This boy from rural Senegal isn’t old enough to go to class yet, but he can still enjoy a healthy meal of daharine, a nutritious porridge of rice, chickpeas, and peanut sauce, at a USAID-support Community Meals program based at the local school. Part of the Feed the Future initiative, USAID/Senegal’s unique Agro-Nutrition project provides meals from locally produced crops rich in micro-nutrients from to more than 230 of the most food-insecure districts in the country.
For smallholder farmers and families, the global food security crisis is taking a worrisome toll on their nutrition. Read USAID’s Assistant to the Administrator and Global Food Crisis Coordinator Dina Esposito’s latest blog on how our response efforts are catalyzing solutions to help local food systems deliver safe, affordable and nutritious diets to vulnerable communities.
Read MoreHelen Weldemichael, CEO and founder of SafeDish in Ethiopia, was named the winner of the 2022 EatSafe Innovation Challenge. The 2022 EatSafe Innovation Challenge winner earned a $10,000 prize for developing a product that improves food safety—and empowers women in her country.
Read MoreA picture is worth a thousand words. This year, Feed the Future and Agrilinks are hosting a photo contest to help tell our story. Amidst devastating climate shocks, rising food…
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