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Today, the House 2024 Farm Bill draft was released, containing provisions to cut funding for Food for Peace – a longstanding international food assistance program that provides both humanitarian and long-term development support to frontline communities experiencing food insecurity. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn ‘G.T.’ Thompson had previewed a high-level overview of the draft last week, which outlined these worrying provisions incorporated from the American Farmer’s Feed the World Act.
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Politics of Poverty
The right to food: 10 years on, are we winning or losing the battle?
A Q&A with Smita Narula on where we stand, globally, on ensuring the human right to adequate food.
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Politics of Poverty
Food, agriculture and justice: Building a new rice future for people and the planet
The system of rice intensification doesn’t just help small-scale farmers experiment with new methods, but also gives people greater confidence in public spaces.
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Politics of Poverty
From sidelines to frontlines: Food companies like Kellogg step up climate ambitions at COP21
More than 180 countries have put forth proposals to reduce emissions and a growing number of companies have committed to mitigating climate change while voicing their support for a strong Paris outcome.
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Politics of Poverty
Room to improve: Why food and beverage companies need to push for better sourcing
From makers of candy bars to cereal, the biggest brands are poised to help solve the world’s most pressing challenges. But can their suppliers deliver?
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Politics of Poverty
The battle for the future of food: A Q&A with author Timothy Wise
His new book explores what small-scale farmers can teach us as the hunger and climate crises converge like never before.
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Politics of Poverty
We can avert catastrophic food crises like the one now unfolding in East Africa
Four countries on the Horn of Africa are in the grip of hunger emergencies; a stronger Feed the Future program could help prevent agonizing crises like these.
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The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) meeting in Rome should break the cycle of government inaction and agree to set a path toward an equitable, sustainable and resilient food system.
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Publication
Feed the Future Investment in Ethiopia: Implications for Sustainable Food Security and Poverty Reduction
The government of Ethiopia has set ambitious goals for achieving economic transformation through growth in the agricultural sector. Ethiopia also relies heavily on foreign assistance, and development aid is indispensable to achieving the transformation goals. The United States (US) is one of Ethiopia’s top donors, with aid for agriculture development increasing since the launch of the Feed the Future (FtF) initiative in 2009. Ethiopia is expected to receive about $270 million of FtF funding over a five-year period (2011-2016). A crucial question is how these investments can achieve broad, sustainable, and inclusive impacts, considering that past interventions have had limited effect. This report, commissioned by Oxfam America, is an assessment of the US FtF investments in Ethiopia. It aims to inform discussions of and advocacy about sustainable and inclusive agricultural investment.
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Press release
500 organizations condemn political violence and stand together against Trump’s threats to non-profit organizations
We the undersigned unequivocally condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk and all forms of political violence. There is simply no place
