This year's El Niño is expected to bring severely inclimate weather to sub-Saharan Africa. According to Roger Thurow, disruptions to normal rainfall patterns and food production may push the region's subsistence farmers into a 'hunger season.'
As an environmental concern, food security is no longer something that only ‘foodies’ or farmers care about. Increasingly, the links between climate change and the fragility of food systems are becoming clearer, making innovative solutions in agriculture highly necessary.
The Green Revolution resulted in remarkable increases to Asian food production, but at the cost of environmental damage. With this in mind, policymakers should consider environmentally sound strategies alongside attempts to increase agricultural yield.
The House Hunger Caucus, in collaboration with InterAction and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, hosted the third event in an international food and nutrition security briefing series, "What's Food Got to Do with It?," on Monday, September 28, 2015.
