USAID and Walmart Join Forces to Help Small Farmers and Enhance Food Security in Central America
Private Sector Engagement
Feed the Future works hand-in-hand with the private sector to design, create and finance solutions that reduce poverty, fight hunger and improve nutrition across the globe. Our private sector partners are thought leaders who help increase country and market capacities, drive inclusive economic growth and achieve more sustainable outcomes at scale. By collaborating with the private sector, Feed the Future helps entrepreneurs, especially small-to-medium enterprises and local business owners, generate income and opportunity in their communities.
Brewing Opportunity and Empowerment for Farmers in Honduras
When coffee prices crashed in Honduras in 2018, Evelio Miranda, a Honduran coffee farmer, saw his income shrink rapidly. For him and his family, this… Read more
Honduras
Q&A with DFC Chief Development Officer Andrew Herscowitz: How the U.S. government's development finance arm helps communities respond to crises and conflict
The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is working with governmental agencies like the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to adapt to the… Read more
Harnessing Innovation in Ghana to Reduce Food Loss and Waste
Josephine Yeboah and her husband started a poultry farm with a clear vision: Be a leading producer of poultry eggs in Ghana. But initially, pests ravaged the corn feed for the Yeboahs’ animals, contributing to nearly 30 percent of lost food. In 2019, the Yeboahs began using ZeroFly® Hermetic Storage bags to store their feed. The bags were developed by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss (PHLIL) in collaboration with private sector partner Vestergaard. Read More
Ghana
Stories
Improving the Quality and Effectiveness of International Development Aid
Keynote at the Opening Session of the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology on "Building a New Nation: Rwanda's Progress and Potential"
Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Participation in the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
A Slight Reprieve for Somalia - New FEWS Data
U.S. Government Partners with Private Ethiopian Banks to Increase Access to Credit in Agriculture and Health Sectors
USAID Supports New Fund to Advance Food Safety
Statement by Administrator Shah at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
USAID Administrator Shah to Discuss Global Hunger, Innovation, and University Partnerships
Food Security Contributes to National Security
From Seed to Harvest: Supporting the Next Generation of Leaders to Reduce Global Hunger
