The Feed the Future initiative is designed to improve the food security of the poorest communities in the region. The Feed the Future strategy in Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti supports country-driven approaches to address the root causes of hunger and poverty and forge long-term solutions to chronic food insecurity and undernutrition.
Feed the Future assisted 12,375 small-scale Guatemalan producers in the production and marketing of horticulture, coffee products, timber and non-timber forest products, and sustainable tourism services contributing to $17.8 million in sales and 5,651 jobs. In Haiti, rice yields increased by 64 percent, corn yields by338 percent, bean crops by 97 percent, and plantain outputs by 21 percent for beneficiary farmers participating in U.S. Government programs.
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Read MoreAdministrator Mark Green announced the selection of 12 target countries for the next phase in America's global hunger and food security initiative, Feed the Future: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda.
Read MoreWith Feed the Future support, Kenya has developed and implemented a new tracing system that has improved the collection, analysis and exchange of critical data about the horticulture supply chain, enhancing Kenya’s profile as a source of safe, high-quality produce.
Read MoreBusinesswoman Astou Gaye Mbacke, an entrepreneur supported by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post-Harvest Handling, is using her new equipment and training to grow her cereal processing business and employ more than 100 people in her village.
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