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U.S. Government to release Feed the Future Guide on May 20

Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, will present the Feed the Future Guide,the implementation strategy for the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative, on Thursday, May 20, in Washington D.C. at a symposium organized by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Thomas Vilsack, secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Namanga Ngongi, president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa; and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia, will deliver keynote addresses. Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman, cochairs of The Chicago Council’s Global Agricultural Development Initiative, will moderate panels. Download the symposium agenda (PDF).
 

Remarks delivered by Administrator Shah at the US Global Leadership Campaign Released

Achieving High Impact Development: A Vision for USAID
Remarks for USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah
USGLC Town Hall
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
  

Malawi president calls for greater cooperation in Africa to improve food security

As delegates prepare to meet at the World Economic Forum on Africa tomorrow, Bingu wa Mutharika, chairman of the African Union, explains why leaders need to work closer together to improve agriculture and food security across the continent. The president of Malawi has pledged to work with other African heads of state to devise a sustainable programme on food security and establish an advisory body to improve agriculture across the continent…
 

Leaked NSC Document Envisions New U.S. Approach to Development

MFAN Newsletter
Yesterday, a leaked draft of the Presidential Study Directive on Global Development Policy (PSD-7) was published by Foreign Policy.com reporter Josh Rogin. The National Security Council document, titled “A New Way Forward on Global Development,” lays out a fresh vision for the strategy and structure behind U.S. development efforts. The key points include elevating development into balance with diplomacy and defense in U.S. foreign policy, restoring the United States Agency for International Development to its global leadership role, and bolstering transparency and accountability of U.S. foreign assistance.
The full document can be read here.

ActionAid Releases Report: "Fertile Ground: How governments and donors can halve hunger by supporting small farmers”

In preparing this report, ActionAid talked with several hundred farmers, mostly women, who told them that despite producing the vast majority of food grown in Africa, they are being neglected by their governments in the fight against hunger. To read this report in its entirety, please click here.

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