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Women's Work, African Swine Fever Ripples, & Urban Growing

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

A woman holds greens.
Feed the Future
Food and Agriculture

Talking Back to Hunger

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow shares a poem evoking the human face of domestic hunger — an issue that is too often forgotten in policy discussions.

a hungry child visits an outdoor food pantry during COVID-19 Food and Agriculture

The Gendered Impacts of Integrated Pest Management in Ethiopia and Beyond

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Integrated pest management benefits the environment, farmers' productivity, and time-strapped women around the world.

A woman harvests desmodium.
Desalegne Tadesse
Food and Agriculture

Avocados, 100 Days of Protest, and Pineapple Politics

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

India Farmer's Protests
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Food and Agriculture

What the New Executive Orders on Climate Mean for Global Food Security

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Gloria Dabek and Alyssa Kreps examine how integrating a climate lens into foreign policy and national security will have ripple effects on both domestic and global food security.

President Biden signs climate executive order
REUTERS
Food and Agriculture

Using Cutting-Edge Science to Protect African Farmers' Potato Crops, Incomes, and Food Security

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Guest authors Chris Kennedy and Bob Easter examine how a collaborative effort to bring a disease-resistant potato variety to market in Africa can promote global food security.

potato crop income Food and Agriculture

We Need Vaccines to Protect Our Food Crops, Too

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Global Food for Thought by Diana Horvath

In the battle between pathogen and host—whether a human or food crop—it’s often a deadly race to see who wins.

Wheat rust
Kansas State University
Food and Agriculture

Farmers Facing a New Kind of Crisis: How COVID-19 Has Broken Agricultural Value Chains

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Global Food for Thought by Nupur Parikh

The pandemic's impact on agriculture will be significant and long-lasting.

a farmer farms using tools in Indonesia
Defika Hendri
Food and Agriculture

American Ag is Under Attack, We Aim to Protect it

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

The Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act, or AIM Act, would protect our agriculture system by creating an intelligence office within the Department of Agriculture.

A scientist preps radish seeds in a lab
NASA/Glenn Benson
Food and Agriculture

Envisioning the Future of Food in Times of Change

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Global Food for Thought by Todd Post

Todd Post from Bread for the World provides guest commentary to explain the future of food in times of change.

Children sit and eat outside in La Paz, Bolivia.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture