efit of all, with an emphasis on vulnerable and 
marginalized people. 
(16) WASTING.—The term ‘‘wasting’’, with re-
spect to an individual, means the condition of weigh-
ing too little for such individual’s height. Wasting 
indicates both long- and short-term nutritional dep-
rivation. Wasting is a traumatic process of substan-
tial weight loss that is usually associated with star-
vation or serious disease. Wasting is calculated by 
comparing a child’s weight-for-height with those of 
a reference population of well-nourished and healthy 
children. Because wasting is strongly related to mor-
tality, wasting rates are often used to indicate the 
severity of hunger emergencies. 
TITLE I—POLICY OBJECTIVES, 
PLANNING AND COORDINATION 
SEC. 101. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to assist foreign 
countries in achieving food and nutrition security by in-
creasing sustainable and equitable agricultural production, 
improving nutrition, and strengthening agricultural value 
chains, with a focus on smallholder farmers, in order to 
reduce global hunger, malnutrition and poverty, promote 
rural development, and improve the nutritional status of 
all people. 
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SEC. 
102. 
COMPREHENSIVE 
GLOBAL 
FOOD 
SECURITY 
STRATEGY. 
(a) SPECIAL COORDINATOR.—The President shall 
designate an individual to serve in the Executive Office 
of the President as the Special Coordinator for Food, Nu-
trition and Agricultural Development. The coordinator 
shall— 
(1) advise the President on global food security, 
nutrition security, and agricultural development; 
(2) take such actions as are necessary to ensure 
the coordination of programs of the United States 
related to global food security, nutrition security, 
and agricultural development efforts, including those 
resulting from contributions to multilateral organiza-
tions and nongovernmental organizations; 
(3) make recommendations regarding the staff-
ing needs and necessary qualifications and expertise 
of staff needed to swiftly and effectively carry out 
the strategy described in subsection (c); 
(4) establish a mechanism for regular consulta-
tion with representatives of Federal departments 
and agencies, multilateral institutions, private vol-
untary organizations, cooperatives, the private sec-
tor, and other nongovernmental organizations to de-
velop the strategy described in subsection (c) and to 
consult on methodologies, conditions in targeted 
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countries, progress towards goals and other relevant 
information about needs and interventions; and 
(5) oversee the development and implementa-
tion of the strategy described in subsection (c). 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The United States Agency 
for International Development shall be the lead agency in 
implementing the strategy described in subsection (c). 
(c) CONTENT OF STRATEGY.—The strategy described 
in this subsection is a comprehensive food security, nutri-
tion security, and agricultural development strategy that 
shall— 
(1) recognize food security and nutrition as es-
sential contributors to global development, health, 
peace and stability; 
(2) reflect a whole-of-government approach that 
incorporates and encompasses the programs of rel-
evant Federal departments and agencies that engage 
in some aspect of food security, nutrition security, 
agricultural development, and international health, 
including the Department of State, the United 
States Agency for International Development, the 
Peace Corps, the Department of Agriculture, the 
Department of Defense, the Department of Interior, 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Depart-
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ment of the Treasury, and the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative; 
(3) integrate and coordinate the stages of emer-
gency food aid and long-term development programs 
to more effectively reduce hunger, improve nutrition, 
improve health, and build economic capacity and re-
silience among food insecure populations, especially 
for smallholder farmers; 
(4) increase and improve agricultural produc-
tion and availability, access, utilization, and stability 
of food among women and smallholder farmers in 
order to decrease poverty and hunger, improve 
health, and prevent stunting, as the most direct 
means for achieving household food and nutrition se-
curity; 
(5) 
increase 
the 
yield 
and 
capacity 
of 
smallholder farmers, through access to seed and fer-
tilizer, assistance for sustainable agricultural pro-
duction, village-level farming groups, farmer-to- 
farmer knowledge exchanges, agriculture value 
chains, agricultural extension agents, market access, 
innovative intellectual property frameworks, food 
safety nets for the most vulnerable, agricultural edu-
cation, nutrition, agricultural research, natural re-
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source management, improvements to land tenure, 
and rural infrastructure; 
(6) assist smallholder farmers in obtaining the 
resources, services, tools, and information they need 
including technology, financial services, seed vari-
eties, fertilizer, risk management, post-harvest stor-
age systems, water, soil conservation methods, eco-
logically appropriate nutrient, soil, water, seed and 
pest management, weather forecasting and projec-
tions in ways that assure gender equitable access; 
(7) prioritize research efforts that respond to 
the needs and priorities of smallholder farmers, in-
cluding farmer-driven research, recognize that re-
search must include both international and localized 
agricultural research and extension programs, and 
strive 
to 
build 
the 
educational 
capacity 
of 
smallholder farmers; 
(8) incorporate research efforts to better under-
stand causes of gender inequity in agriculture, and 
expand research in best practices in achieving nutri-
tion outcomes through agriculture, social protection, 
women’s empowerment and other sector programs; 
(9) build the resilience of smallholder farmers 
through agricultural extension services, village-level 
farmer groups, risk assessment and management 
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