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Robert L. Thompson is professor emeritus at the University of Illinois, where he held the Gardner Endowed Chair in Agricultural Policy. He is also a nonresident senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. Previo ...


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learning_inthe_shade2.jpg Kim Heys's blog In this audio slideshow, Roger Thurow takes us to Karamoja, a region in eastern Uganda. It is the poorest area of the country, with high rates of malnutrition and child stunting and low rates of literacy, lat ...



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indian_rice_harvest.jpg Kim Heys's blog The rhythm of the harvest seasons is a critical part of the 1,000 days, particularly for women and infants in rural areas. Rice is a valuable staple crop around the world, especially in India. During the Indian ...


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Craig Gundersen is the Soybean Industry Endowed Professor in Agricultural Strategy in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois and executive director of the National Soybean Research Laboratory. He is also a memb ...



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https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/event/womens-health-rewriting-goals April 9, 2015 Chicago Council Event SummaryGlobal Food & Agriculture, Policy & Politics ...


Events

You are cordially invited to join us for the London launch of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ new report, Healthy Food for a Healthy World: Leveraging Agriculture and Food to Improve Global Nutrition, followed by a discussion on how the global food ...


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Grace Burton joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in 2014 and is currently the director of government relations. She has previously worked for the US Chamber of Commerce, the Partnership for Public Service, the Institute of Economic Affairs, the I ...


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Michael Tiboris is nonresident global water fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and was a public fellow for the American Council of Learned Societies.  His research concerns primary resource stability as a foreign policy objective, and is part ...