Hello everyone! Happy #EarthDay2021. I’m Ann Vaughan, #USAID RFS’s Senior Advisor for Climate Change, and I am hosting today’s #FeedTheFuture Twitter Chat starting right now! #ClimateAction #EndHunger #LeadersClimateSummit
April 22, 2021
Partners join our Twitter Chat on #ClimateAction to #EndHunger
Feed the Future partners joined our #EarthDay Twitter Chat, featuring our Senior Climate Advisor, to discuss challenges we face due to the climate crisis & what we can do to strengthen climate resilience & end hunger, poverty & malnutrition.
Photo via @FeedtheFuturePartners join our Twitter Chat on #ClimateAction to #EndHunger
To tackle the climate crisis, we need to engage with all development sectors. Our friends at are working with partner countries to combat deforestation and strengthen resilience when climate-related disasters strike. Great read:
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A2: #FoodSystems can contribute to improved diets and nutrition, particularly for vulnerable populations, so it’s crucial we bring together the 🌍 community to make creating resilient #FoodSystems a priority. Building strong partnerships will be 🔑. #EarthDay2021 #EndHunger
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Q2: Recent projections show that a world only two degrees Celsius warmer could mean 590 million more hungry people by 2050. Today, as @POTUS convenes the #LeadersClimateSummit, what can & should be done to build more climate-resilient food systems? #ClimateAction #EndHunger
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🌱 Our Global Supporting Seed Systems for Development (S34D) team has tested several promising last-mile delivery models that allow technologies and knowledge to reach all farmers.
Read more about S34D: bit.ly/3atg9Jd
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Q3: #FeedtheFuture brings partners together to help countries transform food systems to #EndHunger & strengthen resilience for long-term progress even in spite of #climatechange. How has your organization strengthened climate resilience in vulnerable communities? #ClimateAction
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A4: The global development community can help impacted communities build greater resilience to shocks such as climate change & COVID-19 thru private-sector partnerships. Our partnership w/ online grocer in #Bangladesh is 1 such example: bit.ly/3uu4UIf
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A5b: Mothers & children in the first 1,000 days of life suffer the most from climate change’s impact on nutrition. To combat this, we invest in innovations that boost harvests, such as drought-tolerant, biofortified maize in Guatemala. #ClimateAction ow.ly/HLyU50EdK4X
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In 2019 nutrition programs reached more than 27.2 million children with high impact often life-saving nutrition interventions. We are committed to #EndHunger by addressing both the direct & underlying causes of malnutrition usaid.gov/nutrition-stra
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Q5: #climatechange exacerbates underlying inequities and disrupts every system families rely on to eat safe, nutritious food. In this #NutritionYearofAction, what actions can we take to achieve good nutrition for women and children? #ClimateAction #EndHunger
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A5: We’re committed to supporting nutrition for women & children through sustainable fish consumption. For example, our Samaki Salama project in #Kenya is bundling a nutrition social marketing campaign with gear modifications for more sustainable fishing: fishinnovationlab.msstate.edu/research/proje
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A5.b: #Breastfeeding is an example of a double duty action that provides health benefits for mom and baby and is also the most sustainable way to feed infants & young children.
Learn more ⬇️ #ClimateAction #EndHunger #EarthDay2021
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The coronavirus pandemic has caused devastating economic consequences, and its shadow pandemics—including hunger—are threatening the lives of millions more around the world.
Read about how we're fighting to #EndHunger amid #COVID19: bit.ly/370QOFU #ClimateAction
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Q5: #climatechange exacerbates underlying inequities and disrupts every system families rely on to eat safe, nutritious food. In this #NutritionYearofAction, what actions can we take to achieve good nutrition for women and children? #ClimateAction #EndHunger
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A5: More global investments in #nutrition!! Shawn Baker outlines what is needed in this #NutritionYearofAction to address the inequities that result in poor nutrition. bit.ly/3emV6cB
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Q5: #climatechange exacerbates underlying inequities and disrupts every system families rely on to eat safe, nutritious food. In this #NutritionYearofAction, what actions can we take to achieve good nutrition for women and children? #ClimateAction #EndHunger
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A5: We must a) prioritize the impact of the food system women & youth and b) develop innovative strategies for their participation.
"Gender equality should be the guiding goal of agricultural research, not a possible side effect." - Hale Ann Tufan
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Q5: #climatechange exacerbates underlying inequities and disrupts every system families rely on to eat safe, nutritious food. In this #NutritionYearofAction, what actions can we take to achieve good nutrition for women and children? #ClimateAction #EndHunger
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A5: Nutrition is critical. In Bangladesh we are partnering with to evaluate whether the improvements generated by a program to improve nutrition and empower women sustained after a devastating cyclone.
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A6: We are working with communities to increase household incomes through the adoption of basic agricultural production technologies to improve productivity, diversify crop production, & install drip irrigation systems that enable year round production:
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A7: 💡 The integrated challenges of climate resilience, nutrition & #WomensEmpowerment are best tackled together, not in isolation! -
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#EarthDay2021 #ClimateAction #EndHunger
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Q7: As the world copes w/ a rise in hunger, our mission remains ever urgent. By strengthening climate resilience, we can make progress to #EndHunger. What has your organization learned in the course of working with #FeedtheFuture on combating the climate crisis? #ClimateAction
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A8: I'm hopeful because my colleagues & I are committed to #ClimateAction needed to strengthen climate resilience & #EndHunger. To get a sense of our all-hands-on-deck approach, read this Op-Ed by #USAID Acting Administrator Gloria Steele: ow.ly/ZdMB50EtcfR
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Q8: Although increasingly frequent climate-related disasters are threatening global food security, sustainable progress to #EndHunger & strengthen climate resilience remains possible. What keeps you hopeful that we can still achieve our goals? #ClimateAction
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A8: Our mission chief Jennifer Harhigh says, “I find hope in the world’s young people. If we can harness their ingenuity & offer a sustainable & viable way forward, I believe they will be the force that truly strengthens and safeguards our global food system and our future.”
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A9: The Fish Innovation Lab is committed to strengthening resilience capacities within #aquaculture and #fisheries systems to protect lives and livelihoods from the impacts of climate change. #ClimateAction #EndHunger
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A9: Addressing climate change is central to U.S. foreign policy and to our Mission – we will continue to support work that promotes sustainable farms, communities & nations, sparks innovation and lifts up those who need it most. #EndHunger #ClimateAction 🇺🇸🇺🇳👩🌾🌍
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Q9: Thank you for sharing your stories of #ClimateAction. Before we say goodbye to our audience, let us know what your organization’s commitment will be in the wake of the critical #LeadersClimateSummit. #EarthDay2021 #EndHunger
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Women account for 45-80 percent of all #FoodProduction in some countries. Yet they're less likely to have equal access to education, financing, & tools. Programs, like , are key to fix this farming gap & build resilience for #FoodSystems #ClimateAction #EndHunger
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Thanks again for joining our #EarthDay2021 Twitter Chat! Have a great day & be sure to keep up with the #LeadersClimateSummit for more on the impacts, challenges & opportunities in helping to strengthen climate resilience & #EndHunger. #ClimateAction ow.ly/nk6z50Euz7H
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