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

Food Insecurity Crises at Home and Abroad: Why Biden Must Lead on Both
Commentary by Caitlin Welsh — January 26, 2021

Humanitarian Aid in Sahelian Cities: Lessons for Long-Term Food Security
Commentary by Caitlin Welsh — January 21, 2021

Rethinking Interagency Balance amid a Pandemic, Presidential Transition, and Soaring Global Food Insecurity
Critical Questions by Kimberly Flowers — January 14, 2021

New Crisis, New Challenges, Same Mission: Reasserting U.S. Leadership in the Global Fight against Hunger
Commentary by Senator Bob Casey — January 13, 2021

Helping Our Neighbors: U.S. Leadership Promotes Partnerships, Saves Lives in Global Fight against Hunger
Commentary by Senator Jim Risch — January 13, 2021

Experts React: Urban Legends
Commentary by Caitlin Welsh , Erol Yayboke , Jacob Kurtzer , and Judd Devermont — December 8, 2020

A New Covid-19 Mantra? 'Nobody Is Safe until Everybody Is Fed'
Commentary by Chase Sova — December 4, 2020

People, Animals, and Bacteria: The Need to Address Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Livestock Production
Critical Questions by Emmy Simmons — November 24, 2020

A Biden Climate Policy for Agri-Food Systems Must Confound Traditional Policy Categories If It Is Going to Work
Commentary by Christian Man — November 18, 2020
