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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green will travel to Mexico City from October 25-27 to announce new areas of cooperation between the United States and Mexico in Central America and survey USAID projects, including technical assistance provided after the September 19, 2017, earthquake in Mexico City.
Dear Dr. Adesina, Congratulations on winning the 2017 World Food Prize. Your devotion to the cause of fighting global hunger is admirable, and deeply needed. As our global food system is stretched, and the need to feed more people grows, agricultural transformation will require persistence from leaders like you in driving change and capitalizing on public and private sector expertise.
A hundred years ago Teddy Roosevelt had this to say about challenges like this: he said, look, far and away the greatest prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. And I submit to all of you here today that sustainable agriculture, Feed the Future, these new partnerships, especially as applied to daunting challenges like the Fall Armyworm, hard work, but God knows it's worth doing.
In a keynote address at the annual World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green announced a call to action to combat the Fall Armyworm, a devastating crop pest that threatens to create a new humanitarian crisis in Africa. He also announced new partnerships with several private sector companies to promote global food security.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green will travel to Des Moines, Iowa October 18-20, to participate in the 2017 Borlaug Dialogue and related World Food Prize events.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green spoke today with the Honorable Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Today on World Food Day, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) reaffirms its commitment to fighting global hunger and promoting a future of food security for our rapidly growing world.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green will travel to College Station, Texas, October 15-16.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green met today with The Right Honorable Priti Patel, M.P., Secretary of State for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green met today with Ulla Tørnæs, Minister for Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Every dollar we spend, every program we manage, every tool we deploy needs to move us just a little bit closer to that day when African leaders, public sector, private sector, civil society, private business in particular, can take over in a self-reliant way leadership of the challenges that their nations face. And so, that really is what all of our work should be about.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green met today with Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Administrator Green praised the over two decades of collaboration between USAID and the EBRD. The Administrator also recognized the one-year anniversary of the USAID-EBRD Framework of Cooperation, through which the two institutions are working to strengthen cooperation and mutually support common values and priorities.
Today, USAID celebrates the International Day of the Girl, and reaffirms the commitment of the United States to breaking down barriers that keep girls from learning and leading.
At USAID, we are determined to break down the barriers that keep girls from learning and from leading. Today, I would like to talk about two of these specific barriers: first, the challenges that girls encounter in crisis situations, such as conflict and natural disasters; and second, child, early, and forced marriages.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green met today with His Excellency Zied Ladhari, M.P., Minister of Development, Investment, and International Cooperation for the Republic of Tunisia.
Today, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green met with Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Administrator Green reiterated the U.S. Government's concern and support for the people of Dominica, and extended his thoughts to those affected by Hurricane Maria.
Today, USAID announced the new Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability (SALT) at the Our Ocean Conference in St. Julian's, Malta. SALT brings together the seafood industry, governments, and non-governmental organizations to collaborate on innovative solutions for legal and sustainable seafood, with the goal of increased transparency in seafood supply chains and strengthened management of fisheries.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia Margot Ellis will travel to Armenia, Georgia, Romania, Austria, and Belgium October 9-28.
It's great to be with all of you. Honored to be with these two champions. USAID is proudly the largest contributor to the World Food Program, and we were placed on the Board of Directors of the World Food Program. We try to bring our experience and expertise -- what we see on the ground. But we marry that with dynamic leadership, reform-oriented leadership, outcome-based leadership, and all the wonderful relationships that the World Food Program has, and so we're thrilled to be part of this great effort.
Ladies and gentlemen, today we face the largest displacement of people since World War II. There are 66 million displaced people in the world, asylum seekers, internally displaced, and refugees. That's like the entire country of the UK suddenly going homeless. Over 20 million people in Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen face life-threatening hunger. Now America, I'm proud to say, is at the forefront of fighting these humanitarian challenges. Two weeks ago at the United Nations General Assembly, we announced over one billion dollars in additional humanitarian assistance to help millions of people impacted by conflict and instability.
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