U.S., Partners Step Up Agricultural Development Efforts

The United States has partnered with U.S. universities to research ways to raise higher-yielding crops and livestock.

And, in another partnership, the United States is joining with the governments of Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania to speed up sustainable agricultural production efforts in those countries.

Under the Feed the Future program, the universities will work with counterparts in developing countries, international research organizations and agribusinesses to provide agricultural development assistance that results in cost-effective and sustainable improvements in the diets and incomes of smallholder farmers. Feed the Future is the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative introduced in 2009. It supports country-owned plans to improve food security and promote transparency.