The African Union and the United States reaffirm their shared dedication to noticing African food items safety by setting up a strategic partnership to guide and accelerate their operate. This strategic framework will reference and develop on existing bilateral, regional, multilateral, non-governmental, and philanthropic efforts to advance food stuff security and will leverage the community and personal sectors to address immediate and acute food items and fertilizer wants in the brief-term– including by addressing food provides that have been disrupted […]

We, the leaders of the Governments of Spain, the United States of America, the African Union, the European Union, Colombia, Germany, Indonesia, and Nigeria, having met on September 20, 2022, affirm our commitment to act with urgency, at scale and in concert, to respond to the urgent food security and nutrition needs of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Food systems and global food security are at a critical moment.  The compounded impacts from a global pandemic, growing […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs the supervisory board meeting of the presidential forum “Russia – Land of Opportunity” at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 20, 2022. Mikhail Tereshchenko | Sputnik | via Reuters WASHINGTON – World leaders swiftly condemned the Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian port, a dramatic revelation amid a U.N.-brokered deal that secured a sea corridor for grains and other foodstuff exports. A day prior, representatives from the U.N., Turkey, Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement […]

Mark Peterson | Corbis | Getty Images McDonald’s announced a number of promotions on Tuesday, tapping company veterans and a Petco executive to fill slots leading marketing efforts and its international markets. A month ago, the fast-food giant created the role of global chief customer officer and promoted Manu Steijaert, then senior vice president of the international operated markets segment, to the position. The appointment was part of McDonald’s strategy to centralize its marketing, data analytics and digital initiatives across […]