Cablegate: Partnering for Global Hunger and Food Security

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FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6388

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ANN RYAN, EEB/TPP/MTAA/ABT
MARISA PLOWDEN, OFFICE OF THE COUNSELOR
ROBERT HAGEN AND JOHN TUMINARO, IO
US MISSION UN ROME

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR EAID ETRD RW
SUBJECT: PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY

REF: STATE 107298

(SBU) Ambassador and AID Director met October 22 with Agriculture
Minister Agnes Kalibata to deliver reftel letter and proposal. The
meeting provided an opportunity to discuss Rwanda's food security
situation, which has been improving over the past two years but may
face some difficulties during the current, September-to-December
rainy season due to uneven rainfall. Kalibata acknowledged that the
proposal offered Rwanda an opportunity to highlight its agriculture
progress with the U.S. and other development partners under the
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program. AID Director
subsequently distributed widely the proposal to members of the
agriculture sector development partner group, which includes
Ministry of Agriculture, bilateral and multilateral donors, private
sector, and civil society.

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