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Bob Easter

Food Security in a Time of Change

Analysis
by Bob Easter

Geopolitical developments are having disruptive impacts on Midwestern agriculture.

A combine, top, harvests corn while unloading grain into a wagon, bottom, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at a farm near Allerton, Ill.
Joshua A. Bickel / AP
Food Security & Sustainability

Food Security in a Changing World

Analysis
by Coauthors

Experts examine how conflict, trade, AI, and declining agricultural research investment are reshaping global food systems, and what it means for the Midwest and the world.

A shopper looks at produce at a grocery store Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Chicago.
Erin Hooley / AP
Food Security & Sustainability

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 Security & Sustainability