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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Returning to Restaurants with Jessica Sidman
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh — September 13, 2021

Foreign Purchases of U.S. Agricultural Land: Facts, Figures, and an Assessment of Real Threats
Critical Questions by Jamie Lutz and Caitlin Welsh — September 8, 2021

Soil Carbon Sequestration: Myths, Realities, and the Biden Administration’s Proposals
Critical Questions by Jamie Lutz and Caitlin Welsh — August 26, 2021

Reconciling the History of Famine in Ethiopia and the Current Humanitarian Crisis with Alex DeWaal
Podcast Episode by Kimberly Flowers and Jacob Kurtzer — August 20, 2021

Reorienting Humanitarian Responses for Long-Term Food Security Solutions with Tjada McKenna
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh and Jacob Kurtzer — August 6, 2021

What Is behind the Recent Rise in Global Food Prices?
Commentary by Chase Sova and Christian Man — August 3, 2021

Food Security in the Military: What We Know and Why It Matters
Event by Caitlin Welsh , Patricia Montes Barron , Shelley Kimball , and Matthew Rabbitt — July 27, 2021

Reassessing Global Food Security amid Covid-19 with Johan Swinnen
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh — July 23, 2021

Revisiting the Single Story about Global Food Security
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh — July 9, 2021

Resetting the Global Food Security Agenda with Ambassador Ertharin Cousin
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh — July 9, 2021
