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SPOTLIGHT
February 1, 2010 – President Obama Releases FY 2011 Budget Request to Congress Analysis
January 14, 2010 – Roger Thurow Joins Chicago Council on Global Affairs as Senior Fellow on Global Agriculture & Food Policy – Press Release Inaugral Post: "Why Not Hunger?"
January 7, 2010 – Dr. Rajiv Shah Sworn-In as 16th USAID Administrator – Remarks from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Administrator Shah
December 11 - 18, 2009 – Coverage of United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen – Read commentary from food security experts on Conference proceedings and the implications for agriculture. Global Food for Thought Blog
 November 20, 2009 – Welcome from Initiative Cochairs
Global Agricultural Development Initiative cochairs Catherine Bertini, former Executive Director, UN World Food Program, and Dan Glickman, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, discuss the Initiative’s purpose. More
September 28, 2009 – State Department Releases Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative Consultation Document – At the UN General Assembly meeting on September 26, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced an international commitment to global food security and agricultural development. The State Department has released an outline of the nascent food security initiative. Consultation Document More
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Can't Lead Abroad While Losing At Home
Roger Thurow
Global Food for Thought Blog, February 4, 2010
A Hunger Czar Talks...and Talks
Roger Thurow
Global Food for Thought Blog, January 28, 2010
The key to Yemen and Afghanistan
Hendrik R. Woods
The Guardian
January 24, 2010
From Words to Action: A Rwandan Beginning
Roger Thurow
Global Food for Thought Blog, January 20, 2010
Why Not Hunger?
Roger Thurow
Global Food for Thought Blog, January 14, 2010
The Right Choice for USAID
Dan Glickman
Huffington Post,
November 20, 2009
Women Farmers in the Developing World
Dan Silverstein
Huffington Post,
November 9, 2009
Agriculture Could Close Darfur's Gates of Hell
Rich Williamson
Des Moines Register, October 11, 2009
Food for Thought
Per Pinstrup-Andersen
Public Service Review: International Development - Issue 15, September 23, 2009
Saving A Billion People from Starvation
Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman
Huffington Post, September 18, 2009
The G-8 Announcement on Agricultural Development: Can it Save the World From Hunger?
Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman
Huffington Post, July 10, 2009
Farm Futures: Bringing Agriculture Back to U.S. Foreign Policy
Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman
Foreign Affairs, May/June 2009
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