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Roger Thurow on Hunger and Global Poverty

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International Livestock Research Institute
Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow discusses what inspired him to focus on hunger and global poverty - and how he has seen the lives of smallholder farmers change for the better.

A man at a food stall hands change to a customer in Sri Lanka.
REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Food and Agriculture

Beating the Odds: The Mothers and Children of the 1,000 Days Movement

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.

Shyamkali sits cross legged and holds her young daughter.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture

Black Farmers' Voices: How the Past Influences Food Insecurity Today

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Discrimination, diminishing number of Black farmers leads to persistence of food insecurity in America.

George Hall bends down to tend to his turnips in Greene County, Alabama.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture

Student Voices Call for Culturally Appropriate Food in Schools

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Agri-Pulse Communications
Roger Thurow

Food available in federal assistance programs is not acceptable to various communities with specific religious, cultural, or physical requirements.

An empty college cafeteria is pictured.
Cataya
Food and Agriculture

Why Support Africa's Small Farmers?

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Project Syndicate
Roger Thurow

“As Africa’s farmers work to adapt to climate change, global leaders must do their part by keeping–and extending–the promises they made at COP26,” writes Roger Thurow in Project Syndicate.

Subsistence farmers work their field of maize after late rains near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi February 1, 2016.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

Food Insecurity's Socio-Emotional Impacts on Children

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Roger Thurow speaks at the Child Youth Forum on food insecurity’s impact on the socio-emotional health, development, and wellbeing of young people.

Stethoscope on an apple a child is holding.
Nenad Stojkovic
Food and Agriculture

The High Stakes of the UN Food Systems Summit

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Childhood malnutrition can forever change the course of someone's life.

Schoolchildren in Ethiopia.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture

Good Nutrition Today is Key to Harvesting a Better Tomorrow

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Senior Fellow Roger Thurow details the true costs of malnutrition today and tomorrow.

View from a grassy mountain, with a blue sky in the background
Anne Thurow
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

Roger Thurow Talks Global Food Insecurity Amid American Abundance

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Food Talk by Food Tank
Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow joins the Food Talk podcast to talk about the breakdown of the US’s food chain and why global food security persists amid an abundance of food in the U.S.

Empty grocery store shelves during Coronavirus pandemic.
Wesley Tingey
Food and Agriculture