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A worker feeds trout at a fish farm owned by Maltat company on the frozen Yenisei River near the Siberian village of Primorsk in Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
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Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Elisabeth Fischer of Syngenta on maximizing the impact of data for farmers around the world.
Reid Porter and David Duffeck of InterAction on the value of open data for agriculture and food security.
David Cleary of The Nature Conservancy on getting precision agriculture technologies to the places that need them most.
Rikin Gandhi, CEO of Digital Green and speaker at the Global Food Security Symposium 2017, on how data can improve outcomes for smallholder farmers around the world.
The latest post in the Agri-Pulse and Council column series discusses how streamlined border procedures around the world benefit US agriculture.
The last post in our Food-Secure Future series discusses how mobile phones and satellites are transforming agriculture in low- and middle-income countries.
Samrat Singh of Imperial College London comments on the current food crises in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen.
Krysta Harden of DuPont on the importance of public-private partnerships in assuring global food security.
Renee Vuillaume of GKI on getting incremental innovations to the smallholder farmers who need them.
Julie Potyraj of George Washington University on the relationship between climate change, agriculture, and occupational health.
Ahead of the Global Food Security Symposium 2017, Catherine Bertini reflects on progress achieved in global food security, and the challenges yet to come.
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Sunniva Bloem of GAIN on cross-sectoral partnerships to address urban nutrition and food security.
Shang Hui Chia from Grow Asia on the multisectoral approaches that are helping to advance global food security.
