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The White House's FY24 international affairs budget request is ambitious, aimed at tackling a wide range of challenges facing countries worldwide and reasserting US leadership, particularly in strategic areas where the administration hopes to displace China's growing global influence.

Climate justice ostensibly addresses the  equitable distribution of responsibilities for the burdens of climate change and the fair sharing of the means and resources for its mitigation. In theory, the concept links environmental concerns with social and racial ones, recognizing the disproportionate impact climate change has on people from developing countries, who are least responsible for the havoc wrought by climate change.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) recently signed an agreement for a nutrition-sensitive agriculture project to address food insecurity and malnutrition among the rural poor. The project will especially focus on vulnerable groups such as women, young people and…

The state is investing in small-scale gardening, herding and livestock operations. It's a start.

Deadline: 24-Feb-23 The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) has launched the second part of the Seventh Call for Proposals dedicated to

South Africa is attracting increasing diplomatic attention from outside powers, even as it has elected to undertake a morally hazy joint naval exercise.

<p><span>Thank you very much. It’s great to be here. This project shows how our countries can partner to address two of the most critical issues facing Zambia and the world: food security and climate adaptation.</span></p>

According to senior US Treasury officials, Yellen’s itinerary first stop will be Senegal.

Local agriculture officials are set to award $2.7 million to nearly 600 small farmers and gardeners so they can grow more of what we eat. The department reported 347 awarded grants on Oʻahu, 67 in Maui County, 32 on Kauaʻi, and 133 on Hawaiʻi Island.

Community grants in Western Washington are aimed at alleviating community concerns.