{"id":1967,"date":"2016-11-30T13:09:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/pmil\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2016-11-30T13:09:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:09:39","slug":"feed-the-future-taking-input-on-target-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/2016\/11\/feed-the-future-taking-input-on-target-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Feed the Future taking input on target countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Government\u2019s Feed the Future program is in the process of selecting target counties for the future and is inviting stakeholders in civil society, private sector, and university communities to discuss their priorities for the U.S. Government\u2019s Global Food Security Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Three upcoming hearings are scheduled in Washington, D.C., or you can participate via telephone. The meetings are: <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, December 1, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Eastern Time<br \/>\nUSDA&#8217;s South Building, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC<strong>, <\/strong>Conference Room 3109<br \/>\nMeeting Chair: Saharah Moon Chapotin, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID Bureau for Food Security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, December 2, 1 to 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time<br \/>\nUSAID, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, Conference Room 2.09 DE<br \/>\nMeeting Chair: Beth Dunford, Assistant Administrator, USAID Bureau for Food Security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, December 5, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time<br \/>\nMillennium Challenge Corporation, 1099 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005, 7th Floor<br \/>\nMeeting Chair: Beth Dunford, Assistant Administrator, USAID Bureau for Food Security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Call-in Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toll-Free dial in number (888) 330-1716<\/p>\n<p>International dial in: (713) 353-7024<\/p>\n<p>Access code: 7291773#<\/p>\n<p>Quick Tip &#8211; hit # to bypass announcements<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introductions (10 min)<\/li>\n<li>Opening Remarks from Meeting Chair (5 min)\n<ul>\n<li>Thank you to stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Process and timeline for country selection process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Discussion on indicators\n<ul>\n<li>Review concept and invite feedback and discussion for each category of criteria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Level of need (15-20 min)<\/li>\n<li>Potential for agricultural-led growth (10-15 min)<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities for partnerships (10-15 min)<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities for regional economic integration (10-15 min)<\/li>\n<li>Government commitment to food security investment and policy reform (10-15 min)<\/li>\n<li>Concluding remarks (5 min)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Government\u2019s Feed the Future program is in the process of selecting target counties for the future and is inviting stakeholders in civil society, private sector, and university communities to discuss their priorities for the U.S. Government\u2019s Global Food Security Strategy. Three upcoming hearings are scheduled in Washington, D.C., or you can participate via [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1968,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions\/1968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}