Feeding 10 Billion: A Dialogue between Feed the Future and the International Research Community

This document represents a product of a new phase in the relationship between USAID and the higher education research community. Under USAID leadership, in coordination with USDA, APLU was asked to organize a process for researchers to have input into the research agenda of Feed the Future (FTF). The process was developed at a meeting at Purdue University in January 2011 that brought together a broad array of the researchers and international development community practitioners with key US Government agency representatives (USG). It was followed by a global e-consultation and a FTF Research Forum in Washington D.C. in June that attracted 381 participants from the research community and USG. The process was designed to garner and synthesize diverse and expert opinions into a report. This document is the result. The following pages provide FTF with input into their existing research strategy paper and additional input about how to make FTF research most effective.