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Commentary
After the UNFSS, How Should the United States Support Global Food Systems Transformation in Low-Income Countries?
December 16, 2021 | Julie Howard The UN Food Systems Summit marks a shift from heavily focusing on increasing agricultural production to a broader food systems approach to food security. What are the implications for Feed the Future and related U.S. assistance to low-income countries?

Commentary
Humanitarian Aid in Sahelian Cities: Lessons for Long-Term Food Security
January 21, 2021 | Caitlin Welsh Humanitarian aid agencies are adapting to urbanization, targeting city residents as direct beneficiaries. With urban food insecurity soaring, long-term food security programs should also target city residents—or see further setbacks against Sustainable Development Goal 2.

Commentary
Experts React: Urban Legends
December 8, 2020 | Caitlin Welsh, Erol Yayboke, Jacob Kurtzer The most pressing foreign policy challenges will likely unfold in rapidly urbanizing landscapes. By 2050, over two-thirds of the world population will live in urban areas, presenting challenges and opportunities for political, security, and development stakeholders.

Commentary
Why the United States and Africa Should Lead a Collaborative, Rules-Based Approach to Food Security
September 16, 2020 | Katrin Kuhlmann There is a unique opportunity for the United States to set a new standard for engagement with Africa on trade, with food security as a natural focal point. And deeper U.S.-African trade ties could pave the way for a global approach on trade and food security.

Critical Questions
Conflict, Environmental Degradation, and Food Security in Northeast Nigeria
June 8, 2020 Conflict arising from the Boko Haram insurgency, paired with decades of environmental degradation, has made livelihoods in northeast Nigeria among the most precarious in Africa. Private and public sector actors must prioritize rural economic investments.

Commentary
China’s Growing Power for a Food Secure World
January 8, 2020

CSIS’s Amy Beaudreault analyzes China’s forward-thinking actions towards food security, which may result in China outpacing the United States as a global agricultural powerhouse.

Commentary
Watershed Investments for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation: 2020 Budget Insights from Malawi
November 13, 2019 A changing climate in many food insecurity hotspots has led to mounting water scarcity. For those that depend on rainfall for their livelihoods, the threat of climate change must be met with robust development investments.

Commentary
Bank to Plate: The Risky Business of Fruits and Vegetables in Tanzania
October 31, 2019 | Eilish Zembilci

Investing in fruit and vegetable production is risky business, and climate change is only making this riskier. The CSIS Global Food Security Project notes how microfinance can help bridge the nutrient gap.

Report
Building a Big Tent for Agricultural Transformation in Ethiopia
April 23, 2019 | Christian Man

The agriculture sector is the nucleus of the Ethiopian economy, but it faces systemic challenges. The CSIS Global Food Security Project examines the past wins, current endeavors, and future challenges of Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Agency.

Report
Nutrition Policy Primer: The Untapped Path to Global Health, Economic Growth, and Human Security
March 25, 2019
This new primer from the CSIS Global Health Policy Center outlines the role of global nutrition role as a foundation for lifelong health, economic growth, and political stability and underscores the critical contribution of U.S. funding.

Report
Report: Risk & Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria through Feed the Future
February 13, 2019 | Julie Howard, Emmy Simmons, Kimberly Flowers This report examines the challenges of implementing the United States Government’s global hunger and food security initiative in the complex political, economic, environmental, and cultural context of Nigeria.

Report
CSIS Brief: Risk & Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria through Feed the Future
February 13, 2019 | Julie Howard, Emmy Simmons, Kimberly Flowers This brief is a summary of the report that examines the challenges of implementing the United States Government’s global hunger and food security initiative in the complex political, economic, environmental, and cultural context of Nigeria.

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