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The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change

RESEARCH
Book by Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow tells the story of a community of Kenyan farmers working to transcend lives of dire poverty and hunger while illuminating the challenges—and vital necessity—of transforming Africa's agriculture sector.

A person stands in a field in Kenya with cows
Erik Charlton
Food and Agriculture

2012 Progress Report on U.S. Leadership in Global Agricultural Development

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

This report examines how policy changes have contributed to U.S. leadership in improving global food security.

A woman picking tea leaves at the Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Talawakelle, Sri Lanka
Asantha Abeysooriya
Food and Agriculture

Girls Grow: A Vital Force in Rural Economies

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Report by Catherine Bertini

This report includes recommendations for how girls in rural communities can be better supported through improved personal and professional development, health, and safety.

Two young girls sitting down to eat
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Women and Girls

2011 Progress Report on US Leadership in Global Agricultural Development

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Report by Coauthors

This report documents the degree to which the Administration and Congress have made progress in achieving the changes in US government policy that were recommended in 2009.

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Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty

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Book by Coauthors

Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, award-winning writers on Africa, development, and agriculture, explain through vivid human stories how our sometimes well-intentioned strategies—alternating with ignorance and neglect—have conspired to keep the world's poorest people hungry and unable to feed themselves.

Map of Africa on a globe with a blank black background
James Wiseman
Food and Agriculture

Renewing American Leadership in the Fight Against Global Hunger and Poverty

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

Recommendations for how the Obama administration and Congress can restore America’s leadership in the fight against global hunger and poverty.

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