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May 21, 2013
Congress should commit the United States to a global food and nutrition security strategy, and the vice president should oversee it, a new report from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recommends.
The U.S. should also increase resources for scientific collaboration and capacity building around these efforts, as well as push the international...
May 21, 2013
In 40 years, Brazil went from importing most of its staples – such as rice, beans and milk – to being a major exporter of food worldwide. How?Antonio Lopes, the president of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, points to “government decisions” – decisions to strengthen universities, hire and send...
May 17, 2013
“If it bleeds, it leads” is a common refrain in journalism.
One journalist, though, became passionate about sharing inspiring stories about how people are making a difference. And that reporter, Christopher Dawson, recently was presented with InterAction’s award for Excellence in International Reporting.
During a brief...
May 16, 2013
Last fall InterAction pledged that its member NGOs would spend more than $1 billion in private resources on food security, agriculture and nutrition work over the next three years. It may come as a surprise that U.S.-based NGOs have this amount of private resources to commit to ensuring more families worldwide have the...
May 13, 2013
Aicha gazes out the window, her crystal blue eyes taking in the gray sky outside a hospital near the Syrian border in Jordan, where she has been recovering for a month now. She was badly injured after her house in Dara’a, Syria was destroyed in a mortar attack.
Her losses are incalculable. Two of her sons – 30 and 15 years old –...