This Act requires the President of the United States to develop and implement a Global Food Security Strategy to promote global food security, resilience, and nutrition. This strategy shall conform all requirements set out in this Act and aim at achieving the policy objectives stated in this Act. The President shall coordinate, through a whole-of-government approach, the efforts of relevant Federal departments and agencies in the implementation of the Global Food Security Strategy. The President may provide assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prevent or address food shortages. The Strategy shall include specific implementation plans from each relevant Federal department and agency. The Act also defines the relationship between the Strategy and emergency and nonemergency food assistance programs. Promotion of global food security, resilience, and nutrition, consistent with national food security investment plans, is declared to be in the national security interest of the United States. Policy objectives related to the Strategy related initiatives concern, among other things reinforcement of agriculture and social protection in target countries. The term target country means a developing country that is selected to participate in agriculture and nutrition security programs under the Global Food Security Strategy pursuant to the selection criteria described in this Act.
United States of America · 2016-07-06