lasting success.
BIPARTISAN BILL CODIFIES FEED THE FUTURE APPROACH
The U.S. Congress took a historic step in July and passed the Global Food Security Act with overwhelming bipartisan support, solidifying the United States’ commitment to global food security and Feed the Future’s successful approach to boosting it. President Obama signed this legislation into law soon after.
NEW STRATEGY FOR NEXT PHASE OF FOOD SECURITY EFFORTS
In response to the Global Food Security Act, Feed the Future’s 11 partner agencies and departments collaborated this summer to develop a new U.S. Government strategy for global food security. These government partners are now identifying country selection criteria and new indicators for tracking progress.
NEW GOVERNMENT LEADERS SET SIGHTS ON ENDING GLOBAL HUNGER
Beth Dunford kicked off the year by re-joining the Bureau for Food Security as Assistant to the Administrator and Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future. The U.S. African Development Foundation welcomed new President/CEO C.D. Glin, while David Harden joined USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance as Assistant Administrator.
FEED THE FUTURE ROUNDTABLES SPOTLIGHT EMERGING TRENDS IN FOOD SECURITY
Feed the Future brought experts together for a series of roundtable discussions on trends impacting the global food system, including urbanization, the Sustainable Development Goals, youth and employment, risk and fragility, and financing for food security.
PEACE CORPS ROLLS OUT FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY
The Peace Corps released their Food Security Strategy for 2017 and beyond, a plan built around Peace Corps Volunteers' unique contributions. The strategy strengthens, expands and scales up key activities that Peace Corps has developed and tested as part of Feed the Future.
FOOD FOR PEACE LAUNCHES NEW 10-YEAR STRATEGY
USAID’s Office of Food for Peace, the largest provider of food assistance in the world, launched a new 10-year food assistance and food security strategy for improving and sustaining food and nutrition security for some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
BEST OF PROGRESS
New data show Feed the Future is contributing to reductions in poverty and child stunting in many of the places where we work. Many factors have contributed to this progress, including bipartisan support in Congress, a relentless focus on results, partnerships that maximize our investments, and research and innovation. Together, we are building a world free of hunger and poverty.
FEED THE FUTURE UNVEILS NEW DATA IN ANNUAL REPORT
Feed the Future’s 2016 Progress Report showcased new data and stories on the initiative’s contributions to exciting progress in reducing poverty and child malnutrition within its focus countries.
WHITE HOUSE CELEBRATES PROGRESS AT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT
On the same day that he signed the Global Food Security Act into law, President Obama hosted the White House Summit on Global Development in Washington, DC. The President, Secretary of Agriculture and others highlighted how Feed the Future has changed how development is done and made incredible progress in the fight to end global hunger.
FOOD FOR PEACE AND FEED THE FUTURE RESPOND TO EL NIÑO
El Niño had widespread effects across the globe in 2016, and Southern Africa and Ethiopia faced the worst drought in decades. Food for Peace and Feed the Future contributed to the response to alleviate suffering and foster long-term recovery and resilience in countries like Ethiopia. Despite the worst drought in decades, Ethiopia averted widespread famine.
FEED THE FUTURE ANALYZES LESSONS LEARNED
Feed the Future published an inventory and synthesis of nearly 200 food security program evaluations conducted since 2010, identifying trends in what works best for boosting food security and nutrition through development programs.
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