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Global Food Security Symposium 2018

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The 2018 Global Food Security Symposium examines how surging youth populations can fuel tremendous agricultural growth that will impact the global economy, but, if underemployed, they present a risk.

Five people on stage during the 2018 Global Food Security Symposium

Global Food Security Symposium 2017

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The 2017 Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, DC focused on how the US can help lead struggling nations and turn frontier markets into thriving partners.

A farmer attends a rice field in Indonesia
Simon Fangers

Global Food Security Symposium 2016

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The  Global Food Security Symposium 2016  brought together key multi-disciplinary stakeholders to discuss transformations to the global food system necessary to feed growing cities.

The 2016 Global Food Security Symposium

Global Food Security Symposium 2015

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The 2015 Global Food Security Symposium focused on the topic of “Healthy Food for a Healthy World: Leveraging Agriculture and Food to Improve Global Nutrition.”

2015 Global Food Security Symposium

Global Food Security Symposium 2014

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Global leaders convened at The Chicago Council's Global Food Security Symposium to chart a course for how the US government could advance global food security in the face of weather volatility and climate change.

Susan Rice speaking at the 2014 Global Food Security Symposium

Global Food Security Symposium 2013

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Senior leaders from across sectors joined together to chart a course for how science, trade, and business can be mobilized to advance food and nutrition security.

A farmer at work in Kenya's Mount Kenya region.
Neil Palmer

Global Food Security Symposium 2012

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Barack Obama was joined by other senior global leaders to discuss new G8 efforts on food security and the opportunity and benefits of private sector investment in African agriculture and food sectors.

President Barack Obama speaking at the Global Food Security Symposium

Global Food Security Symposium 2011

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The Chicago Council on Global Affairs held a symposium to review progress on the US government’s global food security strategy and provide critical thinking on how best to overcome potential obstacles to success. 

Woman farmer in field

Global Food Security Symposium 2010

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The 2010 Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, DC reviewed the final report of the Global Agricultural Development Project.

A woman and her daughter arrange branches of khat into small bundles in Somalia.
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Global Food Security Symposium 2009

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The inaugural Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, DC reviewed the first report of the Global Food and Agriculture Program at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Workers unload a truck of harvested cassava roots.