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  1. A sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market in Topsham, Maine.
    AP Photos

    Neighborhood Dynamics in SNAP Participation and Food Access

    Blog Post
    by Katie Wilberding

    Accounting for neighborhood characteristics can help remove barriers to SNAP enrollment.

  2. Trek net fishermen haul in their catch on Fish Hoek beach in Cape Town
    REUTERS

    Closing Investment Gaps in African Aquatic Foods

    Blog Post
    by Faridah Ibrahim

    Aquatic food systems in Africa face many challenges and chronic underinvestment. WorldFish is trying to change that with the Fish for Africa Innovation Hub.

  3. a hungry child visits an outdoor food pantry during COVID-19

    Talking Back to Hunger

    Blog Post
    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.

  4. A farmer rides a tractor through a crop while harvesting
    Jed Owen

    Systems Thinking at Work in South Asia's Food Production

    Blog Post
    by Hans Braun, Bruno Gerard

    How can we achieve food and nutritional security in ways that also enhance rural livelihoods, reduce environmental degradation, and boost agriculture’s resilience?

  5. People carry food and supplies up stairs during a flood in Southeast Asia
    Ny Menghor

    Resilience+: How & Why Risk Management Innovations Reduce Poverty and Spur Agricultural Growth

    Blog Post
    by Michael Carter

    ​A growing body of research shows that resilience in itself may only be part of a of greater opportunity when the risk of weather-related disasters is what holds people back.

  6. A farmer rides a tractor through a crop while harvesting
    Jed Owen

    The Beauty of the Bottom Up: Making Crop Improvement Work for National Programs

    Blog Post
    by Hale Tufan

    Each year donors spend billions of dollars on agricultural research initiatives in developing countries in the fight to end hunger. Yet do these well-meaning efforts have the unintended consequence of imposing solutions from the top down?

  7. ProSoya Demonstration Centre in Canada
    ProSoya

    COVID-19 Is Putting Africa's Food Processors at Risk

    Blog Post
    by Brent Wibberley

    Across Africa, food processors serve a vital function in protecting food security and livelihoods. But the COVID-19 pandemic is creating new challenges that threaten the very survival of these companies.

  8. Tuta absoluta, a pest mainly of tomato crops
    Patrick Clement

    The Chain Reaction of Climate Change and Invasive Species Spread: Impacts, Realities, and Sustainable Solutions

    Blog Post
    by Sara Hendery

    The extreme climatic events that are brought on by climate change, such as floods and droughts, open new entry points for the spread of invasive species.

  9. Wheat rust
    Kansas State University

    We Need Vaccines to Protect Our Food Crops, Too

    Blog Post
    by Diana Horvath

    In the battle between pathogen and host—whether a human or food crop—it’s often a deadly race to see who wins.

  10. A close-up view of quinoa, a superfood
    Pierre Bamin

    Boosting Nutrition and Sustainability through Superfoods in Local Food Systems

    Blog Post
    by Juan Lucas Restrepo

    Our Field Notes series explores how food systems innovation and agricultural research and development can empower farmers and feed the world.