Cities are embracing their role as international actors, but more resources are needed to fully realize the benefits of their global engagements.

November 18, 2022 Check out our roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Integrated pest management benefits the environment, farmers' productivity, and time-strapped women around the world.

Were the recommendations in the Center on Global Food and Agriculture's 2015 nutrition report successful? The Council examines this question in the second part of our 2021 series to find out.

This Earth Day, one plant breeder reflects on the food security promise of innovative biotechnology and how it has been misunderstood.

The officers and directors of the Board at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

The National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants, established in 1978, ... erosion and nutrient content and help with predictive modeling on overall planetary ... health.

October 17, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Sara McElmurry , Juliana Kerr , Theresa Cardinal Brown , and Lazaro Zamora, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The United States needs pragmatic, sensible approaches to immigration that will improve the nation’s security while balancing its role in other key na...

July 7, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ian Klaus , Hugo Decramer , Michele Acuto , Juliana Kerr , Sam Tabory , and Noah J. Toly, Download Report (PDF), Cities are now more connected than ever before on a global scale. Yet local governments are not just spectators of this networked age: they are a...

April 14, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Giovanni Peri , Gaetano Basso , and Sara McElmurry, Charles DeLoye, Download Report (PDF), This report examines the long-term effects of keeping foreign-born students in local workforces—particularly to critical STEM and innovation fields—in driving US globa...