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Ukraine Crisis: Averting a Global Food Catastrophe

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Global Food for Thought by Ertharin Cousin

Former Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme Ertharin Cousin joins Paul Polman as co-author of this issue of "Becoming Net Positive".

Volunteers distribute food for animals carried by Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at a train station in Krakow, Poland.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

New USAID Policy Strengthens Local Focus

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Global Food for Thought by Samanta Dunford

USAID announces sweeping changes toward localization addressing questions about the efficacy of development programming modalities.

USAID vaccine clinics in Peru.
USAID US Agency for International Development
Food and Agriculture

Ertharin Cousin to Serve on New USDA Equity Commission

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US Department of Agriculture
Ertharin Cousin

Ertharin Cousin, a distinguished fellow on global food and agriculture at the Council, has been appointed to the newly created USDA Equity Commission.

Screenshot of Ertharin Cousin speaking at a Council event in front of a blue screen. Food and Agriculture

Public-Private Partnerships in Nutrition Ventures

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Global Food for Thought by Samanta Dunford

Were the recommendations in the Center on Global Food and Agriculture's 2015 nutrition report successful? The Council examines this question in the third part of our 2021-22 series to find out.

Jagger Harvey, the director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss, and Jisang Yu assess chilies and peanuts for mycotoxin risk in Nepal.
Kansas State Research & Extension
Food and Agriculture

Why Support Africa's Small Farmers?

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Project Syndicate
Roger Thurow

“As Africa’s farmers work to adapt to climate change, global leaders must do their part by keeping–and extending–the promises they made at COP26,” writes Roger Thurow in Project Syndicate.

Subsistence farmers work their field of maize after late rains near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi February 1, 2016.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

Food Insecurity's Socio-Emotional Impacts on Children

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Roger Thurow speaks at the Child Youth Forum on food insecurity’s impact on the socio-emotional health, development, and wellbeing of young people.

Stethoscope on an apple a child is holding.
Nenad Stojkovic
Food and Agriculture

The Science and Limitations of Farm-Based Carbon Offsets

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Global Food for Thought by Nina Domingo

Agriculture has great potential for carbon offsets, but implementation will be complicated.

Tractors in a yellow field seen from the sky.
Johny Goerend
Food and Agriculture

US Government Nutrition Research: Six Years Later

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Global Food for Thought by Samanta Dunford

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.

Research technicians working on the development of clubroot-resistant canola bag plants.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

Policies to Support Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

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

A table set with various foods on a white tablecloth before an archway and a window.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

Time for a National Strategy on Food

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The Hill
Coauthors

Ertharin Cousin and Dan Glickman write in the Hill how the US economy, public health, and hunger rates all demand a comprehensive plan on food and nutrition.

View down a grocery aisle from the front of an empty grocery cart.
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Food and Agriculture