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With High-tech Farming, We Can Usher in a Rural Renaissance

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The Chicago Tribune
John Austin

After the coronavirus pandemic has upended so much, we’re now reworking our supply chains for national food security and elevating agriculture back to a noble profession.

A farmer rides a tractor through a crop while harvesting Food and Agriculture

Food Systems Dashboard: A Decision-making Tool for Better Food Governance Decisions

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Global Food for Thought by Lawrence Haddad

In our latest collaboration with Agri-Pulse, Jess Fanzo and Lawrence Haddad explain how the Food Systems Dashboard helps policy makers and farmers alike.

A tractor pulls a trailer with stacked bails of hay.
Gozha Net
Food and Agriculture

The Most Resilient People on Earth? Farmers.

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Global Food for Thought by Liam Condon

Recent years have tested the resiliency of farmers with trade wars, catastrophic floods, and now the COVID-19 pandemic, but farmers are #StillFarming.

A worker carries a crate across a farm in Nipomo, California.
Tim Mossholder
Food and Agriculture

How Animal Agriculture can Fill the Hunger Gap that COVID-19 is Fast Widening

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Global Food for Thought by Richard Raymond

Animal agriculture has faced challenges around distribution and processing during the pandemic restrictions, but if safely managed, animal-sourced foods can be a powerful force against global hunger.

A close-up image of some cows in a field, with the sunsetting in the background.
Stijn te Strake
Food and Agriculture

A Resilient Food Supply Chain is the First Step in Health for All

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Global Food for Thought by Dirk Backhaus

A secure food supply chain is critical to ensure that the COVID-19 crisis does not become a cycle of food insecurity and illness. We must rethink our food supply.

Aerial view of a farm in Bristol, England
Ryan Searle
Global Health

Food Security Depends on Water Security—and We Need to Act Now

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Global Food for Thought by Mark W. Rosegrant

Better water management is crucial to global food and nutrition security.

Rice fields in Indonesia
Sebastian Pena Lambarri
Food and Agriculture

A Water Mold Helped Kill a Million People, Then Changed Science Forever

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Global Food for Thought by Mike Kelleher

A special guest commentary piece explaining the historic breakthrough for a durable and safe solution for late-blight potato disease.

Baskets of potatoes
Eric Prouzet
Food and Agriculture

Wait Just a Minute with Agriculture Expert Khalid Bomba

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Wait Just a Minute

Khalid Bomba, agriculture expert, takes a minute to discuss the importance of agriculture to the economy of Ethiopia and the need to get young people more actively involved.

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One Child, One Classroom – The Lifelong Cost of Malnutrition

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia each lose about 11 percent of GDP annually. In our global economy, a stunted child anywhere becomes a stunted child everywhere.

A young child feeds two goats
Heifer International
Food and Agriculture

Pandemic Offers an Opportunity to Revitalize, Reinforce Local Food Economies

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Global Food for Thought by Tom Poole

Despite stresses caused by the pandemic there are resources to further develop symbiotic relationships between producers, suppliers, and consumers.

People shop at a community food bank
Joel Muniz
Food and Agriculture