Africa food security programme to lose $40m in USAID funding

Nairobi: An Africa based food security NGO said Wednesday it had lost $40 million in grants following aid cuts by US President Donald Trump. The Al...

Nairobi: An Africa-based food security NGO said Wednesday it had lost $40 million in grants following aid cuts by US President Donald Trump.

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a Kenya-based organisation working with smallholder farmers in 12 countries to improve agricultural practices, raise incomes and promote sustainable development.

It is one of many agencies caught in the crosshairs of funding cuts by Trump, who signed an executive order freezing all foreign aid for three months shortly after his inauguration in January.

AGRA president Alice Ruhweza told AFP that cuts to US foreign aid would significantly hit the organisation, which has been operating since 2011.

"Reduced resources from USAID means that all that groundwork... will be affected," she said, adding that other major funders from Europeans countries were also cutting back.