Building Resilience for Long-Lasting Progress

This week marks the second annual Feed the Future Week. As America’s initiative to combat global hunger, Feed the Future is making an impact in some of the world’s most vulnerable places.

Feed the Future brings partners together to help people harness the power of agriculture to jumpstart their local economies and lift themselves out of poverty. Today, as the world faces unprecedented need, we are working to build resilient communities and break the cycle of hunger and poverty that keeps people in crisis. We work hand in hand with countries as they invest in their own development.

By equipping people with the tools to feed themselves and their families over the long term, Feed the Future and our partners are tackling the root causes of hunger and poverty and bolstering people’s ability to meet future challenges. Together, we have and can continue to make progress against hunger and poverty so families around the world have the opportunity to build a healthy, secure future.

Throughout the week, we’ll be highlighting the progress Feed the Future has achieved and the integral contributions of our partners, as well as the ongoing need for greater food security and nutrition around the world.

Resilience is key to lasting food security. Feed the Future is combatting the root causes of hunger and strengthening the resilience of communities and countries around the world. A range of resilience activities in areas of recurrent crisis like the Horn of Africa are helping bring about lasting change and making it possible for families to break the cycle of poverty and hunger for good. 

Check out the stories from our partners below to learn more about how we’re helping communities address the root causes of hunger and poverty and bolster their ability to meet future challenges.

• Making Resilience More than a Buzzword, USAID/Ethiopia
• In the Shadow of the Productivity Frontier, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access
• Four Reasons Why You Should Be Partnering Directly With the Private Sector to End Hunger, Agrilinks
• Building Healthier Businesses and Communities Through Food Fortification, TechnoServe
• Building Resilience During Humanitarian Crises, ACDI/VOCA
• Strategies for Preventing Recurring Famines and Building Resilient Food Systems, IFPRI
• Investing in Resilience Helps Families Find Hope in the Face of Drought, Feed the Future