In June 2022 during the G7 Leaders’ Summit, President Biden announced that the United States is expanding Feed the Future to eight new countries, bringing the list of prioritized countries from 12 to 20. The new target countries, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia, will be our closest partners in harnessing the power of agriculture to drive economic growth and transform food systems as Feed the Future continues to improve people’s lives around the world. To learn more about Feed the Future country expansion, read the fact sheet and press release.
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…
Read MoreThe world is facing a food security crisis of historic proportions. The perfect storm of COVID-19, climate change and protracted conflict have been made worse by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.…
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