USAID’s Agricultural, Nutrition, and Food System Programming

11 September 2023. Release of Draft BIFAD-Commissioned Report, 

USAID (2023) Operationalizing USAID’s Climate Strategy to Achieve Transformative Adaptation and Mitigation in Agricultural and Food Systems, 5 September, # 97 p.

Related: U.S. Government's Global Food Security Research Strategy, FY22-26 # 27 p.

This hybrid public meeting discussed the draft report’s main findings, targets, and recommendations with the Subcommittee, BIFAD Members, USAID representatives, and other stakeholders.

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The report includes realistic 2030 targets for USAID and a set of recommendations to achieve transformative change encompassing both Agency operations and social and technical leverage points that merit additional investment. 

The recommendations are intended to support USAID’s implementation of the USAID 2022–2030 Climate Strategy throughout its agricultural, nutrition, and food systems portfolio.

Welcome and Introductions 

Laurence Alexander, BIFAD Chair and Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 

Framing Remarks 

• Gillian Caldwell, Chief Climate Officer, USAID Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAID 
• Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics and Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Sharing a Unified Vision for a Research Agenda that Supports Linked Food Security, Nutrition, Climate, and Environment Goals 

• Cary Fowler, Special Envoy for Global Food Security, U.S. Department of State 
• Rebecca Shaw, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President, Global Science, World Wildlife Fund 

Panel Discussion: Towards a Unified Vision for Research that Supports Shared Goals 

• Moderated by: Mario Herrero, BIFAD Subcommittee Member; Professor, Department of Global Development and Director of Food Systems & Global Change, Cornell University 
• Bambi Semroc, Senior Vice-President, Center for Sustainable Lands and Waters, Conservation International 
• Antony Chapoto, Director of Research and Innovation, Indaba Agricultural Policy Institute, Zambia 
• Jessica Fanzo, BIFAD Subcommittee Member and Professor of Climate and Director of the Food for Humanity Initiative, Columbia University 
• Kate Brauman, Deputy Director, Global Water Security Center, University of Alabama

Shared document

Reflections on 50+ Years Assisting Smallholder Farming Communities RL Tinsley1 Prof. Emeritus Soil & Crop Sciences, Colorado State University  # 33 p.

Affordability of Improved Nutrition While Optimizing Economic Opportunities