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Interventions for Global Food Security

Addressing the urgent need for cross-sector alignment on a long-term vision for food security planning.

BY Co-Chairs: Madeleine Albright, Thomas Daschle, Tony Elumelu, Dan Glickman

Publication

03.01.2016
Food Security

Advancing Health through Food Security

Food insecurity is rooted in parallel social contexts and systems that influence individuals’ ability to access adequate, nutritious food, and both the direct causes of food insecurity and the related socio-economic factors should be addressed.

BY Health, Medicine & Society Program & 1 more

Publication

02.01.2016
Food Security

Esther J. Cepeda: Groups that feed Americans need help

"There are few things sadder than a food bank practically hollowed out a week before Thanksgiving. But at the Camino Pantry, the shelves were just temp ...

BY Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program OLD

Of Interest

11.25.2015
Food Security

Improving Women's Rights: A Step Toward Global Food Security

World leaders will meet this month at the United Nations to address global sustainability issues, including world hunger. Solving this problem will take more than increasing food quality and improving logistics: It will take ensuring female equality.

BY Her Excellency Tarja Halonen, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

09.03.2015
Food Security

A Shake-Up is Needed to Save the Planet — And Us

A few years ago, Dan Piraro drew a thought-provoking cartoon showing a physician talking to his patient, Planet Earth. “You’ve got advanced stage humans,” he says.

BY Carl Hausmann

Blog Post

06.05.2015
Food Security

Governments Can Do More to Unlock Innovation and Support Market Growth in the Agriculture Sector

To make agriculture work for everyone — from corporations to nonprofits to individual smallholder farmers — governments are key. Here are five powerful steps governments in Africa can take to foster innovation and growth in the agriculture sector.

BY Stephanie Hanson, & 1 more

Blog Post

05.19.2015
Food Security

The Moral Imperatives of Food Security

Food security is as much a moral and political issue as it is one defined by markets and international agreements. We have an obligation to close the gaps in the global food system not only for economic growth and political stability but also because it is the right thing to do.

BY Madeleine K. Albright

Blog Post

05.01.2015
Food Security

America Needs to Renew Our Claim on Equality: The 13th Amendment’s Anniversary Is a Perfect Opportunity

As America struggles under the weight of our ongoing debates about race and justice, officially observing the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery could send an important message about a way forward.

BY Theodore R. Johnson

Blog Post

01.15.2015
Food Security

Global Leadership for Global Food Security

This was originally posted on the Huffington Post Tom Friedman is no stranger to the connection between political stability and the price of food. Having ...

BY Toni Verstandig, & 1 more

Blog Post

07.08.2013
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