Additional Context: According to Devex's reporting, a new venture, Responsible Innovations, emerged as former USAID-backed researchers sought to preserve years of food systems research and global partnerships.

While some Feed the Future innovation labs have slowly received partial funding since the initial freeze, only Kansas State University's work on climate-resilient grains continued completely unscathed. Agricultural research on farms and laboratories carrying out Feed the Future projects across the world was interrupted and lost.

Devex Researcher Note: The $50 billion foreign affairs spending bill that the U.S. Congress passed in early 2026 includes $175 million for international agricultural research, including at least $72 million for the innovation labs. But, with research dropped midway through, there is little clarity on how this funding would be able to quickly restart what has already been lost.

Source: Devex