Additional Context: FACG was a public-private forum and coordination group mandated in the Farm Bill to provide a platform for U.S. government agencies to interact with private sector counterparts including private voluntary organizations and agricultural trade groups on food assistance priorities.

As a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts, many working groups, technical communities of practice and donor-partner coordination channels went quiet, sometimes overnight. Organizations no longer had reliable ways to ask questions, share delays, or coordinate basic logistics.

This information first appeared in an October 2025 white paper entitled: "Surveying the Food Aid Ecosystem: Six Months Post-USAID," found here. 

Source: George Washington University Global Food Institute