Feed the Future Newsletter, Issue 132, February 2024

February marks the grim second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which not only brought suffering to millions of Ukrainians, but had massive global impacts, including food, fuel, and fertilizer shortages, which contributed to historically high food prices and an unprecedented food crisis.

For more than a decade, the United States, through the Feed the Future initiative, has made long-term investments that boost agricultural productivity, reduce hunger, and improve nutrition while enabling communities to cope with unexpected shocks. After Putin’s invasion, the U.S. built on this work to continue leveraging the private sector; boosting local fertilizer production; improving soil health and increasing food yields by helping farmers adopt climate-smart practices; reducing food loss;  strengthening food market systems; and fighting and preventing malnutrition. Two years on, our commitment to Ukraine and the smallholder farmers, their families and communities around the world affected by this conflict remains strong. To learn more, read on in this month’s issue.