Sec. 3. Policy objectives; sense of Congress
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It is in the national security interest of the United States to promote global food and nutrition security, consistent with national agriculture investment plans, which is reinforced through programs, activities, and initiatives that— eradicate hunger and malnutrition, especially for women and children; assist foreign countries to achieve long-term, sustainable, and inclusive agricultural development by emphasizing— increased productivity, resiliency, local management capacity, income, and growth; reduction in poverty and long-term vulnerability to food and nutrition insecurity; and improved skills building and market linkages for producers, especially for women and small-scale producers, who face specific constraints in accessing markets, networks, and resources; and ensure the effective use of United States taxpayer dollars to further these objectives.
It is the sense of Congress that the President, or a designee of the President, in providing assistance under this Act, should— coordinate, through a whole-of-government approach, the efforts of relevant Federal departments and agencies to develop and implement the strategy set forth in section 5(a); utilize, to the maximum extent possible, open and streamlined solicitations, grants, and cooperative agreements to allow for the participation of a wide range of implementing partners; and strengthen and expand partnerships between developing country institutions of agricultural sciences with universities in the United States, with a focus on building the agricultural capacities of universities in developing nations.