Feed the Future took center stage at the World Food Prize Foundation’s 2024 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, celebrating many accomplishments ranging from the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s new compact with Zambia to honoring the achievements of 2024 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Cary Fowler. Feed the Future Innovation Labs and other…
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When we put children's nutrition first, we see results. A well-nourished mother has a much greater chance of surviving pregnancy and her child of growing up healthy and productive. Good nutrition early in life locks in the potential of our future generations. On the other hand, poor nutrition can have…
In a world beset by conflicts and disasters – where the next shock is just around the corner – attention and resources are naturally pulled toward urgent responses. That work is vital, of course, but insufficient to eliminate hunger and the need for emergency food assistance and other forms of…
Ninety-five percent of our food comes from soils, making healthy soil crucial to achieving global food security. One of the biggest issues, especially in Africa where soil health is still declining, is that farmers have relied on the same soil for decades to produce crops with limited return of nutrients…
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That’s certainly the case when it comes to managing the risks of a changing climate where every dollar invested in climate adaptation can generate up to $10 in benefits and save up to $4 of emergency humanitarian assistance down the road. At…
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), if the gender gap in farm productivity and the wage gap in agricultural employment were closed, the world’s gross domestic product would rise by almost $1 trillion, and 45 million fewer people would be food insecure. To solve the…
February marks the grim second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which not only brought suffering to millions of Ukrainians, but had massive global impacts, including food, fuel, and fertilizer shortages, which contributed to historically high food prices and an unprecedented food crisis. For more than a decade, the United…
At the recent United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), efforts to improve food systems were front and center as a means to tackle the global climate crisis. With global demand for food projected to increase by 50 percent between now and 2050, climate change…
While climate change affects everyone, its effects are not felt equally. Women farmers have different, and often more profound, vulnerabilities to climate change and face even greater challenges to adapt to the climate crisis. In addition to climate challenges, women in agrifood systems are battling economic and societal constraints as pointed out…
Investments in research today pay dividends tomorrow. That’s the driving notion behind Feed the Future Innovation Labs, which connect researchers from top U.S. universities with their counterparts at partner country research institutions to together solve some of the world’s greatest agriculture and food security challenges. Each of these labs and…
