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　　FILE - A farmer plows the field in Saulawa village, on the outskirts of Nigeria's north-central state of Kaduna.

　　The United States would partner with other countries, and private and non-governmentalorganizations, to develop new programs. But instead of managing independent programs orsimply handing out food, they would target smallholder farmers and their governments tostimulate agricultural productivity from seed, to market, to table.

　　Through President Obama’s leadership, the 2009 G-8 Summit resulted in over $22 billion inpledges to fight the underlying causes of global food insecurity. This included $3.5 billionover 3 years from the United States, the largest pledge of any single country. This pledge laidthe foundation for Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food securityinitiative.

　　Five months later, G-20 member countries supported the launch of the Global Agriculture andFood Security Program, to help implement these pledges. U.S. contributions to GAFSP are anessential part of its commitment to mobilize $3.5 billion toward global food security underFeed the Future.

　　As Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew wrote in a recent openletter to donor countries, GAFSP is a great success. “GAFSP consistently produces highimpact, sustainable results, and the program is expected to improve the livelihoods of at least13 million farmers across 25 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Already, somecountries have seen rural incomes increase by more than 200 percent,” they wrote.

　　But GAFSP’s financial outlook is uncertain: demand from developing countries far exceedsGAFSP’s available resources. To continue to help developing countries meet their own foodsecurity goals, GAFSP needs additional funding.

　　For that reason, two years ago, the United States issued a challenge to donor countries: forevery $2 from other donors, the United States will contribute $1 to GAFSP, up to a total U.S.contribution of $475 million.

　　So far, other donors have committed $230 million in new pledges. But donor countries willhave to contribute $720 million more to meet the United States’ funding challenge.

　　The United States is proud to champion this innovative program, wrote Secretary Kerry andSecretary Lew. But we can’t do it alone. “We call upon . . . . our partners, to join us insupporting the work of GAFSP. Together, we can make progress in the effort to eradicateglobal hunger and poverty.”

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