2022 Progress Snapshot Feature Story - Nigeria
Resilience
Feed the Future strengthens resilience to help families, communities and countries manage risk as well as adapt and respond to shocks and stresses without compromising their food security, nutrition, livelihoods and well-being. Feed the Future emphasizes support for marginalized and underrepresented groups like poor households, indigenous peoples, women, youth, persons with disabilities and those affected by migration and displacement. We invest in people and systems at all levels to strengthen resilience and propel transformative, sustainable change.
A Space-age Solution to Climate Resilience
In an instant, climate shocks like floods and storms can devastate communities, damaging farmland and infrastructure and wiping out years of hard-won progress. One of… Read more
Honduras
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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
Fostering Resilience and Sustainability in Honduras
Young farmer Thelma Flores did not believe she could make a living from farming after nearly a decade of drought in Honduras. But then Flores… Read more
Honduras
Integrated Rice-Fish Farming in Nigeria: A Resilient Approach in the Face of Climate Change
Hajia Fatima Aliu is one of 200 Nigerian farmers participating in a farmer-managed integrated rice-fish farming project to increase her yields and sustain crops through severe climate events. Read More
Nigeria
Stories
At United Nations General Assembly, President Biden Announces $2.9 Billion in Additional Funding to Strengthen Global Food Security
4 Ways the U.S. Government Is Responding to the Global Food Security Crisis
4 Women Scientists Breaking Down Barriers to End Hunger
Farmers in DRC learn new techniques as fertilizer costs rise
Enriching farms and food in sub-Saharan Africa
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 Provides Nearly $1.3 Billion in Surge of Humanitarian and Development Assistance to the Horn of Africa
Administrator Samantha Power Delivers Address on Global Food Security Crisis Titled, "The Line Between Crisis and Catastrophe"
The United States Announces New Commitments to Respond to the Global Food Security Crisis
Satellite Data Bolsters Food Security and Climate Resilience in South Asia
Harnessing Innovation in Ghana to Reduce Food Loss and Waste