By Chisomo Phiri
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Unites States President Joe Biden has included Malawi in the shortlisted countries to benefit from Feed the Future Initiative (FTF) by his government.
This was announced on Monday July 4,2022 by State House Director of Communications Sean Kampondeni during the quarterly media briefing at the State House in Lilongwe.
Kampondeni said this was availed last month when the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development( USAID) Samantha Power, met President Chakwera in Washington DC.
The FTF was launched in 2010 by the United States government and the Obama Administration to address global hunger and food insecurity in the poorest countries of the World.
According to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), it is the U.S. government’s global food security initiative.
The Initiative began as an effort to combat the global food price spikes of 2007 and 2008.
2009, President Barack Obama committed US$3.5 billion over a 3-year period to a global initiative with the intent of combating hunger and poverty.
In May 2010, the United States Department of State launched the Feed the Future Initiative.
The Initiative was developed by the Department of State and is coordinated primarily by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The main objectives of the initiative are the advancement of global agricultural development, increased food production and food security, and improved nutrition particularly for vulnerable populations such as women and children.
