Feed the Future Initiative
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At the core of USAID’s strategy to support Ethiopia’s Economic Growth and Transformation Plan is the Feed the Future Initiative.
In 2009, President Obama pledged at least $3.5 billion dollars over a period of three years as part of Feed the Future, a global initiative to improve agricultural development and food security in 19 countries in need. Through Feed the Future, the U.S. supports the Government of Ethiopia’s commitment to country-led development programs that facilitate economic growth and development. These initiatives also provide USAID and collaborating U.S. Government agencies with a unique and promising opportunity to assist in implementing a transformative food security strategy aligned with Ethiopian objectives.
Ethiopia can be divided into three regions based on agricultural and ecological conditions:
- Productive Ethiopia: High rainfall, fertile soil, predictable climate, larger landholdings, crop, vegetable, and dairy production
- Hungry Ethiopia: Low rainfall, irregular climate, small landholdings, degraded soil, labor, sheep and goat production
- Pastoral Ethiopia: Large grazing areas, irregular climate, cattle and camel production
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The Feed the Future strategy [PDF, 1.3MB] in Ethiopia pilots new and innovative approaches that link these three regions into a comprehensive network that generates economic growth for Ethiopia. Under Feed the Future, the U.S. will also strengthen its overall approach by integrating activities and initiatives that address cross-cutting issues of nutrition, climate change, private sector development, humanitarian assistance, governance and gender.
USAID Ethiopia’s Feed the Future Strategy focuses on three core components: agricultural growth-enabled food security, linking the vulnerable to markets, and fostering a regulatory environment and private sector conducive to economic growth.
USAID supports the Government of Ethiopia’s Agricultural Growth Program (AGP), which operates in more than 80 woredas (communities), stimulating agricultural growth and rural transformation to aid vulnerable parts of the country. In addition, USAID also works with the Government of Ethiopia to improve the enabling environment to support private sector growth and investment.
Feed The Future Fact Sheet [PDF, 304KB]
Agricultural Growth and Food Security
Climate Change and Natural Resources Management
Food Aid and Humanitarian Assistance
U.S. Government Feed the Future Initiativ
Feed the Future Newsletter, Novermber 2012
Feed the Future Newsletter, December 2012 [PDF, 433KB]
See also: USAID Ethiopia Country Development Cooperation Strategy 2011-2015 [PDF, 1.6MB]
See also: Food Security and Nutrition Network
