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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

Food Delivery in South Korea Stresses Small Restaurants

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

A rise in demand for food delivery is outpacing the capacity of delivery workers, leading to concerns about food price increases.

A restaurant in Seoul, South Korea
Jirka Matousek
Tech and Science

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

Breeding Crops for Climate Resilience: Visions from Haiti, Costa Rica, Uganda, Malawi, and Senegal

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Global Food for Thought by Hale Tufan

This blog is about the disruption and impact COVID-19 has had on climate change and food systems around the world.

NARC lab testing germ plasm samples
US Embassy
Food and Agriculture