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

Financing Small-Scale Agriculture in Honduras: A Case Study
Report by Ryan C. Berg , Henry Ziemer , and Michael Estopinan — December 7, 2022

Access to Finance for Smallholder Farmers
Commentary by Conor M. Savoy — 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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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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Building a Resilient Health System: Costa Rica’s 80 Year Experiment
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — September 28, 2021

What the Taliban Takeover Means for Food Security in Afghanistan
Critical Questions by Jamie Lutz and Jacob Kurtzer — September 27, 2021

Realizing a Racially Just Food System with Christopher Bradshaw
Podcast Episode by Eilish Zembilci — September 17, 2021

Reevaluating Food Insecurity in the Greater Washington Region with Radha Muthiah
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh — September 15, 2021

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

Book Event: The Enduring Struggle: A Conversation with John Norris
Event by Daniel F. Runde , Kristen Cordell , James Michel , John Norris , and Susan Reichle — September 9, 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
