Food Security

Around 2 billion people worldwide face some form of food insecurity. CSIS scholars provide long-term strategic guidance to policymakers on the economic, political, social, and climate-related causes of and responses to food insecurity around the world.

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Demining Ukraine: Outcomes from the 2025 Ukraine Mine Action Conference

The CSIS Global Food and Water Security Program welcomed Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Olga Stefanishyna and a panel of experts to discuss facilitating expedient, safe demining procedures at scale for Ukraine’s agricultural recovery.

Transcript — October 28, 2025

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Experts React: Starvation in Gaza

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Commentary by Mona Yacoubian, Will Todman, Jon B. Alterman, Caitlin Welsh, Zane Swanson, Michaela Simoneau, Sophia Hirshfield, Hadeil Ali, Andrew Friedman, J. Stephen Morrison, and Leonard Rubenstein — July 28, 2025

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AI & Global Food Security: A Focus on Precision Agriculture

As the world needs to produce more food with fewer resources, AI-enabled precision agriculture offers a more sustainable future for food production. CSIS experts unpack the risks and promises of AI for farmers and the world. 

Critical Questions by Emma Dodd, Zane Swanson, and Caitlin Welsh — August 13, 2025

Experts React: Starvation in Gaza

CSIS experts react to Gaza’s descent into mass starvation, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, international and domestic pressure on Israel, and more.

Commentary by Mona Yacoubian, Will Todman, Jon B. Alterman, Caitlin Welsh, Zane Swanson, Michaela Simoneau, Sophia Hirshfield, Hadeil Ali, Andrew Friedman, J. Stephen Morrison, and Leonard Rubenstein — July 28, 2025

The Nature of Strength

As agriculture faces growing biological and environmental threats, crop biodiversity is vital to maintaining and building resilience. CSIS experts examine how agrobiodiversity, and the genebanks that safeguard it, are strategic assets ensuring a more secure future.

Digital Report by Zane Swanson and Caitlin Welsh — June 11, 2025

How the Loss of Agricultural Biodiversity Threatens National Security

The CSIS Global Food and Water Security Program examined examine the national and global security implications of agrobiodiversity loss and celebrated the launch of a new digital report, The Nature of Strength: Creating a More Secure Future with Agricultural Biodiversity.

Transcript — June 11, 2025