Originally posted on DipNote the U.S. Department of State Official Blog.
On Tuesday, October 25, 2011, Tjada McKenna, Deputy Coordinator for Development, U.S. Feed the Future Initiative will hold a conversation with David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World, on “Ending Hunger Through Development.” The discussion will be moderated by Cheryl Benton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, and streamed live on www.state.gov and DipNote at 2:00 p.m. (ET). You are invited to participate by submitting questions, some of which will be selected for response during the live broadcast. Submit your questions in the comment section of this blog entry.
Through Conversations With America, leaders of national nongovernmental organizations have the opportunity to discuss foreign policy and global issues with senior State Department officials. These conversations aim to provide candid views of the ways in which leaders from the foreign affairs community are engaging the State Department on pressing foreign policy issues. From Afghanistan to India, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and internet freedom to world water issues, the Conversations With America series showcases how both the U.S. government and civil society are working across the globe on issues that concern Americans most.
View other Conversations With America by following this link and by accessing the Conversations With America video podcasts on Apple iTunes.
1.to what extend have you overcome d hunger in area that are food insecure? this is seen due to ever increasing food insecurity areas that are stagnant.
2. what extend and contribution have both organizations initiated to combat hunger, in line with the MDGs, with reference to goal 1 (one)? and are you on target by 2015? thus we have three(3) years to go.
thank you need your reaction on the above two issues.
Hello! I am in a debate program at school, and one of my topics for an upcoming conference is child mortality in developing countries. Therefore, I am wondering what new approaches does the Feed the Future Initiative plan to take in order to reduce malnutrition in developing nations, which can in turn reduce the number of under-five year old deaths around the world?
In its basic form, food security is defined in terms of sufficient ‘food availability’ and ‘food access’ to all people at all times. Somalia tragically fails this food-security test due to a combination of manmade and natural disasters (conflict and drought). Even though food is available in Somalia as a whole, the southern Somalis lack access (purchasing power) to available food in northern Somalia. Is sustainable food security attainable in conflict nations like Somalia, without real political settlement /resolution?