Food Security

The Global Food and Water 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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Photo: SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images

Photo: SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images

Opportunity Amid Austerity: Three Principles for Resilient Agricultural Growth

We must strip complexity out of the system, and donors should shift from issuing top-down prescriptions of priorities to becoming catalytic investors that identify entrepreneurs who can drive economic growth in their local communities, countries, and regions.

Commentary by Colin Christensen — May 23, 2025

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Caitlin Welsh
Director, Global Food and Water Security Program
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David Michel
Senior Fellow, Global Food and Water Security Program
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Jon B. Alterman
Deputy Director, Global Food and Water Security Program