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Julia Whiting

Hunger Hotspots, Beefy Promises, & Farmers to Families

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Check out our weekly round up of the top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Food and Agriculture

Disasters Increase, Faux Financing, & a Fever Pact

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

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Food and Agriculture

Women's Work, African Swine Fever Ripples, & Urban Growing

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

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Food and Agriculture

Avocados, 100 Days of Protest, and Pineapple Politics

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

India Farmer's Protests
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Food and Agriculture

The Gendered Dynamics of Gun Violence in Chicago

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Women in International Security
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Examining the gendered dynamics of conflict helps us better understand increasing rates of violence and ways to mitigate it in Chicago.

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Women and Girls

Feed the Future Grows Food Security through Innovation and Collaboration

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Just over ten years ago, the world was shaken not by a pandemic but by skyrocketing food prices.

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Feed the Future
Food and Agriculture

Hungry for Equality: Examining the Gender Gap in Food Security

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Women and girls make up 60 percent of the world's chronically hungry population and are 10 percent more likely than men to experience food insecurity.

A woman and her daughter arrange branches of khat into small bundles in Somalia.
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Food and Agriculture

Agricultural Innovation Can Feed the Planet, But It Needs Policy Support

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

As technology expands what is possible in our food system, inefficiencies can arise and make it difficult for policy to change as rapidly as our technology does.

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Food and Agriculture