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Last week I had the chance to travel around Mozambique with two Senate staff members who were interested in seeing how the U.S. Government is improving food security in the country.

Last week in Tokyo, Secretary Geithner pledged additional support for the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), announcing that the United States is prepared to contribute $1 to GAFSP for every $2 committed by other donors, up to a total U.S. contribution of $475 million.

Under the U.S. Government's global hunger and food security initiative, Feed the Future, the Bureau for Food Security at the U.S. Agency for International Development has launched a request for applications for global food security and hunger research that focuses on climate resilience, nutrition, and policy objectives under the Feed the Future Research Strategy.

It is my first time to visit the United States, but I don’t see this trip as just about me—I represent all of the female farmers and agronomists in Tanzania who are working to transform the way we grow and market crops.

During a high-level meeting on Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) on Thursday, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah announced that USAID will continue to work to ensure that the principles and programmatic priorities of SUN are fully integrated across all relevant USAID-supported programs in food security, health, water and sanitation, education, and humanitarian assistance in 14 countries.

Ending world hunger requires comprehensive, coordinated action among governments, donors, civil society and the private sector. That is why today's announcement is so important.