Blinken: Urgent action needed for food security

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined leaders from Europe, the Americas and Africa calling for urgent action to ease a growing global food security crisis. Last week, the U.N. food chief warned the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude,” with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation. Since February, the United States has provided more than $6.1 billion in humanitarian assistance and $2.3 billion in development aid to combat hunger and strengthen food security.

Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State said "We have to strengthen the global food systems and help countries develop the capacity to produce their own food so that we can prevent new crises and build resilience to further shocks."

Over the next five years, the United States will work with our Congress to invest over $11 billion worldwide toward this goal of durable agricultural production.