2. Feed the Future & the New Alliance for Food
Security and Nutrition
6th
Africa Agriculture Science Week and FARA
General Assembly
July 19, 2013

4. Focus Countries

5. External Partnerships
 Governments
 Multilateral
organizations
 Faith-based community
 CSOs
 Private sector

6. Selected Successes
 Country-owned plans and multi-
year strategies (CAADP)
 Global Agriculture and Food Security
Program (GAFSP)
 1,000 Days partnership for nutrition
 Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

7. FY 12 Results
 > 7 million food producers adopted improved
agricultural technologies or practices
 Nearly 4 million hectares under improved cultivation
or management practices
 Targeted commodity exports increased in value by
$84 million
 More than 660 public-private partnerships formed
 Value of agricultural and rural loans increased by
more than $150 million

8. New Alliance for Food Security &
Nutrition
 Launched at 2012 G8 Summit at Camp David
 Builds on progress & commitments from 2009
L’Aquila G8 Summit
 Commitment by G8 members, African
countries & private sector partners
 Goal: Lift 50 million people out of poverty over 10
years

9. New Alliance for Food Security &
Nutrition
 African countries commit to policy changes to
increase private investment
 More than 70 companies have committed over
$3.75 billion
 Initially launched in Ethiopia, Ghana &Tanzania
 Now also in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire &
Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria
 Feed the Future is the U.S. contribution to
this effort

10. Overarching Goal: Sustainable Intensification
Feed The Future Research Strategy

11. Program for Sustainable Intensification
Program for Climate Resilient Cereals
Program for Advanced Research on Animal and Plant Diseases
Program for Legume Productivity
Program for Safe & Nutritious Foods
Program for Policy Research & Support
Program for Human & Institutional Capacity Development
Food Security Innovation Center Program Areas

12. Scaling Technologies
G8 New Alliance Technology and Innovation
Enabling Actions
•New Alliance Technology Platform (CGIAR/FARA)
•Scaling Seeds and Technologies Partnership (AGRA)
•ICT Extension Challenge

14. For More Information Please See our Feed
the Future Website
Thank You!
www.feedthefuture.gov