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

Beyond Black Sea Grains: The Global Malnutrition Crisis Caused by Russia’s War in Ukraine
Critical Questions by Caitlin Welsh and Anita Kirschenbaum — December 16, 2022

Access to Finance for Smallholder Farmers
Commentary by Conor M. Savoy — December 7, 2022

Humanitarian Response and Climate Resilience in Puerto Rico
Critical Questions by Nicolas Jude Larnerd , Sierra Ballard , and Jacob Kurtzer — December 7, 2022
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Innovating and Expanding Access to Finance for Small-Scale Agriculture

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 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap

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2022 Global Development Forum

Rural Livelihood Resilience: Keynote Address and Armchair Discussion with IFAD President Alvaro Lario

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

Food Tech for Reducing Food Loss and Waste
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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

On The Brink of Disaster: Aid Conditionality and Crisis in Afghanistan
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Fawzia Koofi , Hardin Lang , Sima Samar , and Hsiao-Wei Lee — November 5, 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

Assessing Fall 2021 Agricultural Conditions in North Korea
Newsletter by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. , Victor Cha , Jennifer Jun , and Andy Dinville — October 4, 2021

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

The Future of U.S. Leadership in Multilateral Development Institutions: A Playbook for the Next 10 Years
Report by Daniel F. Runde , Romina Bandura , Kristen Cordell , and Shannon McKeown — September 28, 2021
