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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.
Beginning this week, The Chicago Council will highlight the recommendations from the new report, Healthy Food for a Healthy World: Leveraging Agriculture and Food to Improve Global Nutrition, in a weekly blog series.
One Acre Fund's David Hong and Bread for the World's Beth Ann Saracco write that the Global Food Security Act of 2015 is an opportunity to institutionalize a program that has proven its ability to address the complex problem of hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition.
On April 23, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously voted the amended Global Food Security Act of 2015 out of Committee. Despite shortcomings, the bill should be applauded.
Richard Greene, Acting Assistant to the Administrator, USAID Bureau for Food Security, outlines the efforts underway at USAID to address undernutrition to prevent stunting in children worldwide.
Susan Carlson, Women’s Committee Chair, World Farmers Organisation and Farming First spokesperson highlights how agriculture is the common thread that runs through many of the Sustainable Development Goals, not just those pertaining to hunger.
The Advanced Maize Seed Adoption Program (AMSAP) is an innovative public-private partnership that takes a holistic approach to improving maize farmer productivity.
In The Huffington Post, Global Agricultural Development Initiative cochairs Doug Bereuter and Dan Glickman outlines the recommendations in The Chicago Council's new report, Healthy Food for a Healthy World: Leveraging Agriculture and Food to Improve Nutrition.
Lisa Moon and Andrea Durkin outline how trade policy could increase the United States' share of the growing African food market for the Agri-Pulse and Chicago Council monthly column series
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack writes that feeding a growing population will require food systems that can feed hundreds of millions of new global citizens, maintain a healthy planet and grow healthy economies.
