Feed the Future Reaches 9 Million Households
1. Washington — The U.S. Feed the Future program helped morethan 7 million farmers in 19 countries adopt improved agricultural technologiesor practices in 2012, increased the value of commodity exports by $84 million,and helped bring almost 4 million hectares of farmland under bettercultivation.
2. Feed the Future highlights these and otheraccomplishments in its progress report released June 28. Feed the Future is theU.S. initiative created in 2009 to support global food security and nutritionby focusing on cost-effective results and by aligning with country-led plans togenerate economic growth. With a focus on small-holder farmers, particularlywomen, Feed the Future engages the private sector, citizen groups and theresearch community.
3. The report notes that in 2012 Feed the Future forged morethan 660 public-private partnerships to improve food security and generated$150 million in agricultural and rural loans. Overall, the program has reached9 million households through increased farm yields and better nutrition.
4. “Our efforts to date have put food security and nutritionback on the global development agenda,” the report states.
5. Looking ahead, the report says that in five years Feedthe Future aims to reduce poverty and child stunting by 20 percent. The programseeks to build resilience to reduce the number of people who are vulnerable tofood-price or climate shocks or who have limited connections to local andregional markets that can provide them with sustainable incomes. It works tomake growth lasting by incorporating technology and innovation.
6. “With our support, smallholders are producing more food,are doing so more efficiently and are able to sell their produce at betterprices,” the report states. “These producers hold the key to agriculturalgrowth and transformation.”
7. Feed the Future draws on the strengths of 10administrative arms of the U.S. government.
8. The U.S. Agency for International Development provides the program withoverall leadership. USAID also contributes to the Global Agriculture and FoodSecurity Program (GAFSP) administered by the World Bank. The United Statesspearheaded the creation of GAFSP following the 2007–2008 spike in food pricesto help the world's poorest farmers grow and earn more so they can liftthemselves out of poverty.
9. The Department of State uses diplomacy to coordinate andincrease resources from other donors and to advance policy reforms. TheMillennium Challenge Corporation supports country requests for assistance withinfrastructure improvement, land policy reform and business training. The PeaceCorps dedicates volunteers to support community economic development projectsin agriculture, the environment and nutrition.
10. The U.S. Department of Agriculture supports agriculturalresearch and extension, and economic and market analysis. The U.S. AfricanDevelopment Foundation builds the capacity of farmer and food processorassociations and helps expand rural economies.
11. The Department of Commerce supports trade and investmentin the 19 focus countries and provides weather and climate forecasting. TheOverseas Private Investment Corporation also supports investment throughinsurance, debt financing and support for private equity funds.
12. The other two agencies involved are the Department ofTreasury, which coordinates multilateral development bank support, and theOffice of the U.S. Trade Representative, which works on trade and investmentpolicy.
13. “Feed the Future was born of the belief that globalhunger is solvable,” Secretary of State John Kerry writes in the report’sintroduction. “We have come a long way in a short time, but we must keep up theeffort.”
14. The report concludes: “By catalyzing and enabling effortsof responsible national and local institutions, private organizations andbusinesses and civil societies, we will succeed in making our generation’slegacy one in which hunger, poverty and under-nutrition are replaced by sharedprosperity and progress.”
15. The 19 Feed the Future focus countries are Bangladesh,Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Liberia, Mali,Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Uganda andZambia.
“保障未来粮食供给”计划惠及900万家庭
1. 华盛顿 — 美国“保障未来粮食供给”(Feed the Future)计划在2012年帮助19个国家的700多万农民采用了改良农业技术和方法，使商品出口额增加8400万美元，并使将近400万公顷农地得到更好耕种。
2. “保障未来粮食供给”计划在6月28日发布的进展报告中重点介绍了该计划取得的上述和其他成就。“保障未来粮食供给”是美国在2009年为支持全球粮食安全和营养而创立的计划，通过注重于获得成本效益高的成果和协同国家主导的各项计划促进经济增长。“保障未来粮食供给”计划侧重小农户，特别是女性，联合私营部门、公民组织和研究团体共同参与。
3. 该报告指出，“保障未来粮食供给”计划在2012年建立了超过660个公私伙伴关系，以改善粮食安全，并拨发了1.5亿美元的农业和农村贷款。总体而言，该计划通过提高农场收益和改善营养，已惠及900万户家庭。
4. 该报告指出：“截至目前，我们的努力已将粮食安全和营养重新纳入全球发展议程。”
5. 展望未来，该报告指出，在未来五年，“保障未来粮食供给”计划的目标是将贫困和儿童发育不良率减少20%。该计划寻求建立抵御能力，减少易受粮食价格、气候变化冲击以及难以接触可提供持续收入的地方和地区市场的人口比例。该计划努力通过引入技术和创新保障持续增长。
6. 该报告指出：“在我们的支持下，小农户在生产更多的粮食，并且提高了生产效率，而且能够将农产品卖出更好的价钱。这些生产者是农业增长和转型的关键。”
7. “保障未来粮食供给”计划借助美国政府10个行政机构的力量。
8. 美国国际开发署(U.S. Agency for International Development)为该计划提供总体领导。美国国际开发署还为世界银行(World Bank)管理的“全球农业和粮食安全计划”(Global Agriculture and Food SecurityProgram)提供支持。美国在2007–2008年的粮食价格飚升后带头创办“全球农业和粮食安全计划”，以帮助世界上最贫困的农民种植更多的农作物，获得更高的收入，从而能够让自己摆脱贫困。
9. 美国国务院(Department of State)通过外交努力，协调和增加来自其他捐助方的资源并推动政策改革。世纪挑战集团(Millennium Challenge Corporation)针对有关国家提出的基础设施改进、土地政策改革和商业培训的援助请求提供支持。美国和平队(Peace Corps)通过志愿者为农业、环境和营养方面的社区经济发展项目提供支持。
10. 美国农业部(US Department ofAgriculture)支持农业研究和拓展以及经济和市场分析。美国非洲发展基金会(US AfricanDevelopment Foundation)发展农民和粮食加工商协会的能力并帮助扩大农村经济。
11. 美国商务部(Department of Commerce)支持19个重点国家的贸易和投资并提供气象和气候预报。美国海外私人投资公司(OverseasPrivate Investment Corporation)还通过保险、债务融资和鼓励私募股权基金来支持投资。
12. 其他两个参与的机构是美国财政部(Departmentof Treasury)和美国贸易代表办公室(Office of the US TradeRepresentative)，前者协调多边发展银行支持，后者则致力于贸易和投资政策工作。
13. 美国国务卿约翰•克里(John Kerry)在报告引言中写道，“保障未来粮食供给计划是在全球饥饿问题可以解决这一信念下诞生的。我们在短时间内取得了长足进展，但我们必须继续努力。”
14. 该报告结语写道：“通过促进和推动有责任感的国家和地区机构、私营组织、企业和公民社会的努力，我们将能够留下我们这一代的业绩，让共同繁荣和进步取代饥饿、贫困和营养不良。”
15. “保障未来粮食供给”计划的19个重点国家是孟加拉国、柬埔寨、埃塞俄比亚、加纳、危地马拉、海地、洪都拉斯、肯尼亚、利比里亚、马里、马拉维、莫桑比克、尼泊尔、卢旺达、塞内加尔、坦桑尼亚、塔吉克斯坦、乌干达和赞比亚。
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