STRENGTHENING AND STREAMLINING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
"There are approximately one billion people currently suffering from chronic hunger and malnutrition worldwide, and even small disruptions in global food supply worsen this unfortunate situation. Development assistance programs like USAID's Feed the Future and the compacts of the Millennium Challenge Corporation are critical to improving the state of hunger and food security on a global scale. With one-sixth of the world's population in dire need, the time to act is now."
- Dr. Margaret Zeigler, Deputy Director, Congressional Hunger Center
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IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FUNDING, STRUCTURE AND COLLABORATION
"If we are to feed the nine billion
people that will share this planet
by 2050, we will need to produce as
much food in the next 40 years as we
have in the last 8,000, and research
will be critical,"
- Dr. Jason
Clay, World Wildlife Fund Senior
Vice President of Market
Transformation.
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EMBRACING SCIENCE-BASED TECHNOLOGIES
"We simply cannot meet the needs of the growing population unless we aggresively pursue and invest in new technologies and innovation, from enhanced seeds to storage, processing and transportation, to more efficient uses of irrigation." - Dr. William G. Lesher, Global Harvest Initiative Executive Director
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ENHANCING PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
"The demand for agricultural commodities is rising around the globe, and we must engage the private sector as key drivers of land-use change to help make global agriculture more sustainable and protect the planet for future generations" - David Cleary, Strategic Director for Agriculture, The Nature Conservancy
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REMOVING BARRIERS TO GLOBAL AND REGIONAL TRADE IN AGRICULTURE
"The urgency of hunger issues and food insecurity today is perhaps greater than ever, and these already notable challenges are exacerbated by barriers and export restrictions that reduce trade in foodstuffs...Trade barriers have the greatest consequence on the nearly one billion people worldwide that are struggling with hunger and malnutrition, and short-term, stopgap policies cause years or decades of damage to developing nations." - Susan Sechler, Managing Director, TransFarm Africa Corridors Network
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