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12. Office of Overseas Programming and Training Support, Peace Corps, Personal communication with The Chicago Council on Global Affairs (March 21, 2011). 13. United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, “Local and Regional Procurement Pilot Project—Frequently Asked Questions,” (Washington DC: USDA, 2010) http:// www.fas.usda.gov/excredits/FoodAid/LRP/LRPFAQ.asp. 14. The Chicago Initiative on Global Agricultural Development, Renewing American Leadership in the Fight Against Global Hunger and Poverty, Chicago: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 2009. 15. United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, “Fact Sheet: McGovernDole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program,” (Washington DC: USDA, 2011) http://www.fas.usda.gov/excredits/FoodAid/FFE/mcdfactsheet.asp. 16. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, “Historic Spending Cuts the Centerpiece for Final Continuing Resolution for Fiscal year 2011,” (Washington DC: 2011) http:// rules.house.gov/Media/file/PDF_112_1/Floor_Text/FINAL2011_xml.pdf 17. For more information about these programs, please visit http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/foodaidnutritionenhancementprogram.cfm and http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2011/pr110426.html. Recommendation 2: Increase support for Agricultural Research in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia 1. The Chicago Initiative on Global Agricultural Development,. Renewing American Leadership in the Fight Against Global Hunger and Poverty, Chicago: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 2009. 2. United States Agency for International Development, “USAID/ERA (Education and Research in Agriculture) will Reinforce Institutional and Human Capacity in the Areas of Education and Agricultural Research,” (Washington DC: USAID, 2011) http://senegal.usaid.gov/en/node/514. 3. Core, or unrestricted, funds are the amounts programmed from Washington, D.C., for the longterm research agenda of the CGIAR. Restricted funds come from many sources, including field missions and other U.S. agencies; the variety of mechanisms for funding mean that totals for restricted monies are compiled and published at a later date than unrestricted funds. 4. United States Agency for International Development, Personal communication with The Chicago Council on Global Affairs (March 25, 2011). 5. United States Agency for International Development (March 25, 2011). 6. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, “A New CGIAR,” (Washington DC: CGIAR, 2011) http://www.cgiar.org/changemanagement/index.html. 7. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, “CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs),” (Washington DC: CGIAR, 2011) http://cgiarconsortium.cgxchange.org/home/strategy-andresults-framework/megaprograms. United States Agency for International Development, Personal communication with The Chicago Council on Global Affairs (March 25, 2011). 8. Tufts University. “The Global Nutrition Collaborative Research Support Program,” (Boston, 2011) nhttp://nutritioncrsp.org/. 9. United States Agency for International Development, “Science and Technology,” (Washington DC: USAID, 2011) http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/agriculture/science_technology.htm.
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