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Global Food for Thought

Growing Cities, Changing Diets

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Global Food for Thought by Alesha Miller

Water flows between farms and cities and changes form as each person uses and reuses it.

An aqueduct in Blythe, California with reflection of the sky in the water.
Steve Rotman
Climate and the Environment

Finding an Alternative to Fishmeal for Sustainable Aquaculture in Zambia

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Replacement of fisheries-derived fishmeal with yeast-derived proteins, or single-cell proteins, could support the sustainable growth of aquaculture globally.

Aquaculture cages in Jitra, Malaysia
WorldFish
Food and Agriculture

To Meat or Not to Meat: Balancing Global Views in Battles over Food

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Two billion people in the Global South suffer from micronutrient deficiencies due to failures in providing adequate nutrition.

Children in Tanzania stand below a line showing the median height for 9-year-olds globally
Gates Foundation
Food and Agriculture

Hunger in Washington State: US Food Insecurity on the Rise Nationwide

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

A recent study suggests that the food insecure population will quadruple in Washington state as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

A member of the National Guard works at a COVID-19 food warehouse
The National Guard
Food and Agriculture

Our New Gordian Knot

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow examines the question of how to conquer global hunger and malnutrition while also saving the planet from the strain on our environment, biodiversity, and health.

View of fields in Ethiopia
Rod Waddington
Food and Agriculture

Food Security, Political Instability, and America on the Hook: the Case of Cameroon

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Global Food for Thought by Michele Lowe

The Council's US Navy Federal Executive Fellow, Commander Michele Lowe, explains how food insecurity fears in Cameroon can fuel instability in our latest collaboration with Agri-Pulse.

A fruit stand at Makenene market in Cameroon
Jasmine Halki
Food and Agriculture

Working Together to Tackle Food Insecurity in Tanzania and Ghana

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Through selective breeding of African indigenous chickens to improve small scale poultry production, we can tackle food insecurity in Tanzania and Ghana.

Team members at Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry
UC Davis
Food and Agriculture

African Voices

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Council expert Roger Thurow explains how most African countries don’t have the resources to provide aid to their own citizens.

Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA addresses the media ahead of the opening of the AGRF conference, 2019. Food and Agriculture

COVID-19 Is Putting Africa's Food Processors at Risk

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Global Food for Thought by Brent Wibberley

Across Africa, food processors serve a vital function in protecting food security and livelihoods. But the COVID-19 pandemic is creating new challenges that threaten the very survival of these companies.

ProSoya Demonstration Centre in Canada
ProSoya
Food and Agriculture

SAWBO RAPID Addresses Economic Impacts of COVID-19

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Global Food for Thought by Justin Whitmore

Nearly a decade ago, SAWBO was launched by and remains co-directed by Drs. Julia Bello-Bravo and Barry Pittendrigh, both currently faculty members at Michigan State University (MSU).

Still shot from a SAWBO video about bean production Global Health