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Roger Thurow

Defining the Path to Zero Hunger in an Equitable World

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

The Center on Global Food and Agriculture provides a bold vision for a 21st Century of zero hunger in a healthier and more equitable world.

A farmer holds bananas on a farm.
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Food and Agriculture

The Looming Global Obesity Threat

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Roger Thurow

This paper seeks to raise awareness of the growing global obesity epidemic and the need to address the economic, security, and humanitarian threats it poses.

Aerial view of an Indian market place. Food and Agriculture

The Last Hunger Season Revisited

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Book by Roger Thurow

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

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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

The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change

RESEARCH
Book by Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow tells the story of a community of Kenyan farmers working to transcend lives of dire poverty and hunger while illuminating the challenges—and vital necessity—of transforming Africa's agriculture sector.

A person stands in a field in Kenya with cows
Erik Charlton
Food and Agriculture

Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty

RESEARCH
Book by Coauthors

Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, award-winning writers on Africa, development, and agriculture, explain through vivid human stories how our sometimes well-intentioned strategies—alternating with ignorance and neglect—have conspired to keep the world's poorest people hungry and unable to feed themselves.

Map of Africa on a globe with a blank black background
James Wiseman
Food and Agriculture