Marcus Glassman's blog Science & Our Food Commentary Series By Marcus Glassman, Research Associate, Global Agriculture and Food, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs The use of genetic engineering to create plants and animals, colloquially refer ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog drought_indonesia.jpg There is a food crisis brewing in the Middle East and Africa—one that calls for greater resilience to food supply and agricultural shocks. Consequently, as the world turns its attention to climate change in ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog Douglas Bereuter, cochair of the Council’s Global Agricultural Development Initiative and president emeritus of The Asia Foundation, delivered the keynote speech at USAID’s Farmer-to-Farmer 30 th Anniversary Learning event today ...
Louise Iverson's blog obama_cop21.jpg This post was originally published on The Hill. No industry in the United States or around the world is more vulnerable to a changing climate than agriculture. Simply put: it’s an outdoor industry. It’s raising a ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog Holy Cow! A Farmer Tries to Make a Better Calf through Genomic Analysis Cheap, powerful genomic analysis technologies have revolutionized the way that dairy cattle are bred. With a little genomic know-how and a lot of luck, it’s ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog This piece was also published on the Huffington Post. By Jason Clay, senior vice president for Food & Markets, World Wildlife Fund and member, DuPont Advisory Committee on Agricultural Innovation and Productivity For the p ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog By Ann Tutwiler, director general, Bioversity International As the world's leaders meet to agree on a shared plan of action for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, their primary activity—negotiating numerical targets ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog This post originally appeared on Agri-Pulse. Agri-Pulse and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs are teaming up to host a monthly column to explore how the U.S. agriculture and food sector can maintain its competitive edge and ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog By Jack Payne, senior vice president, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Florida As a skeptical public and gridlocked government consume news of the Paris climate change summit, some will ask, “Whose science are ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog This column was originally posted on Chicago Policy Review. By Nini Gu, Staff Writer, Science and Technology, Chicago Policy Review While genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are a controversial issue in many parts of the world ...
