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sheshe2

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31. Here's a progress report.

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 01:22 PM

Sep 2013

Q: What does success look like for Feed the Future?

In 2012, Feed the Future programs reached more than 9 million families; our nutrition programs reached more than 12 million children under five; we helped nearly 7.5 million farmers and other food producers adopt improved technologies or management practices (30 percent of whom were women); we helped boost the sales of agricultural products by more than $100 million, which, in turn, helped increase their incomes; we forged more than 660 public-private partnerships to improve food security from a community level to a global level; and increased the value of agricultural and rural loans overall by more than $150 million.

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http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/07/behind-the-scenes-interview-w-tjada-mckenna-on-feed-the-futures-progress/

Thanks ProSense, great thread.

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Feed The Future: "Nearly one billion people endure the misery of chronic hunger..." [View all] ProSense Sep 2013 OP

The more food we grow pscot Sep 2013 #1

Exactly NoOneMan Sep 2013 #2

So why bother? bhikkhu Sep 2013 #3

Asking ,"How will we get enough food to feed this growing population?" pscot Sep 2013 #4

Except that, in this case, food does not drive population growth bhikkhu Sep 2013 #6

The human population is unstainable pscot Sep 2013 #18

Because everything is a problem ProSense Sep 2013 #5

It's not the abundance of food that does it. Spider Jerusalem Sep 2013 #11

Education allows women ways to participate in society other than as wife and mother bhikkhu Sep 2013 #14

nope. more food does not lead to more people. Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #7

Of course it does Spider Jerusalem Sep 2013 #13

Then why do the nations that produce the most food have the lowest birthrates? bhikkhu Sep 2013 #15

Because of lower infant mortality? Spider Jerusalem Sep 2013 #16

Neither of those have anything to do with the volume of food available bhikkhu Sep 2013 #19

Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War joshcryer Sep 2013 #8

Interesting. ProSense Sep 2013 #9

No doubt with GMOs. joshcryer Sep 2013 #10

Why? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #12

Because agribusiness still must profit. joshcryer Sep 2013 #17

True, but Monsanto is running into a lot of obstacles, and there are many countries involved. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #23

Yeah right. joshcryer Sep 2013 #24

What's your solution? This isn't about Monsanto. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #25

How about patent exemptions? joshcryer Sep 2013 #26

You are not talking about the initiative. You're talking about Monsanto. ProSense Sep 2013 #27

I'm talking about Feed the Future allowing agribusiness to screw over people. joshcryer Sep 2013 #28

Monsanto ProSense Sep 2013 #29

That's one patent. joshcryer Sep 2013 #30

The earth has several billion more people than it can sustain. Famine, war and disease are the Romulox Sep 2013 #20

So you oppose feeding people? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #21

One quarter of the yearly income edhopper Sep 2013 #22

Here's a progress report. sheshe2 Sep 2013 #31