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USDA Borlaug Fellow Helps Farmers in His Native Country

September 15, 2016 Jim Suits, International Program Specialist, Foreign Agricultural Service Office of Capacity Building and Development

Issah Sugri of Ghana is helping his nation feed itself and improve its farmers’ efficiency thanks to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program. The Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program, funded by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), is a...

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Kenyan Credits McGovern-Dole Program for Changing His Life

September 12, 2016 Bob Ellison, Foreign Agricultural Service Public Affairs

As a young boy in eastern Kenya, Peter Mumo faced a life of poverty, hunger and illness. That is until he started receiving school meals at the age of nine through the USDA McGovern–Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. After that, his life turned around. He started to...

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Discovering New Opportunities in Thailand - from Grains and Greens to Seafood

September 01, 2016 Phil Karsting, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service

In mid-August, I traveled to Southeast Asia and witnessed firsthand the great strides being made to help increase food security and trade. I also came to appreciate the immense potential for future trade opportunities in the area. I returned with a reaffirmed sense of urgency to continue building...

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