Food Security

The Global Food Security Program provides long-term, strategic guidance to policy makers on the economic, political, social, and climate-related causes of and responses to food insecurity around the world.

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Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance: Climate and Crisis in the Horn of Africa

Humanitarian actors face unprecedented scale and frequency of climate shocks, making existing challenges harder to address. A new CSIS report analyzes the current crisis in the Horn of Africa and presents ideas on rethinking humanitarian assistance to chronic crises.

Report by Beza Tesfaye , Erol Yayboke , Anastasia Strouboulis , and Abigail Edwards — January 9, 2023

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Climate Change and Malnutrition: Many Channels for Impact, Many Opportunities to Act

The Global Food Security Program welcomed UNICEF's Rania Dagash-Kamara, USAID's Gillian Caldwell, GAIN's Jessica Colston, and CEO of the Eleanor Crook Foundation William Moore to examine how the global community is responding to increased malnutrition due to climate change.

Event by Caitlin Welsh , William Moore , Gillian Caldwell , Jessica Colston , and Rania Dagash-Kamara — December 7, 2022

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Agriculture in Wartime: Threats and Opportunities for Ukraine with Farmer Kees Huizinga, Agricultural Economist Antonina Broyaka, and USAID DAA Mark Simakovsky

Please join the CSIS as we welcome award-winning farmer Kees Huizinga, Ukrainian agricultural economist Antonina Broyaka, and Mark Simakovsky, Deputy Assistant to the Administrator in the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at USAID for this timely discussion.

Event by Caitlin Welsh , Kees Huizinga , Mark Simakovsky , and Antonina Broyaka — November 15, 2022

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2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap

Please join the CSIS Humanitarian Agenda for the 2022 Washington Human Forum, examining new actors and changing narratives within the humanitarian sector.

Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Kimberly Flowers , Katherine E. Bliss , Jon B. Alterman , ​Marti Flacks , Mvemba Phezo Dizolele , Beza Tesfaye , Natasha Hall , and Hadeil Ali — November 9, 2022

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2022 Global Development Forum

CSIS's Project on Prosperity and Development hosted its seventh annual Global Development Forum examining key disruptions to global development efforts, including rising food prices, the invasion of Ukraine, energy disruptions, and the global debt crisis.

Event — October 13, 2022

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Biosolutions: The Future of Food with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen

The CSIS Global Food Security Program hosted Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen and panelists from the public and private sectors to discuss the role of biotechnological solutions in the future of food.

Event by Caitlin Welsh , J. Stephen Morrison , Mette Frederiksen , Robert Betram , Nikolaj Veje , Hans Ole Klingenberg , and Marcella Szymanski — September 21, 2022

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Food Tech for Reducing Food Loss and Waste

Please Join the CSIS on September 8th from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET to examine the role of food tech in reducing food loss and waste, including new technologies developed and applied in the United States, and the potential to support more efficient food systems globally.

Event by Caitlin Welsh , Hans Tung , Emily Ma , Stefan Kalb , and Kai Robertson — September 8, 2022

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Humanitarian Innovation in Action

This conference explores the complex challenges facing the global humanitarian community and the way in which innovations—in people, processes, and products—can improve humanitarian response and mitigate the impacts of future crises.  

Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Caitlin Welsh , Mvemba Phezo Dizolele , Erol Yayboke , and Sue Eckert — July 19, 2022

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