outcomes- and impact-based approach. GHI’s “whole-ofgovernment”24 approach integrates the knowledge, skills,
and abilities of different federal agencies in the design and
implementation of programs. It creates a platform for GHI
to achieve nutrition targets while measuring outcomes and
impact as well as building on existing efforts and progress to
date (especially in maternal and child health programs and
PEPFAR).
FTF is coordinated by USAID’s Bureau of Food Security.
This initiative’s primary objectives are to: (1) accelerate
inclusive agricultural sector growth and (2) improve people’s
nutritional status in FTF countries—particularly that of
women and young children. It calls for “coordination and
integration of U.S. government agriculture and nutrition
investments to maximize impact”25 of developing the
agricultural sectors of a number of countries. FTF and GHI
share the goal of working in countries with a high burden
of undernutrition to bring high-impact, evidence-based
nutrition interventions to scale and refine and test innovative
approaches such as food bio-fortification. The Feed the
Future Guide states that FTF “will coordinate closely
with host governments, other development partners, and
GHI… to implement a nutrition strategy based on countryspecific needs and opportunities.”26 USAID and the State
Department27 jointly developed a two-year performance goal
in 2009, considered a high priority by both, that requires
interagency coordination to be demonstrated through GHI
and FTF structures.
In addition to FTF and GHI, other departments, offices,
bureaus, and agencies house program ́ѡ