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Feed the Future Deputy Coordinator for Development Dina Esposito opening remarks at “Scaling Impact through Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Agriculture,” a 2024 Borlaug Dialogue side event. Welcome! My name is Dina Esposito and I lead the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security at the United States Agency for International…
Today, Norway and the United States, through the Agency for International Development (USAID), announced that the United Kingdom and Republic of Korea will join them as partners in a multi-donor fund, the Financing Agricultural Small-and-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa (FASA) Fund. These new donor financial commitments add to the $70…
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September 24, 2024 [Remarks as prepared] Feed the Future Deputy Coordinator for Development Dina Esposito: Greetings. It is an honor and a pleasure to be here representing the U.S government at this important gathering. I want to start by congratulating the FAO for leading this very important initiative. We are…
Last week, Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global food security initiative, launched a new regional vision to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to a more food secure, prosperous African Continent. The United States has committed $577 million through Feed the Future to promote food security, reduce hunger and chronic…
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) welcomes Dr. Patrick Webb as the new Chief Nutritionist. In this role, Dr. Webb will serve as USAID’s principal nutritionist and top expert on nutrition policy and analysis. Dr. Webb’s arrival comes at a critical time. One hundred and fifty-one million children are stunted…
Source: USAID Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a $15 million five-year extension under Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative, to the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut led by the University of Georgia. This critical investment supports efforts that…
Source: USAID The below is attributable to Spokesperson Jessica Jennings: Today, Administrator Samantha Power traveled to Des Moines, Iowa in a visit highlighting the U.S. government’s efforts to fight the global food security crisis and showcase innovative public-private partnerships that are helping to feed the world. During a keynote address at the…
Source: USAID Today, Administrator Samantha Power called for an acceleration and expansion of agricultural innovation and investment as a critical pillar of addressing current and future global food crises and announced new USAID initiatives to improve agricultural production around the world, strengthen resilience, and address the root causes of hunger,…
Source: USAID Today, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack released the U.S. government’s Global Food Security Research Strategy, underscoring the U.S. government’s commitment to ending hunger and malnutrition and building medium to long-term sustainable resilient food systems. The new research strategy emphasizes priority objectives and the use…
Today, in his address to the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. announced over $2.9 billion in new assistance from the U.S. Government to address global food insecurity. President Biden’s announcement builds on the $6.9 billion in U.S. government assistance to support global food…
Life-Saving Aid Comes as Historic Drought, Fear of Famine Grips the Region Amid Global Food Security Crisis An unprecedented drought in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia—part of a region known as the Horn of Africa—is pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation. More than 18 million people are in…
Today, Administrator Samantha Power delivered an address on the growing global food security crisis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies headquarters, co-hosted by the Eleanor Crook Foundation. The Administrator laid out the severity of the current food crisis, particularly in the Horn of Africa, outlined steps the United…
