Feed the Future: Launched in 2010, Feed the Future is the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative.  With a focus on smallholder farmers, particularly women, and building on the standard set by the African Union when its members committed to develop comprehensive food security plans, Feed the Future is driven by country-led priorities and rooted in partnership with governments, other donor organizations, the private sector, and civil society to enable long-term success.   In addition to supporting national plans and investing in science and innovation, Feed the Future is investing in support of a goal to reduce the prevalence of poverty and stunting by 20 percent in the areas where Feed the Future works.  Today Feed the Future is releasing its 2013 Progress Report (www.feedthefuture.gov/progress), demonstrating that in 19 focus countries, Feed the Future has:

helped over 7 million smallholder farmers adopt improved agricultural technologies or practices;brought nearly 4 million hectares of land under improved cultivation and management practices;helped increase the value of exports of targeted commodities by $84 million;forged over 660 public-private partnerships to improve food security locally and globally;increased the value of agricultural and rural loans by more than $150 million.