
Julie Howard is an independent consultant on international development issues with a focus on agricultural development, youth employment, and sub-Saharan Africa. She serves as senior adviser for several organizations working on international development and food security and is a member of the Board of Directors of the World Vegetable Center. From 2015 to 2018, she was senior adviser to the associate provost and dean for international studies and programs at Michigan State University, where she provided leadership in the area of economic and skills development for youth in the transforming agrifoods systems of sub-Saharan Africa. From 2011 to 2014, Dr. Howard served as the first chief scientist in the Bureau for Food Security at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and as senior adviser to the USAID administrator on agricultural research, extension, and education. At USAID, Dr. Howard directed the research, policy, and human and institutional capacity development programs of Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative. Previously, she was Feed the Future’s deputy coordinator for development, with responsibility for initiative-wide strategy and policy development, budget management, monitoring and evaluation, interagency coordination, and enhancing donor and nongovernmental organization engagement. Before joining USAID, Dr. Howard served from 2003 to 2011 as chief executive officer for the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, a Washington, D.C.-based nongovernmental research and advocacy organization. From 1994 to 2011, she was an adjunct and visiting assistant professor of international development at Michigan State University. Dr. Howard holds a B.A. from the George Washington University and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Michigan State University. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic.
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Reengaging African Youth in Vegetable Production and Consumption
Podcast Episode by Julie Howard — June 17, 2022

After the UNFSS, How Should the United States Support Global Food Systems Transformation in Low-Income Countries?
Commentary by Julie Howard — December 16, 2021

A Book Talk About the Food We Grow and Eat
Event by Caitlin Welsh , Julie Howard , and Robert Paarlberg — February 25, 2021

The United Nations Food Systems Summit: What’s at Stake for the United States?
Commentary by Julie Howard — February 9, 2021

Agriculture under Pressure: Implications for Agricultural Development in U.S. Foreign Assistance
Report by Julie Howard and Emmy Simmons — August 12, 2020

Covid-19 Threatens Global Food Security: What Should the United States Do?
Commentary by Julie Howard and Emmy Simmons — April 22, 2020

Report Launch: Risk and Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria
Event by Kimberly Flowers , Julie Howard , Emmy Simmons , Adesoji Adelaja , Dina Esposito , Philip DeCosse , and Greg Collins — February 13, 2019

CSIS Brief: Risk & Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria through Feed the Future
Brief by Julie Howard , Emmy Simmons , and Kimberly Flowers — February 13, 2019

Report: Risk & Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria through Feed the Future
Report by Julie Howard , Emmy Simmons , and Kimberly Flowers — February 13, 2019
