Feed the Future to Advance Research, Innovation
Agriculture-Led Growth
Feed the Future helps countries boost agriculture-led growth, which is one of the most effective tools countries have to lift people out of hunger and poverty. In addition to boosting productivity, we help countries strengthen markets, encourage investment, develop sound policies, and get research and technology into the hands of farmers.
Farmers in DRC learn new techniques as fertilizer costs rise
Justine Lumbwe Konde has used skills from a Feed the Future program to decrease her dependence on fertilizer, fight pests and increase her community’s crop… Read more
Enriching farms and food in sub-Saharan Africa
Smallholder farmers cultivate resilience with locally-sourced fertilizers. Rosaline Akochi, a farmer in Kenya, uses a material called biochar, which is a charcoal substance that attracts… Read more
Kenya
Stories
Remarks by USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah to the CGIAR Board of Directors
Kenya’s Cash Cows
Feed the Future Research Series Part II: Successful Agriculture through Crop Improvement
Feed the Future Research Series Part III: Climate Change and Agriculture
U. S. Government Opens Water User Association Office in Khatlon
USDA and USAID Collaborate to Improve Productivity of the Common Bean to Strengthen Global Food Security
Feed the Future Research Series Part I: Sustainable Food Security
A Passion for Changing Lives: Empowering Women with HIV/AIDS through Passion Fruit Farming
First-of-Its-Kind Research Addresses Gender Inequalities in Soybean Production
Testimony of Tjada McKenna, Feed the Future Deputy Coordinator for Development, before the Senate Foreign Relations International Development Subcommittee
Wheat Genome Sequenced in Breakthrough for Global Food Security
