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AUGUST 2024
The Power of Partnerships: Working Together to Fight Hunger
Tackling global hunger requires an “all hands on deck” approach. That’s why Feed the Future engages a broad network of partnerships, including government agencies, universities in the U.S. and our partner countries, developmental organizations and private-sector businesses, who bring varied experiences, perspectives and skills to develop innovative solutions.
Through this fall, Feed the Future will be at events around the globe to share our expertise and highlight food security successes — and areas that still need to be strengthened. We’re also looking forward to collaborating with our global network of partners, researchers, experts and others working toward strengthening food security and resilience for smallholder farmers, their families and communities. If you see us at an event, we hope you will say hello and share some of your unique insights.
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Africa Food Systems Forum
Feed the Future partners, including private-sector entrepreneurs, experts and leaders will be the African Food Systems Forum 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda, from September 2-6, sharing stages with our African and international partners, and collaborating and learning from other #AFSF2024 participants. Catch us at our exhibition spaces or during Forum sessions and side events.
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UN General Assembly 79
UN General Assembly 79 will take place in New York City from September 10-29, attended by many international delegations looking to make new partnerships and strengthen existing ones. Many Feed the Future interagency partners, including the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of State, will also be participating in meetings and events.
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BIFAD Public Meeting
The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) is holding a meeting on “Increasing Demand for Safe and Nutritious Food through Policies, Programs, and Market-Based Approaches across the Food System” on September 17 to shape next steps in USAID’s strategic thinking and policy prioritization toward the objective of achieving health diets for all. Join USAID leaders, including Chief Nutritionist Patrick Webb, and other nutrition stakeholders in person or virtually.
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World Food Prize
Known as the “Nobel Prize of Food and Agriculture” the annual Borlaug Dialogue, presented by the World Food Prize Foundation, brings together thought leaders and experts in food systems, nutrition and development to share and advance ideas to end hunger. This year, Feed the Future Deputy Coordinator for Diplomacy Cary Fowler was named World Food Prize Laureate alongside Geoffrey Hawtin for their efforts in preserving crop diversity.
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Celebrating International Youth Day
Feed the Future empowers youths and creates opportunities for them in agri-food systems as part of our mission to break the cycle of hunger, poverty and malnutrition. In celebration of International Youth Day, which took place earlier this month, read stories of how Feed the Future is helping youth in Tanzania, Ghana and Kenya develop leadership skills, build management capacity and empowering them to help other young people improve their livelihoods through agriculture.
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USAID Mobilizes $510 Million to Support Ukrainian Farmers
Since its creation two years ago, the Agricultural Resilience Initiative-Ukraine (AGRI-Ukraine) has mobilized over $510 million in public- and private-sector investments to bolster Ukraine’s agricultural production and exports, while helping to alleviate global food insecurity. Learn more about how AGRI-Ukraine is helping the country’s farmers.
USAID & IAF Working Together to Build Resilient Communities
In 2020, the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) and USAID launched the “Building Community Resilience in the Eastern & Southern Caribbean” initiative, which channels flexible funding to grassroots organizations working to strengthen community-led disaster preparedness in communities most vulnerable to natural disasters.
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Feed the Future is the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative.
Photo Credit: Urvi Kalra, The BOMA Project, ACDI/VOCA
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