Planting the Seeds To Feed the Future
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
Feed The Future Initiative In Tanzania: A Sustainable Agricultural And Food Security Approach
A Mother’s Bond: My Visit to an Ethiopian Therapeutic Feeding Camp
To the Congressional Hunger Caucus Briefing on The Famine Crisis in the Horn of Africa: U.S. Response and the Challenges Ahead
On the Ground in the Horn of Africa
From Emergency Aid to Economic Empowerment
Emphasis on Science and Research Guides Feed the Future Staffing
Avoiding Future Famines: We Have the Tools
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's Remarks at the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security
U.S. Announces New African Trade Capacity Building Initiative at AGOA Forum
USAID Participates in the 2011 AGOA Forum in Zambia
U.S. Announces Feed the Future “Borlaug 21st Century Leadership” Program
