Yellen says food security program to boost funding for sustainable agriculture in Africa

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Senegal President Macky Sall attend the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Closing Session on Promoting Food Security and Food Systems Resilience, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that a multilateral food security program would soon announce new funding to help build resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems, particularly in Africa.

Yellen said in remarks at a food security session at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit that the funding plan would soon be announced by the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, a fund created in response to the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.