The U.S. State Department has launched a new initiative to bolster support for African countries to build more climate-resilient food systems.
Known as the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils, it will focus on mapping soils to provide farmers more information on how to increase productivity with their soil type, as well as help identify crops that will thrive in Africa’s five subregions as climate change has increasingly adverse impacts on agriculture.
“There is no such thing as food security or good nutrition without these two fundamental elements,” U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security Cary Fowler said during the Wednesday announcement in Washington.
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Teresa Welshtmawelsh
Teresa Welsh is a Senior Reporter at Devex. She has reported from more than 10 countries and is currently based in Washington, D.C. Her coverage focuses on Latin America; U.S. foreign assistance policy; fragile states; food systems and nutrition; and refugees and migration. Prior to joining Devex, Teresa worked at McClatchy's Washington Bureau and covered foreign affairs for U.S. News and World Report. She was a reporter in Colombia, where she previously lived teaching English. Teresa earned bachelor of arts degrees in journalism and Latin American studies from the University of Wisconsin.
