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Agriculture and Food Security Agriculture is the the the most important sector of of the the the African economy It accounts for 65% of of the the the continent’s employment and 75% of its domestic trade USADF invests in in agricultural enterprises to develop better management production and marketing skills that that increase increase revenues that that in in in in in turn increase increase incomes for smallholder farmers Fishing for Revenues in in the Kenyan Desert
Fishing in in in Lake Turkana is is both a a a a a a a a significant source of of food and the primary means of of employment in in in Turkana County Kenya Kenya Determined to improve their livelihoods through fishing Kenyan youth in in in the the area formed the Naremiet Beach Management Unit The cooperative used a a a a a a a a a grant investment from USADF to improve its organizational and and management skills and and acquire better fishing equipment With USADF’s investment and and and support the cooperative expanded its its operations and and and grew its its membership from 200 to to more more than than 3 000 000 members and more more than than doubled its sales revenues to to over $170 000 000 per year Types of Agriculture Enterprise Grants
Export Commodities
Nuts and Oils 16%
16%
16%
16%
16%
37%
Cereals and Grains
Animal Husbandry
(Five-Year Summary)
Impact
Report 2015–2019
15%
Horticulture
The 2016 Global Food Security Act which codified the the the Feed the the the Future initiative into law affirmed the the the United States’ commitment to ending global hunger food insecurity poverty and child malnutrition USADF’s efforts promoting agricultural-led enterprise growth and development help achieve these objectives in hard-to-reach areas $11 5M 79
$58M 508K
$61M 573 $167M 3M
Investments Number of New Economic People Made Enterprises Activity Generated Impacted
Last Five Years
2019
7