Global Food Security Strategy

DEPARTMENT OF STATE/USAID | TITLE III | FUNDED THROUGH ESF AND DA

FY 2023 Recommendation No Less Than:

$1.2 B

FY 2022 Enacted: $1.01 B

FY 2023 President's Request: N/A

FY 2023 Recommendation No Less Than:

$1.2 B

FY 2022 Enacted: $1.01 B

FY 2023 President's Request: N/A

Description

The Global Food Security Strategy, also known as Feed the Future (FTF), draws on 11 federal departments’ and agencies’ expertise to address the root causes of hunger and poverty in countries facing high rates of hunger and malnutrition. It supports country-driven approaches improving global food security and nutrition while building communities’ resilience to shocks.

Use of Funds

Funds support agriculture development, nutrition, and resilience programs; research; and technical assistance—including research and development at U.S. universities and international institutions of higher education.

Justification

Despite FTF’s impact in its target countries, there were nearly 60 million more undernourished people globally in 2020 than in 2014—due mainly to the greater number of conflicts and climate-related shocks.
Between 720 and 811 million people globally faced hunger in 2020. Using 768 million, the middle of the projected range, 118 million more people were facing hunger in 2020 than in 2019.
In 2020, almost one in three people, or 2.37 billion, lacked access to adequate food—an increase of about 320 million people in one year.
Investments in FTF help address chronic poverty and hunger and reduce a community’s vulnerability to food shocks and stresses. In areas where Feed the Future works:
- 23.4 million more people live above the poverty line.
- 3.4 million more children live free from stunting.
- 5.2 million more families live free from hunger.