Expert commentary and analysis on global agriculture and food.
Photo courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund is an NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi that helps 137,000 smallholder farmers grow their own way out of poverty by providing a "market bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market access.
The Global Food and Agriculture Program aims to inform the development of US policy on global agricultural development and food security by raising awareness and providing resources, information, and policy analysis to the US Administration, Congress, and interested experts and organizations.
The Global Food and Agriculture Program is housed within the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, an independent, nonpartisan organization that provides insight – and influences the public discourse – on critical global issues. The Council on Global Affairs convenes leading global voices and conducts independent research to bring clarity and offer solutions to challenges and opportunities across the globe. The Council is committed to engaging the public and raising global awareness of issues that transcend borders and transform how people, business, and governments engage the world.
Support for the Global Food and Agriculture Program is generously provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
1,000 Days Blog, 1,000 Days
Africa Can End Poverty, World Bank
Agrilinks Blog
Bread Blog, Bread for the World
Can We Feed the World Blog, Agriculture for Impact
Concern Blogs, Concern Worldwide
Institute Insights, Bread for the World Institute
End Poverty in South Asia, World Bank
Global Development Blog, Center for Global Development
The Global Food Banking Network
Harvest 2050, Global Harvest Initiative
The Hunger and Undernutrition Blog, Humanitas Global Development
International Food Policy Research Institute News, IFPRI
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Blog, CIMMYT
ONE Blog, ONE Campaign
One Acre Fund Blog, One Acre Fund
Overseas Development Institute Blog, Overseas Development Institute
Oxfam America Blog, Oxfam America
Preventing Postharvest Loss, ADM Institute
Sense & Sustainability Blog, Sense & Sustainability
WFP USA Blog, World Food Program USA
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance sustainable and nutritious food security globally.
Temperature and precipitation patterns, as well as changes in weed, pest, and disease prevalence are already occurring under a changing climate.
On July 21, we will be hosting a Twitter roundup to highlight solutions to ensure food security in the face of climate change. We want to hear from you!
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance sustainable and nutritious food security globally.
As senior program officer at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Global Agricultural Development Initiative and former student in the fields of plant science, international agriculture, and rural development, I’m intrigued and delighted by innovative approaches to improving rural livelihoods through agriculture.
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance sustainable and nutritious food security globally.
You can’t make an entrepreneur.
The Risky Business Project released a new report that summarizes the findings of an independent assessment of the impact of climate change at the county, state, and regional level.
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance sustainable and nutritious food security globally.
On Wednesday, June 18, during his remarks at the World Food Prize Ceremony announcing the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, Secretary of State John Kerry highlighted a recent Council report in his discussion of the threats of climate change on global food security.
Philosophical statements and encouraging aphorisms, painted in white letters on green pieces of sheet metal, hang on the trees that ring the central courtyard: “Trees make our environment beautiful”; “Be proud of your school and environment”; “Learning to know is my dream and pride.”
In the coming weeks, Senators on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will have a choice to make: Give a $75 million subsidy to the maritime shipping industry, or ensure that several million people in impoverished and war-torn countries have food to eat.
Brigit Soita of Chwele, Kenya, with her newly germinated millet.
Check out this special editon of our weekly brief.
Diogene Habiyakare of Kavumu, Rwanda, hangs his maize harvest to dry in a storage space near his home.
