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March 26, 2019
As water and nutrition security becomes further challenged, the United States must better coordinate agriculture, nutrition, and water development policy in order to adequately respond to increasing pressures.
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Non-Resident Fellow Mark Kaplan introduces the concept of supply chain traceability.
Chicago Council President Emeritus Marshall M. Bouton discusses challenges facing Indian agriculture and potential reforms to meet the government's goal of doubling farmer incomes by 2022.
Check out the latest buzz in food, agriculture, and global development!
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Our 11th and final post in the Next Generation blog series is by Garrett Onstot, BS candidate in global resource systems and animal science at Iowa State University.
Our 10th post in the Next Generation blog series is by Shen Ming Lee, BS candidate in hospitality management and business administration at Cornell University.
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Elias Ndinduyubwo of Kagabiro, Rwanda, carries maize stalks he cut earlier that morning while harvesting.
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.
Roger Thurow discusses how smallholder farmers can move beyond subsistence.
For smallholder farms—usually those supporting a single family—expenses come early in the season before the planting while income arrives only several months later with the harvest.
We sat down with Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President of the World Food Prize Foundation, to find out more about its efforts to educate the public about agricultural development and food security.
There's no shortage of organizations around the world who are working to create a more sustainable, more just food system.
Catherine Simiyu from Bunambobi, Kenya, spreads the beans she just harvested to dry in the sun.
Mauricio Antonio Lopes, president of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, explains Brazil's national efforts to invest in agricultural development and the importance of scientific investment to achieve global food security.
Navyn Salem is the founder and Executive Director of Edesia, a non-profit producer of Plumpy’Nut and other peanut-based, ready-to-use nutritious foods used to treat and prevent childhood malnutrition. Since March 2010, Edesia has reached 1.6 million malnourished children in 36 countries.
Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, chief executive officer and head of mission of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), highlights the need to invest in women farmers to boost agricultural production and the intersection between scientific research and agricultural development.
Anonciata Mbakirirehe of Kayenzi, Rwanda, stands amid her newly germinated maize.
Jose Pablo Soto-Arias, a plant pathology student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, describes his work on food-borne plant pathogens as well as the importance of supporting new agricultural research and young scientists in the field of food security.
Cynthia E. Rosenzweig, senior research scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, discusses the important role of research and education to help mitigate impacts of climate change.
Mariela Poveda, a student at California Polytechnic State University, discusses her role as an emerging scientist in agricultural research.
Beatrice Wasike of Victorious, Kenya, shows off the millet she harvested this season. Beatrice harvested 8 bags of millet from a quarter acre of land.
