Publications

Photo of the Week

Brigit Soita of Chwele, Kenya, with her newly germinated millet.

The Hunger Season, Explained in 3 Cartoons

One of poverty’s cruelest ironies is that in many countries across the world, the hungriest people are smallholder farmers.

External Commentary

Big pay for university presidents, big debt for students

External Commentary

Obama’s West Point Speech: Less than Meets the Eye!

Special Edition of the Global Food for Thought News Brief

Check out this special editon of our weekly brief. 

External Commentary

Geithner and Paulson: Reflections on Financial Crises

Photo of the Week

Diogene Habiyakare of Kavumu, Rwanda, hangs his maize harvest to dry in a storage space near his home.

Advancing Global Food Security in the Face of a Changing Climate

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs released a report urging the US government to take action to curb the risks climate change poses to global food security.

Expert Commentary – Eliminating the Scourge of Stunting

Much of the malnutrition in the world today is invisible to policy makers, politicians, and families.

Commentary- Climate Smart Agriculture: An Opportunity to Secure the Future

The Chicago Council’s 2014 flagship agriculture publication, points to two large and interrelated challenges. I term them a ‘double whammy’: the prospects of increasing food insecurity in the wake of climate change and consequent volatile weather.