Subject: New Project Announced: Global Food Security by the Numbers
From: "Ashleigh Black" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:41:19 -0000

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                   THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS
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March 12, 2015

Dear Colleagues:

I am pleased to announce a new effort on the part of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs to map current US investments in global food security. I invite you to learn more about it in today's blog post, “Global Food Security by the Numbers [ http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/blog-entry/global-food-security-numbers ] .”

Since the food price crisis in 2008, the world has seen increased interest in investing in agricultural development as a means to alleviate poverty, spur economic growth, and advance food security. New research, new players, and additional resources have cropped up across the traditional landscape.  In the US, agencies such as the Department of Agriculture and National Science Foundation are doing important work on food security to complement the investments and activities through the Agency for International Development. Yet current resource tracking efforts by agencies and advocates alike do not provide a comprehensive sense of the size and nature of those investments.

 Global Food Security by the Numbers [ http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/blog-entry/global-food-security-numbers ]   aims to inform thinking around current levels of US government investments and generate discussion about the types of activities and agencies engaged in global food security efforts. We hope it serve as a resource for think tanks, advocacy organizations, and decision makers engaged in agriculture and development issues.

We look forward to sharing the findings in June. 

Best regards,

Ashleigh

 Ashleigh Black 
Director, Congressional Affairs, Global Agriculture & Food  

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | thechicagocouncil.org/globalagdevelopment [ http://www.thechicagocouncil.org ] 

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