Sec. 5. Comprehensive global food security strategy
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Section 5(a) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 ( 22 U.S.C. 9304 ) is amended— in paragraph (4)— by striking country-owned agriculture, nutrition, and food security policy and inserting partner country-led agriculture, nutrition, regulatory, food security, and water resources management policy ; and by inserting after investment plans the following: and governance systems ; by amending paragraph
(5)to read as follows: support the locally-led and inclusive development of agriculture and food systems, including by enhancing the extent to which small-scale food producers, especially women, have access to and control over the inputs, skills, resource management capacity, networking, bargaining power, financing, market linkages, technology, and information needed to sustainably increase productivity and incomes, reduce poverty and malnutrition, and promote long-term economic prosperity; ; in paragraph (6)— by inserting , adolescent girls, after women ; and by inserting and preventing incidence of wasting after reducing child stunting ; in paragraph (7), by inserting poor water resource management and after including ; in paragraph (8)— by striking the long-term success of programs and inserting long-term impact ; and by inserting , including agricultural research capacity, after institutions ; in paragraph (9)— by striking integrate resilience and nutrition strategies into food security programs, such that and inserting coordinate with and complement relevant strategies to ensure ; and by inserting adapt and before build safety nets ; in paragraph (13), by inserting nongovernmental organizations, including after civil society, ; in paragraph (14), by inserting and coordination, as appropriate, after collaboration ; in paragraph (16)— by striking section 8(b)(4) and inserting section 8(a)(4) ; and by striking ; and at the end and inserting a semicolon; by redesignating paragraph
(17)as paragraph (22); by redesignating paragraphs
(12)through (16), as amended, as paragraphs
(14)through (18), respectively; by striking paragraphs
(10)and
(11)and inserting the following: develop community and producer resilience and adaptation strategies to disasters, emergencies, and other shocks and stresses to food and nutrition security, including conflicts, droughts, flooding, pests, and diseases, that adversely impact agricultural yield and livelihoods; harness science, technology, and innovation, including the research and extension activities supported by the private sector, relevant Federal Departments and agencies, Feed the Future Innovation Labs or any successor entities, and international and local researchers and innovators, recognizing that significant investments in research and technological advances will be necessary to reduce global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition; use evidenced-based best practices, including scientific and forecasting data, and improved planning and coordination by, with, and among key partners and relevant Federal Departments and agencies to identify, analyze, measure, and mitigate risks, and strengthen resilience capacities; ensure scientific and forecasting data is accessible and usable by affected communities and facilitate communication and collaboration among local stakeholders in support of adaptation planning and implementation, including scenario planning and preparedness using seasonal forecasting and scientific and local knowledge; ; and by inserting after paragraph (18), as redesignated, the following: improve the efficiency and resilience of agricultural production, including management of crops, rangelands, pastures, livestock, fisheries, and aquacultures; ensure investments in food and nutrition security consider and integrate best practices in the management and governance of natural resources and conservation, especially among food insecure populations living in or near biodiverse ecosystems; be periodically updated in a manner that reflects learning and best practices; and . Section 5 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 ( 22 U.S.C. 9304 ), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following: Not less frequently than quinquennially through fiscal year 2030, the President, in consultation with the head of each relevant Federal department and agency, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees updates to the Global Food Security Strategy required under subsection
(a)and the agency-specific plans described in subsection (c)(2). .
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