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U.S. Promotes Agricultural Sustainability in Africa

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Amalia Benke

Topics: Agriculture, Economic Development, Food, Health

A group of men plant crops in Kenya. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/2628528653/">World Bank Photo Collection (flickr)</a>

A group of men plant crops in Kenya. Photo: World Bank Photo Collection (flickr)

Earlier this week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reiterated the United States' commitment to reduce Africa's dependence on food aid and promote agricultural sustainability while in Nairobi, Kenya. Vilsack said the U.S. will focus efforts on providing "affordable credit to farmers, support to women farmers and providing new technology to encourage irrigation."

The United States understands that it has to be more than providing periodic emergency food aid. It has to focus on sustainable solutions to hunger, food security and poverty. This is not something where we come in and say this is the way you need to do it, it is where we come in and say how are you doing it and how can we help you do it better.

His comments come almost a month after G-8 members pledged $20 billion dollars to fight hunger in poor nations.

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Keywords: Tom Vilsack, Africa, hunger, Sustainable Agriculture, Food Aid

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