Remarks by Under Secretary for International Affairs Lael Brainard on Global Agriculture and Food Security
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
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
Planting the Seeds To Feed the Future
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
