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Report Launch: Risk and Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 9:00 am - 11:00 am
CSIS Headquarters
Please join the CSIS Global Food Security Project for the launch of our newest report, Risk and Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria through Feed the Future, by Julie Howard and Emmy Simmons. The report examines what the new Feed the Future strategy's emphasis on resilience means in Nigeria, one of the newly-designated target countries. Nigeria, with the continent’s largest economy, is arguably the most important partner for the United States in Africa and is on the verge of a critical presidential election. Through the lens of Nigeria, especially the northeast, the report examines the risks and opportunities related to extending the highly-regarded U.S. global hunger and food security initiative to more fragile countries. 
 
The event will feature a dialogue on why the United States’ leadership on global food security, particularly in fragile, climate, and conflict-affected regions, is critical to U.S. national security and reducing global poverty and malnutrition. How can the U.S. adapt its successful experience with facilitating inclusive, private sector driven agricultural development to more fragile environments? Can boosting resilient systems, jobs, incomes, and nutrition in the agricultural sector – where most people live and work – help address the root causes of fragility and conflict in Nigeria and other regions? 

This event is made possible through the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Featuring
Adesoji Adelaja
John A Hannah Distinguished Professor in Land Policy, Michigan State University & Global Fellow, Africa Program, Wilson Center
Dina Esposito
Vice President, Technical Leadership, Mercy Corps
Philip DeCosse
Senior Vice President, West and Central Africa and Haiti, Chemonics
Greg Collins
Deputy Assistant Administrator and Resilience Coordinator, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development
CSIS Experts
Emmy Simmons
Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Global Food Security Program
Contact
Contact Gillian Locke
Tel: (202) 775.3235
Media Queries

Contact H. Andrew Schwartz
Chief Communications Officer
Tel: 202.775.3242

Contact Caleb Diamond
Media Relations Manager and Editorial Associate
Tel: 202.775.3173

Related
Africa, Food and Agriculture, Global Food Security Program, Global Health, Humanitarian Assistance, International Development, Sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Development Policy

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