Food Security Contributes to National Security
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
From Seed to Harvest: Supporting the Next Generation of Leaders to Reduce Global Hunger
Engaging Universities to Address the Global Food Security Challenge
Making Progress in the Fight Against Hunger: World Food Day 2011
Our National Security Depends on Feeding a Growing World
For the Hungry, Raising Awareness = Action. We are the Relief.
USAID FrontLines: Focus on Global Food Security
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack: How to Avoid a Global Food Crisis
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Remarks on the Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa
Women and Agriculture: A Conversation on Improving Global Food Security
New Agriculture Center to Train Thousands of Haitian Farmers
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's remarks at the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome
