Global Food Security Program
Provides research, analysis, and policy recommendations that can effectively enhance global food security
Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted global agricultural markets and threatened food security for a world already dealing with the increasing impacts of climate change, lingering shocks from Covid-19, and ongoing effects of regional conflict on global food security. Reversing today’s trends in food insecurity requires sustained commitment, creative thinking, and bold action across sectors.
Vision
The CSIS Global Food Security Program (GFSP) provides cutting-edge analysis on the economic, political, social, and environmental drivers and consequences of food insecurity in the United States and around the world, to inform U.S. and global policy on these issues.
CSIS GFSP addresses food and the human condition of food security. We analyze the way food is produced, and the impacts of food production on climate change, water security, and biodiversity; food trade and its role in peace and conflict; and the availability of nutritious food for the benefit of human and economic growth. We also analyze the food security, including the conditions necessary to promote food security and the consequences of food insecurity for individuals, communities, and nations.
Contact Information
- Emma Dodd
- Program Coordinator, Global Food Security Program
- edodd@csis.org
- Anita Kirschenbaum
- Program Coordinator, Global Food Security Program
- akirschenbaum@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Paige Montfort
- Media Relations Manager, External Relations
- 202.775.3173
- pmontfort@csis.org
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The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS): Keynote Address and Armchair Discussion with Dr. Cary Fowler with Special Remarks from Ambassador Cindy McCain
Join the CSIS Global Food Security Program in welcoming Dr. Cary Fowler, the U.S. State Department's Special Envoy for Global Food Security, and Ambassador Cindy McCain, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome.
Event by Dr. Cary Fowler , Ambassador Cindy McCain , John J. Hamre , and Caitlin Welsh
Climate Change and Malnutrition: Many Channels for Impact, Many Opportunities to Act
Agriculture in Wartime: Threats and Opportunities for Ukraine with Farmer Kees Huizinga, Agricultural Economist Antonina Broyaka, and USAID DAA Mark Simakovsky
2022 Global Development Forum
Rural Livelihood Resilience: Keynote Address and Armchair Discussion with IFAD President Alvaro Lario
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Food Insecurity among Veterans: Who Is at Risk and How to Respond
Critical Questions by Jamie Lutz and Caitlin Welsh — November 10, 2021

Reaching Veterans, Bolstering Food Security with Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh — November 10, 2021

Antimicrobial Resistance and Climate Change: Implications for Policy and Practice in LMICs
Event by Kimberly Flowers , Robert Skov , Rod Schoonover , Tabitha Kimani , and Rasmus Prehn — November 5, 2021

Rethinking Technology’s Role in Food Systems with Danielle Nierenberg
Podcast Episode by Kimberly Flowers — October 29, 2021

New National Intelligence Estimate on Climate Change Underplays the Role of Food Security
Critical Questions by Rod Schoonover and Eilish Zembilci — October 26, 2021

Reviewing the UN Food Systems Summit with Agnes Kalibata
Podcast Episode by Kimberly Flowers — October 15, 2021

Reframing the Meanings of Food Security Data with Carlo Cafiero
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh — October 1, 2021

What the Taliban Takeover Means for Food Security in Afghanistan
Critical Questions by Jamie Lutz and Jacob Kurtzer — September 27, 2021

Realizing a Racially Just Food System with Christopher Bradshaw
Podcast Episode by Eilish Zembilci — September 17, 2021

Reevaluating Food Insecurity in the Greater Washington Region with Radha Muthiah
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh — September 15, 2021
