![]() ![]() USAID’s programs draw on America’s strength in agriculture and bring benefits back to America as well. To ensure that people have sufficient food, aligning short-term assistance with a long-term development strategy can help countries feed their own people.īy addressing acute need as well as the root causes of hunger, poverty and malnutrition, USAID is strengthening prosperity and security while demonstrating American generosity around the world. Given scarcity of natural resources and other challenges, the world will need to be more efficient in how it meets this demand. In order to feed a population expected to grow to 9 billion people by 2050, the world will have to double its current food production. Investing in these smallholder farmers-many of whom are women-and the food systems that nourish them is more important than ever. Growth in the agriculture sector - from farm to fork - has been shown to be at least twice as effective in reducing poverty as growth in other sectors. Despite an explosion in the growth of urban slums over the last decade, nearly 75 percent of poor people in developing countries live in rural areas. Today, more than 800 million people across the globe go to bed hungry every night, most of them smallholder farmers who depend on agriculture to make a living and feed their families. Prolonged undernourishment stunts growth, slows cognitive development and increases susceptibility to illness. Food insecurity is often rooted in poverty and has long-term impacts on the ability of families, communities and countries to develop and prosper. A family is food secure when its members do not live in hunger or fear of hunger. What is Food Security?įood security means having, at all times, both physical and economic access to sufficient food to meet dietary needs for a productive and healthy life. By addressing the root causes of hunger, USAID is increasing economic opportunity and growth among vulnerable communities. This, in turn, supports global stability and prosperity. USAID is advancing global food security by helping families and individuals meet their need for a reliable source of quality food and sufficient resources to produce or purchase it. ![]()
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