At the 2009 G8 Summit in L'Aquila , Italy , President of the United States Barack Obama announced a $ 10.15 billion commitment over 3 years to an initiative that would focus on reducing hunger and poverty in developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia . The United States and other G8 and G-20 countries committed a total of over 20 billion USD . The intent of the international commitment was to address food insecurity and poverty in a more comprehensive way ; international efforts include supporting country-led plans for change , looking at root causes of food insecurity and poverty , increasing coordination with and the use of multi-lateral institutions , and approaching issues with the goal of increased sustainability and accountability The United States ' State Department , the coordinating agency for the Obama Administration 's initiative on global hunger and food security , released the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative Consultation Document on September 28 , 2009 . The document provided an overview of the initiative 's priorities and strategy ; in May 2010 the initiative was renamed " Feed the Future " and a new set of strategy documents and country and regional implementation guides were issued
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