USAID FrontLines: Focus on Global Food Security
Gender Equity, Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Empowering women and girls is critical to achieving secure, sustainable and equitable global food systems. Feed the Future promotes evidence-based and data-driven approaches to advancing gender equity, equality and women’s empowerment. We challenge discriminatory gender norms, policies and practices. We intentionally engage with men and boys as partners to empower women and girls in their different roles on and off the farm.
Q&A with Ann Vaughan, USAID Senior Advisor for Climate Change: Tackling Gender Inequality Lessens Hunger
While climate change affects everyone, its effects are not felt equally. Farmers worldwide face threats to their livelihoods from devastating seasonal changes and extreme weather. Read more
Dual-Purpose Seeds in Senegal Make Life Easier and More Profitable for Farmers
Innovative, specially-bred dual-purpose millet and cowpea seed varieties can be grown on the same plot of land at the same time and grow bigger plants… Read more
Senegal
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
Food Security in Lebanon Starts With Seeds, Seedlings and Compost for Smallholder Farmers
As the global food security crisis creates challenges for farmers, an agricultural program in Lebanon is distributing critical resources to help thousands. Lebanon… Read more
Stories
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
USAID Administrator Talks About "The True Yields of Food Security"
Remarks by Under Secretary for International Affairs Lael Brainard on Global Agriculture and Food Security
Food Security: Progress and a Way Forward
U.S. Announces Support for the Africa-led Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa
Scaling Up Nutrition: Supporting Country-led Efforts to Promote Healthier Lives
Public-Private Partnership Week: Performance with Purpose
