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Office of Press Relations Email: press@usaid.gov Today, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick will announce four new partnerships under Feed the Future, the U.S. Government's global hunger and food-security initiative. The Deputy Administrator will make the announcement during a virtual event at which Congressional supporters and…
Accra, GHANA (via Zoom) - On Monday, June 22, 2020, the USAID West Africa Regional Feed the Future (FtF) team virtually launched their newly published Global Food Security Strategy West Africa Regional Plan. The Feed the Future West Africa Regional Plan, covering 2019-2024, presents a five-year strategy for West Africa to achieve…
Office of Press Relations Telephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.gov U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green, PepsiCo Director of Sustainable Agriculture Margaret Henry, and the President of the PepsiCo Foundation Jon Banner, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on June 7, 2019, in New York, to expand collaboration between…
USAID and partners award $450,000 to top digital solutions to combat an invasive agricultural pest in Africa The U.S. Agency for International Development, Land O’Lakes International Development, and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research announced the six winners of the Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize at the…
Office of Press Relations Telephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.gov U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Food Security and Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future Beth Dunford will travel to the Netherlands November 14-15 to join the Board of the Sustainable…
Office of Press Relations Telephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.gov November 9, 2018 U.S. Agency for International Development Washington, DC ADMINISTRATOR GREEN: Thank you Beth for that introduction. It is especially fitting that we're signing this MOU in what's known as the Point IV Room. We trace our agency's roots back…
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) congratulates this year’s World Food Prize winners, Drs. Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro, our long-time partners whose efforts over the last several decades helped put nutrition at the top of the global development agenda. Through the Feed the Future initiative, USAID supported Dr.…
Office of Press Relations Telephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.gov Today, we mark World Food Day, celebrated each year to promote worldwide awareness and action to ensure investments in food security make a lasting impact. Despite progress, more than 820 million people in the world today are hungry, many as a…
Office of Press Relations Telephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.gov Yesterday, President Trump signed into law the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act, sponsored by Senators Isakson and Casey, and Representatives Smith and McCollum, with the strong support of Senators Corker and Menendez and Representatives Royce and Engel. This reauthorization is a…
Office of Press Relations Telephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.gov Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the extension of a research partnership with Texas A&M University to identify solutions and opportunities to increase the adoption of farmer-led irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa. The $12.5 million extension from USAID…
Office of Press Relations Telephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.gov Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the extension of a research partnership with the University of Illinois. USAID has awarded $6 million to the University of Illinois to extend the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Soybean…
USAID, BMZ Germany, DFAT Australia, World Bank, FAO, IFAD, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners launch new “50 x 2030” plan partnering with 50 countries to produce largest-ever collection of data for agricultural development by 2030 New York, NY (September 24, 2018)—In an unprecedented effort to harness the…
