US Agency for International Development

Organisation Acronym: 
USAID
Description: 

US foreign assistance, goals as exemplified by USAID are twofold—to further US interests while improving lives in the developing world.  USAID carries out U.S. foreign policy by promoting broad-scale human progress while simultaneously working to expand stable, free societies, create markets and trade partners for the United States, and foster good will abroad.  Advancing agriculture and food security is one of USAID’s nine foci.  Agriculture capacity building efforts, for example, include work to enhance training, research, and data in developing countries.  To carry out this work, USAID primarily funds teams of US and developing country institutions.  Many of the organizations funded by USAID carry out and publish research, but it’s easiest to locate these research efforts by conducting Google and Google Scholar keyword searches.

Organisation Type: 
Region of Coverage: 
Africa Wide