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Feed the Future’s Janet Fierro examines how COVID-19 and the global food crisis affect the land grant model.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura explains Japans Coronavirus Measures.

With global and local markets disrupted by COVID-19, the World Food Programme has had to re-evaluate how it can best deliver assistance where it is needed most.

The pandemic's impact on agriculture will be significant and long-lasting.The pandemic's impact on agriculture will be significant and long-lasting.

Over half of Americans are in favor of permanently changing laws to allow everyone to vote by mail, but there are partisan divides between Republicans and Democrats.Over half of Americans are in favor of permanently changing laws to allow everyone

Reflect on the year with highlights from the Council's public opinion research and analysis.

Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Karl Friedhoff, Brendan Helm, and Alexander Hitch document the ups and downs of the public mood, sharing highlights of their 2020 research.

Through selective breeding of African indigenous chickens to improve small scale poultry production, we can tackle food insecurity in Tanzania and Ghana.

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

While coronavirus restrictions are being incrementally removed in certain countries, some people are feeling concern at returning to the activities that had characterized their pre-pandemic lives.

Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Ignoring its responsibility for starting the pandemic, Beijing has trumpeted its response as a model for others to follow.

One of the defining features of 2020 has been the declaration of seemly one crisis after another, but why are some events declared crisis and why are others not?

Businesses in the center of the value chain are crucial to the food system, and these intermediary links are under threat from the COVID-19 pandemic.

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains how we must fun research about microbes to protect our health and the crops we need to survive.

Gain insight into the spread and impact of pandemics, why they are becoming more common, and how cities can help minimize threats now and into the future.

Global Cities intern Paula Pelletier examines what cities should do with programs formed in response to COVID-19.

In the most globally connected financial capitals, skyscrapers will continue to serve as a key component of the built environment.

Survey data from several surveys in China show that the Chinese people are largely satisfied with their country's response to the pandemic.

In the battle between pathogen and host—whether a human or food crop—it’s often a deadly race to see who wins.