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Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa

Administration Announces

Global Food Security Initiative

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The Partnership is a research and advocacy organization founded in 2000 with a mission to cut hunger and poverty in Africa by promoting sustainable, Africa-led, agriculture based economic activity in rural Africa.
 
The Partnership believes that more and better investments in agricultural development are the key to increasing overall economic growth and reducing hunger and poverty in Africa.
 
 
 

Feed the Future: A U.S. Commitment Against Poverty and Hunger
July 23, 2010
22 July 2010, By Phillip Kurata, USMission.gov

Washington — The U.S. government, backed by U.S. scientists and corporations, is investing money and energy into reducing global hunger and poverty on a huge scale by 2015.

A State Department official overseeing the Feed the Future program, Patricia Haslach, told a congressional subcommittee July 20 that President Obama’s pledge of $3.5 billion at the G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy, for agricultural development and food security through 2012 has attracted an additional $18.5 billion pledged by other donors. Haslach said the U.S. government is holding them accountable for their commitments.

 
Banks, Policymakers and Researchers call for Increased Access to Finances for African Farmers
July 23, 2010
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina-Faso, July 22, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ —
 
“We should all commit ourselves to mobilising the resources that are required in order for us to implement the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). We need to look very carefully at how we can increase national budgetary and private sector support for our farmers”, said Dr. Laurent Sedogo, Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries for Burkina Faso at the start of the second annual CAADP Day.
 
Global Fund Enlists Support of Civil Society and Producer Organizations to Advance Country-led Agriculture and Food Security Pro
July 19, 2010
Global Fund Enlists Support of Civil Society and Producer Organizations to Advance Country-led Agriculture and Food Security Programs

Money from U.S. and other donors helps to reinforce country strategies that
raise agricultural productivity and incomes

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2010 -- Three months after international donors set up a new funding mechanism to support low-income countries as they scale-up support for agriculture and food security, almost $225 million for those countries has been approved for distribution and is on its way for implementation.  The grants will benefit an estimated two million people in rural areas as each country works to increase food security, raise rural incomes, and reduce poverty.

 
Hewlett Foundation Announces New Integrated Global Development and Population Program
July 19, 2010
In the coming year, the Hewlett Foundation will integrate its two programs working in the developing world, Global Development and Population. Both are dedicated to improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable people, especially women and girls, through better economic opportunities, more accountable governance, access to quality education, and improved reproductive health and rights. The Foundation is extremely proud of the great work of these programs and believes that an integrated Global Development and Population Program will be well positioned to achieve these shared goals.
 
From summit resolutions to farmers’ fields: Climate change, food security and smallholder agriculture
July 16, 2010
Below, please find a link to the summary of the High-Level Panel Discussion, "From summit resolutions to farmers' fields: Climate change, food security and smallholder agriculture," which was held in conjunction with IFAD's annual Governing Council meeting in February 2010.
 
Read the full report here.
The Donor View on Development
July 16, 2010
Remarks by Thomas H. Staal, Mission Director, USAID/Ethiopia

Africa: The Donor View on Development

SAA Borlaug Symposium 2010 Addis Ababa   
July 13 2010

Thank you Mr. Chairman. Let me first extend a warm welcome to our distinguished guests, former President Jimmy Carter; Chairman Sasakawa; our host Minister Tefera; my fellow panelist, Mr. Kubota; colleagues; ladies and gentlemen.

It is my pleasure to be here today as a representative of the United States Agency for International Development and of the donor community. Being asked to speak at a forum honoring the late Dr. Norman Borlaug is an honor for me both personally and professionally. Dr. Borlaug's groundbreaking work has inspired me and countless others who seek to help feed the world. He directly contributed to the astounding strides made during the Green Revolution-a phrase coined back in 1968, by then-USAID Administrator William Gaud to describe the agricultural movement that saved, literally, millions of lives. Now, however, we face new challenges as we seek to bring this revolution to Africa; challenges that were not addressed during the Green Revolution, or which emerged as a result of misguided policies, or which are simply the result of the different world in which we now live.

For more news, vist our blog at http://www.partnership-africa.org/blog

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