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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 Security & Sustainability

CRISPR Access, Counterinsurgency, and Wild Crops

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Check out our round up of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development!

An Indian farmer sits on his tractor at a demonstration.
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Food Security & Sustainability

Food Security and Climate Mitigation as Counterinsurgency

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

If left unmitigated, hunger- and climate change-induced suffering in both Afghanistan and Haiti will likely exacerbate current political instability and conflict.

Afghan woman receives a box of food.
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Food Security & Sustainability

Climate Famine, Seeds, and a Land Survey

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Check out our round up of the week's top stories in food, agriculture, and global development!

cow and farmer
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Food Security & Sustainability

Strategic Leniency, Golden Rice, and a Fertilizer Ban

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Our weekly roundup the top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

A farmer in India burns paddy waste.
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Food Security & Sustainability

In China, Seeds are the New Semiconductors

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Global Food for Thought by Andrea Durkin

Chinese officials have elevated food security as a policy priority, and they're taking seeds seriously.

China seeds
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Superweeds, Dams, and Weedkilling Robots

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Check out our weekly roundup of the week's top stories in food, agriculture, and global development.

An Iraqi farmer stands in a dry field.
Reuters
Food Security & Sustainability

Amaranth, Brain Food, and a Diversified Database

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

A woman shells pineapples in India
Jayanta Shaw
Food Security & Sustainability

China's Policies Will Reshape the Global Food System Long Past COVID-19

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Global Food for Thought by Andrea Durkin

China is looking beyond the current environment to shape the global food system for its own food security.

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The Pig Pandemic, Reforestation, & Fraudulent Seeds

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Pigs in their enclosure in the Dominican Republic
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Food Security & Sustainability