The Feed the Future Initiative was launched in 2010 by the United States government and the Obama Administration to address global hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, with President Barack Obama committing 3.5 billion dollars over three years in 2009 and the State Department formally launching the program in May 2010. Coordinated primarily by USAID, the initiative operates in twenty target countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, working with partner organizations to advance agricultural development, increase food production and security, and improve nutrition for vulnerable populations, particularly women and children. The program emphasizes country-specific, country-owned implementation plans addressing local food insecurity through sustainable agricultural practices, technology transfer and market development, and has drawn both assessments of positive policy outcomes and earlier government oversight warnings about the need for proper risk assessment.
Facts
Sponsoring BodyUnited States Department of State (developer), coordinated primarily by USAID 1 Target PopulationVulnerable populations, particularly women and children 1 Health GoalAccelerate agriculture sector growth and improve the nutritional status of people in focus and aligned countries 1 Geographic Scope20 target countries: 16 in Africa, 2 in Asia, 2 in Latin America and the Caribbean 1 Partially Attested
Measured ResultsA June 2014 program report described positive policy outcomes 1 Self-reported by the initiative; the source gives no quantified results, and a 2013 GAO report is cited as warning about unassessed risks Classification
Program Kind Connections
Delivers Practice
Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Latin America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: The Caribbean, found in there.
Sources
1. Feed the Future Initiative, Wikipedia
Introduction, paragraph 1, sentence 1
The Feed the Future Initiative (FTF)
Introduction, paragraph 2, sentence 2
in May 2010, the United States Department of State launched the Feed the Future Initiative
Introduction, paragraph 2, sentence 3
developed by the Department of State and is coordinated primarily by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Introduction, paragraph 2, sentence 4
improved nutrition particularly for vulnerable populations such as women and children
Background, paragraph 4
to accelerate agriculture sector growth, and to improve the nutritional status of people in the FtF focus and aligned countries
Focus countries and partnerships, sentence 1
currently has 20 Target countries across three regions
Assessment, sentence 3
described "positive policy outcomes"
Program classification, entity description sentence
The Feed the Future Initiative was launched in 2010 by the United States government and the Obama Administration to address global hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, with President Barack Obama committing 3.5 billion dollars over three years in 2009 and the State Department formally launching the program in May 2010.
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