VOA常速英语2017--美国助力非洲消除贫穷（在线收听）

Hunger is a result of poverty, but it also causes poverty. People who do not have sufficient food and nutrition are less able to escape from poverty. In many countries women, although they do much of the farming, lack access to training, credit or land. Conflict, poor or corrupt management of natural resources, displacement of small farmers by natural disasters; and financial and economic crises that eliminate jobs at the lowest levels, all contribute to creating conditions that push the poorest into hunger.

饥饿与贫穷互为因果。没有足够的食物、得不到充分营养的人比一般人更难摆脱贫困。很多国家的女性虽然承担着大部分农务，但却有培训、信用和土地缺失的问题。冲突、对自然资源的不力管理或腐败管理、由于自然灾害而流离失所的小农；财务和经济危机让就业率下降到最低水平。上述这些问题都将最贫苦人群堕入饥饿创造了条件。

To break this vicious cycle, the United States launched, in 2010, the Feed the Future Initiative, which aims to reduce global hunger, poverty, and undernutrition by focusing on smallholder farmers, increasing investments in agriculture and supporting country-owned plans for improving food security and nutrition while generating opportunities for economic growth and trade.

为了打破这种恶性循环，美国于2010年发起了《未来粮食保障计划》，该计划旨在减少全球饥饿、贫穷和营养不良的情况，方式是专注于小农户、增加农业投资、支持国有计划以提升粮食安全与营养情况，同时为经贸发展创造机会。

Back then, the U.S. Government selected 19 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to participate in the initiative, based on 5 criteria. Since 2010, Feed the Future has helped 9 million people living in the participating countries, pull themselves out of poverty.

2010年时，美国政府选择了非洲、亚洲、拉丁美洲的19个国家来加入该计划，前提是基于5个标准。自2010年起，《未来粮食保障计划》已助力900万生活在这些参加国的人民，让他们脱离了贫困。

The passage of the U.S. Global Food Security Act of 2016 endorsed Feed the Future's approach and ushered in a new era of U.S. Government global food security investment. A new, corresponding global food security strategy developed by the U.S. Government is guiding Feed the Future's work as the initiative enters its second phase.

美国全球粮食安全法(Global Food Security Act)的通过不仅支持了《未来粮食保障计划》，还开启了美国政府全球粮食安全投资的新时代。相应地，美国政府制定了新的全球粮食安全策略，该策略旨在对《未来粮食保障计划》的第二阶段进行指导。

On August 31st, USAID Administrator Mark Green announced that Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda were selected to participate in this new phase of Feed the Future.

8月31日，美国国际开发署的马克 格林宣布，孟加拉国、埃塞俄比亚、加纳、危地马拉、洪都拉斯、肯尼亚、马里、尼泊尔、尼日尔、尼日利亚、塞内加尔、乌干达被选中参加《未来粮食保障计划》的第二阶段。

With the selection of these 12 countries, the second phase of Feed the Future will be focusing its efforts on promoting long-term, sustainable development that brings partners together to help people harness the power of smart agriculture to jumpstart their local economies and lift themselves out of poverty, said Administrator Green.

这12个国家选出来之后，《未来粮食保障计划》的第二阶段将专注于促进长期的可持续发展，通过这样的发展将各个伙伴聚集在一起，帮助大家通过智能农业的力量来点燃当地经济发展，让人民脱离贫穷，格林如是说道。

By equipping people with the tools to feed themselves over the long term, Feed the Future is addressing the root causes of hunger and poverty. This long-term investment builds communities that are more resilient to drought, famine and other natural disasters, and less dependent on emergency food assistance.

通过授之以渔的方式教会人们在长期时间内能够自给自足，《未来粮食保障计划》正在消除饥饿与贫穷的根本症结所在。这种长期投资构建出来的社群对旱灾、饥荒和其他自然灾害更有抵抗力，对应急粮食援助的依赖也会更低。