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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…
Office of Press Relations Telephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.gov Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green announced the expansion of research partnerships with U.S. universities to develop and deploy solutions to address global agricultural challenges and help end hunger. USAID awarded $15 million to Mississippi…
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 the Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future Beth Dunford will travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 6-7. Dunford will join David Beasley,…
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 two research partnerships with Kansas State University that are helping to combat global hunger. USAID has awarded $14 million to Kansas State University to extend the Feed the…
The University of Georgia has received a $14 million grant from the U.S. Agency of International Development to manage the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut Research, known as the “Peanut Lab,” a global peanut research program that works to alleviate hunger by helping farmers in developing countries grow healthy crops.
Office of Press RelationsTelephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.govIn a keynote address at the annual World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green announced a call to action to combat the Fall Armyworm, a devastating crop pest that threatens to create a…
Office of Press RelationsTelephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.govYesterday, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator 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,…
The Feed the Future Nigeria Agro-Inputs Project awarded 36 agro-input dealers with Certificates of Participation on April 21, 2016, in the capital city of Abuja, Nigeria.
For the first time in human history, the end of hunger is well within our reach. While courageous and passionate individuals have been working to end this scourge for decades, a recent confluence of political will, public-private partnerships and funding has made this ambition possible.
Growth in agriculture is more effective at cutting poverty than growth in other sectors in sub-Saharan Africa because farming is a main source of income for more than 60 percent of the labor force, and will continue to be a major employer in most countries for a decade or more, the report noted.
With partnerships across diverse stakeholder groups, we were able to work together toward one goal: passing legislation designed to end hunger and malnutrition worldwide.