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Global Food Security: Progress toward a U.S. Governmentwide Strategy Is Under Way, but Approach Has Several Vulnerabilities

GAO-10-494T Published: Mar 11, 2010. Publicly Released: Mar 11, 2010.
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Global hunger continues to worsen despite world leaders' 1996 pledge--reaffirmed in 2000 and 2009--to halve hunger by 2015. To reverse this trend, in 2009 major donor countries pledged about $22.7 billion in a 3-year commitment to agriculture and food security in developing countries, of which $3.5 billion is the U.S. share. This testimony addresses (1) the types and funding of food security programs and activities of relevant U.S. government agencies and (2) progress in developing an integrated U.S. governmentwide strategy to address global food insecurity and the strategy's potential vulnerabilities. This is based on a new GAO report being released at today's hearing (GAO-10-352).

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Agricultural assistanceAgricultural industryAgricultural productionAgricultural programsData collectionDeveloping countriesEconomic developmentFederal agenciesFederal aid to foreign countriesFederal fundsFood relief programsFood supplyForeign aid programsForeign governmentsInteragency relationsStrategic planningForeign assistance