Non-profit consortium, USAID announce new agreement focusing on African food security

The non-profit Partners in Food Solutions (PFS), a consortium of General Mills, Cargill and DSM, on Thursday announced a new agreement with USAID that "will enable PFS to expand the reach of the technical and business expertise it provides to small and growing food processors in sub-Saharan Africa," according to a PFS press release. Under the new agreement, which "builds on a public-private partnership between USAID, the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and General Mills, formed in 2010," Solutions to African Food Enterprises (SAFE), USAID and PFS "will deepen their collaboration to improve African food security by bringing expertise, knowledge and resources to the continent's food processing sector," the press release states (10/18).