Lauren Phillips, Deputy Director of the UN FAO Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, and Anna Herforth, Senior Research Associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Principal Investigator of the Global Diet Quality Project, join Caitlin Welsh on this episode of Reset the Table. Dr. Phillips explains the growing gap between food insecurity among women and men, and how this gap was measured in the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report and the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Dr. Herforth describes how the recent da ..read more

Jo Puri, Vice President of the Strategy and Knowledge Department at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) sits down with GFSP Director Caitlin Welsh to discuss IFAD’s priorities ahead of COP27. Ms. Puri explains how the UN agency measures its investments' impacts on indicators such as resilience, economic mobility, and nutrition in the rural communities it serves. Ms. Welsh and Ms. Puri wrap up the episode with a discussion on IFAD’s strategy to elevate the importance of biodiversity to global agriculture at COP27 in Egypt and at COP15, the Montreal Biodiversity Conference ..read more

For the first time in half a century, the White House hosted a conference on the nation’s hunger, nutrition, and health to help millions of Americans struggling with food and nutrition insecurity. The late September event, criticized for its poor planning and a lack of bipartisanship, gained as much press attention for Biden’s gaffe calling out a recently deceased member of Congress as it did for plans to help Americans better access nutritious food. It is too early to say if the conference will have the kind of transformational change that Nixon’s did 50 years ago. What is clear is that it ga ..read more

Caitlin Welsh: Good afternoon, everyone. In partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, I’m pleased to extend a warm welcome to CSIS for today’s event, a keynote address from IFAD President Dr. Alvaro Lario. I’m Caitlin Welsh, director of the CSIS Global Food Security Program. And before we begin, I’d like to make a few housekeeping announcements. First, as the responsible safety officer for our event, I want to share with you some information about our building safety precautions. Please take a moment to familiarize yourselves with our emergency exit pathways, which ..read more

Zitouni Ould-Dada, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Deputy Director in the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, sits down with GFSP Director Caitlin Welsh to discuss the potential of agri-food systems to offer solutions to the climate change and biodiversity crises. Mr. Ould-Dada explains the FAO’s new Strategy on Climate Change 2022-2031 and offers insights on its implementation, parameters for success, and role in upcoming COP27 discussions. Ms. Welsh and Mr. Ould-Dada wrap up the episode by offering simple steps listeners can take to help make food systems ..read more

Senior Research Fellows at the International Food Policy Research Institute, Joseph Glauber and David Laborde, join GFSP director Caitlin Welsh to discuss the Russia-Ukraine War’s impact on global agricultural markets, food prices, and food security. Mr. Glauber, also a Senior Adviser (Non-resident) with the CSIS Global Food Security Program, and Mr. Laborde kick off the episode by explaining how the war exacerbated pre-existing climatic pressures on food prices and debate applicability of the term “food shortage” to describe the current global food crisis. Our guests then consider the future ..read more

CSIS PPD invites you to register for its Seventh Annual Global Development Forum from 8:00 AM-1:30 PM ET on Thursday, October 13th. This year’s GDF will examine some of the key disruptions to global development efforts such as rising food prices, the invasion of Ukraine, energy disruptions, and the global debt crisis. Follow @CSIS_PPD on Twitter for more updates on panels, speakers, and format in the coming weeks. Plenary Panel: Envisioning a Free and Prosperous Ukraine Panel 1: Balancing Energy Transitions While Ensuring Energy Access Panel 2: The Next Wave Is Not a ..read more

Due to the effects of climate change, Covid-19, and local and global conflicts, food insecurity has been steadily increasing since the last decade. The UN now predicts that the same proportion of people will experience hunger in 2030 as in 2015, when Sustainable Development Goal 2 was launched. Lasting progress against food insecurity and malnutrition will involve innovations across food systems, including through advanced biotechnology.  How can biotechnology offer solutions to the world’s food insecurity and malnutrition crises? How can biotechnology combat the pressures of conflicts, c ..read more

Hans Tung, Managing Partner at GGV Capital, and Fabián Gómez Gutiérrez, Founder and CEO of Frubana, sit down with GFSP director Caitlin Welsh to discuss the ways in which food tech can streamline the food supply chain to reduce food loss and waste while cutting costs for restaurants and consumers. Ms. Welsh and our guests examine how Frubana, a food tech company operating at 87,000 retailers across Brazil, Mexico, and Columbia, has cut waste along the food supply chain by developing software that enables direct communication and delivery between farmers and restaurants. Later, Mr. Tung and Mr ..read more

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