U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green and Corteva Agriscience Future Chief Executive Officer Jim Collins will sign a Memorandum of Understanding to expand collaboration between USAID and Corteva Agriscience in support of the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative, Feed the Future, on November 9, 2018.

The new agreement lays the foundation for future co-creation and co-investment by USAID and Corteva Agriscience, which will help open markets for U.S. technologies, and advance science that benefits American farmers and smallholder farmers abroad.

The signing ceremony is open to the media.

WHEN: Friday, November 9, 10:30 a.m. Pre-set time for media: 10:00 a.m. from the 14th Street Entrance Lobby. *Please allow time for screening

WHERE: United States Agency for International Development 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004

Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) A U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center); (2) a media-issued photo identification card; or, (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead to verify their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's license, passport).