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Half a world away from Des Moines, Iowa, where the World Food Prize “Borlaug Dialogue” International Symposium is being held this week, Bangladeshi farmers are hard at work sowing wheat and maize in their fields.

By marshaling resources for food security and by improving the way we do development, we're already making a difference in people’s lives. This week, the U.S. Government unveiled our first Feed the Future Progress Report, highlighting the progress achieved by the presidential intiative from May 2009 through May 2012.

From World Food Day to the World Food Prize, a variety of events will highlight Feed the Future this week, including progress on the initiative as well as the role of research.

During a high-level meeting on Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) on Thursday, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah announced that USAID will continue to work to ensure that the principles and programmatic priorities of SUN are fully integrated across all relevant USAID-supported programs in food security, health, water and sanitation, education, and humanitarian assistance in 14 countries.

Ending world hunger requires comprehensive, coordinated action among governments, donors, civil society and the private sector. That is why today's announcement is so important.

You really can say a lot in 140 characters! On Wednesday, Emily Hogue of USAID and Magda Ismail of the Millennium Challenge Corporation responded to questions on the Feed the Future Learning Agenda via Twitter.