A food security strategy we can't afford not to fund

Less than 10 years ago, a generation of children was born to subsistence farmers in Liberia, a country torn by civil war and conflict. Some of their mothers became a political force against the oppression and violence of the government. They won their freedom. Today, thanks in part to these courageous women, Liberia is a young democracy that has elected the first female head of state in Africa.

But these same women, who risked their lives for the safe future of their children, are struggling with a much more basic challenge: providing food for their families. When the rain stops, their crops dry up, and when international food prices increase, they can't purchase enough food with their small incomes. Parents in countries like Liberia won freedom from war for their children, but now, they fight for a luxury we take for granted: food security.

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