USAID, Swiss Re Partnership Targets Hunger, Natural Disasters
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.
Advancing the Conversation Around Building a Resilient Future
Resilience — or the ability of people, households, communities, countries and systems to manage adversity and… Read more
The Importance of Evidence for Building Resilience
Beatrice Nyanga operates a restaurant at the Feed the Future Livestock Market Systems Lodwar Livestock Market. Establishing strong livelihoods, especially for women and… Read more
Ethiopia
, Niger
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
Building a Better Peanut: Ugandan Scientist’s Studies Help Bring Farmers a More Resilient Crop
A disease that ravages peanut crops in the country can contribute to food insecurity, but researchers like Esther Achola are fighting back with innovative new… Read more
Uganda
Stories
USAID, PepsiCo, and World Food Programme Partner to Increase Food Production and Address Malnutrition in Ethiopia
USAID and Walmart Join Forces to Help Small Farmers and Enhance Food Security in Central America
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
