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This Week's Edition of the Global Food for Thought News Brief
About
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.
Blogroll
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
Archive
Field Notes - Replacement of fisheries-derived fishmeal with yeast-derived proteins for sustainable aquaculture in Zambia
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish is working to find sustainable alternatives to fishmeal for aquaculture production in Zambia.
Field Notes - Systems thinking at work in South Asia's food production
Research from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) demonstrates clearly that balancing food security, rural livelihoods, water for agriculture and air quality need not be a zero-sum game.
Field Notes - Resilience+: How & Why Risk Management Innovations Reduce Poverty and Spur Agricultural Growth
Introducing the concept of Resilience+, the phenomenon of how field research for resilience can liberate families to prudentially focus on building a better livelihood for themselves and their children.
Global Food for Thought: Bees | Subsidies | Farmer-Led Extension
Check out the latest stories in food, agriculture, and global development!
Field Notes - The Beauty of the Bottom Up: Making Crop Improvement Work for National Programs
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement explains how empowering National Agricultural Research Institutes can maximize agricultural development impact for all members of a community.
Guest Commentary - A European perspective on the journey to a regenerative agriculture system…
Regenerative farming practices can lead to improved soil health and farm productivity and profitability, boosting crop quality and yields, improving the resilience of farms to extreme weather events and reducing the propensity for soil degradation and run-off, but most excitingly, creates the opportunity to actually draw down and store carbon from the atmosphere in agriculture soils.
Field Notes - Brokering Research Crucial for Climate-Proofing Drylands
9 out of 12 interventions identified for agriculture by the Global Commission on Adaptation involve research and development. For smallholder farmers in drylands, some of the most vulnerable to climate change, the role of innovation brokers may prove just as important as doing the science itself.
Global Food for Thought: Food Prices | Disaggregated Data | Wild Barley
Check out the latest stories in food, agriculture, and global development!
Field Notes - Food Safety Research is Foundational to Food Security
Foods can be nutritious, sufficient, and available, but if those foods are unsafe, there is no food security.
Field Notes - Reducing Post-Harvest Losses in Nigeria's Aquaculture Sector Contributes to Sustainable Development
While increasing fish production and productivity in the long term are practical strategies for addressing malnutrition in Nigeria, reducing post-harvest losses of fish is an economic and a rational strategy of increasing value of aquaculture businesses that lead to sustainable economic development.
Global Food for Thought: Venezuela | Agroforestry | Seawater Rice
Check out the latest buzz in food, agriculture, and global development!
Field Notes - Soybean Innovation Lab is Mechanizing Agriculture Across Africa with Multi-Crop Thresher
Many smallholder farmers don't have access to durable and affordable harvest equipment. The Soybean Innovation Lab is creating a local, skilled workforce for the fabrication of low-cost, locally-produced, multi-crop threshers.
Guest Commentary - The Critical Role of Women in Transforming the Food System
Since its inception, HarvestPlus has identified and focused on women as key drivers who make nutrition -related decisions for their households and have important roles not only in the preparation and consumption of nutritious foods but also in production decisions on which varieties to grow.
Global Food for Thought: Solar Arrays | Sweet Potatoes | Systems Approach
Check out the latest buzz in food, agriculture, and global development!
Guest Commentary - Adopting Conserving Agricultural Practices: A Farmer's Perspective
Farmers care about the land and other natural resources that they steward, but they also need to do their best to ensure they can make a decent living from their work.