Food Security

The International Forum on Food Security Coordination, hosted by the Aspen Institute's Energy and Environment Program in May 2016 in Rome, e

The United Nations' new sustainable development goals are ambitious, aiming to end hunger and ensure access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food year-round for people around the world by 2030. But experts say they are feasible. In order to get there, however, the international community is going to have to take coordinated action to have a far-reaching impact.

The report explores current understandings of the relationship among food insecurity, healthcare costs, poverty, relevant health outcomes (including but extending well beyond obesity), and public and private sector opportunities for addressing food insecurity.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.