Sec. 4. Definitions
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The term Administrator means the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate ; the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives .
The term Feed the Future Innovation Labs means research partnerships led by United States universities that advance solutions to reduce global hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. The term Feed the Future Strategy means the strategy developed and implemented pursuant to section 5(a). The term food and nutrition security means access to, and availability, utilization, and stability of, sufficient food to meet caloric and nutritional needs for an active and healthy life. The term malnutrition means poor nutritional status caused by nutritional deficiency or excess.
The term resilience means the ability of people, households, communities, countries, and systems to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses in a manner that reduces chronic vulnerability and facilitates inclusive growth. The term small-scale producer means farmers, pastoralists, and fishers that have a low-asset base and limited resources, including land, capital, skills and labor, and, in the case of farmers, typically farm on fewer than 5 hectares of land. The term stunting refers to a condition that— is measured by a height-to-age ratio that is more than 2 standard deviations below the median for the population; manifests in children who are younger than 2 years of age, and is a process that can continue in children after they reach 2 years of age, resulting in an individual being stunted ; is a sign of chronic malnutrition; and can lead to long-term poor health, delayed motor development, impaired cognitive function, and decreased immunity.