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​​Addressing China's Rising Influence in Africa

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Michael Tiboris

China’s growing contributions to African development should not automatically be feared, but their increased presence should create a recalibration in US approaches to development.

Chinese flag, Beijing, China. Climate and the Environment

Girls Leading: From Rural Economies to Global Solutions

RESEARCH
Report by Catherine Bertini

This report is a collection of perspectives from 20 authors that highlights the needs of rural girls and solutions to the challenges they face.

A young girl in school in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Caren Firouz/Reuters
Women and Girls

From Scarcity to Security: Managing Water for a Nutritious Food Future

RESEARCH
Report by Mark W. Rosegrant

This report examines the urgent challenges created by water scarcity and the impact on food security.

From Scarcity to Security: Managing Water for a Nutritious Food Future Food and Agriculture

Youth for Growth: Transforming Economies through Agriculture

RESEARCH
Report by Felix Kwame Yeboah

The US and global community must promote youth-inclusive agricultural transformation, or they risk seeing strategic partners weakened by rapid population growth and threatened by the instability this generates.

A young woman from the Erbore tribe in Ethiopia carries grasses.
Hadynyah
Food and Agriculture

Reaping the Digital Return: Enhancing Communities through Modern Extension

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

Ensuring smallholder farmers receive agricultural information is of critical importance for realizing global food security, and the USDA has a prominent role to play in close partnership with USAID.

Two farmers look at a mobile phone Food and Agriculture

Stability in the 21st Century: Global Food Security for Peace and Prosperity

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

The world today faces enormous challenges, including the threats of rapidly increasing instability, conflict, and migration as a result of inadequate food supplies and water scarcity.

Workers unload a truck of harvested cassava roots. Food and Agriculture

The Last Hunger Season Revisited

RESEARCH
Book by Roger Thurow

We revisit the families profiled in Council senior fellow Roger Thurow's book, The Last Hunger Season, six years later.

Two people walking down a dirt road with trees in the background Food and Agriculture

Growing Markets, Growing Incomes: Leveraging Trade Facilitation for Farmers

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Andrea Durkin

Andrea Durkin outlines recommended actions related to a Council report calling for a new US program to promote trade facilitation in food.

Aerial view of a truck harvesting a crop on a farm Food and Agriculture

Investing to Nourish India's Cities

RESEARCH
Report by Andrea Durkin

India is forecast to experience the largest increase in urban population of any country in the world. India's cities could have another 404 million mouths to feed by the year 2050.

Aerial view of a busy street and a building under construction in Mumbai
Vaishnav Chogale
Food and Agriculture

The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children—And the World

RESEARCH
Book by Roger Thurow

Proper nutrition during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life can profoundly influence an individual’s ability to grow, learn, and work.

Woman and child, India.
Raju GPK
Food and Agriculture