Last year, a bipartisan group of 23 members of Congress, hosted by the Aspen Institute, travelled to Ethiopia to get a firsthand view of the progress the country was making in modernizing agriculture and smallholder farming. This was the largest congressional delegation to visit sub-Saharan Africa in decades—maybe ever. This trip served to brief the congressmen on how a unique Ethiopian government agency, dedicated to agricultural transformation, is emerging as a model for bureaucratic collaboration and helping to feed millions of Ethiopians.
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Veronique Lagrange of the United States Dairy Export Council makes the case for dairy as an essential component of malnutrition-relieving therapeutic foods.
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, food and agriculture are at the forefront of everyone's mind. Below are some of the week's best articles on Thanksgiving, agriculture, and food security.
On November 10, former USAID administrator Rajiv Shah spoke at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs regarding the impact of volatile global food prices on families in the developing world.
In the latest piece from the Agri-Pulse and Chicago Council column series, Erin Fitzgerald Sexson of the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy examines the role of the dairy industry in promoting sustainable food systems.
According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, food insecurity has the potential to threaten U.S. interests abroad and provoke conflict.
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and InterAction, in collaboration with the House Hunger Caucus and the Senate Hunger Caucus, hosted the fourth event in an international food and nutrition security briefing series, “What’s Food Got to Do with It?” on Tuesday, October 20, 2015.
Negotiators from 12 nations have finalized the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a landmark trade agreement marked by five years of intense negotiations. Here’s a look at the news coverage of how some of the major players’ agricultural interests fared.
Frank Rijsberman and Wayne Powell of CGIAR detail the importance of sustainable agri-food systems and the transformations underway at CGIAR aimed at enhanced agricultural innovation.
