Feed the Future

 I have narrowed my Issues Paper topic by focusing on the effects of the policy in the United States. The policy I have chosen is the Feed the Future program. This program seeks to help developing nations to become self sustainable through agriculture growth, specifically through promoting healthy, nutritious, and locally grown food. This policy is strictly for other countries. The supposedly parallel policies for the United States are not enough. In my paper, I will try to focus on how these policies can be improved to better assist those in need. While these policies are very broad, I want to limit my policy proposal to helping impoverished families get the balanced diet they need. To do this, I have narrowed my research to studies regarding the lack of nutrition for those in poverty.  My target audience is primarily those who make policies such as lawmakers and those in the bureaucracy. The secondary audience is United States citizens who should all be informed about the governmental policies. I would craft my argument to  specifically target this primary audience by focusing on thoroughly supported research, plausible solutions and real examples. I have found many examples of research which has found that there is indeed a real problem in the United States with impoverished people who have low quality diets. My argument will be based mostly on logos. I would lay out that there is a problem before suggesting possible solutions. My argument will be more effective as I suggest solutions because that are plausible. If solutions are real and useful then the readers are more likely to implement them and make real changes. The solutions would be changes to the current policy to make it applicable to the United States. I would propose that the policy not be changed too drastically because the current policy is not too far off. My argument would also rely on real examples of how this policy would be effective. The policy to help individuals to help themselves needs to be improved. The Feed the Future program has stories and examples of how these policies have worked. This will help provide evidence that the policy is effective overseas and it would be effective here in the United States. My biggest concern with this topic development is if I can fully support my thesis. My thesis would be quite complex because it is based on existing policy and how to improve it. I am concerned that my research would not be adequate to show how the policy can be improved and be applied to those who are in need here. More research will need to be done to make sure I fully supported my whole thesis.