The conflict in the Middle East has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a critical failure point for global food security. Immediate and coordinated action is critical as the window to respond rapidly closes.
The Next Food Crisis Is Already in Motion
Through a combination of efficiency, diversification, innovation, and systems thinking — finally treating energy, fertilizer, food, trade, and climate as the interconnected system it is — the world can better navigate this new era of shocks.
The Hormuz Crisis Is Not Covid. Europe Must Avoid Blanket Subsidies.
Subsidizing the shock and waiting for it to pass will not answer a crisis whose full impact still is not visible.
Stop the War Before El Niño Creates a Crisis the World Cannot Absorb
By late 2026, when climate impacts intensify, the system will be even more constrained. Higher input costs, reduced planting, and tighter trade flows will converge with climate-driven production shocks.
The Trifecta of Threats to Food Security Behind the Strait of Hormuz Blockade
What’s unfolding is a compounding shock across three tightly linked systems: energy, fertilizers, and food.
Why Tenure Reform Is Key to Curbing Land Degradation
When farmers own land, they invest in it. When they don’t, they extract what they can today without thinking of tomorrow.
Reformar la tenencia de la tierra es clave para frenar la degradación del suelo
Cuando los agricultores son propietarios de la tierra, tienden a invertir en ella. Cuando no lo son, extraen todo lo posible en el corto plazo, sin incentivos para pensar en el futuro.
COP30 Paves the Way for Climate Action to Start With Social Protection
The Belém Declaration marks a turning point: Social protection is no longer just a stopgap for climate shocks. And it must be at the center of any strategy to reduce global hunger.
This Land Is Their Land: Stop Paying Big Farms to Degrade the Land that Feeds Us
Land degradation is the result of farmers’ choices shaped by government policy, not an inevitable outcome of agriculture.
Reimagining Agriculture for Young People
An aging agricultural workforce bodes ill for our ability to feed the world. To entice young people to work in food systems, policymakers should demonstrate the industry’s breadth, while providing them with the resources and skills to modernize farming and build sustainable, innovative agribusinesses.
A World Still Hungry: The Uneven Toll of Food Inflation
The full-blown food crisis predicted during the pandemic never materialized, showing the global agrifood system has built resilience to withstand shocks like pandemics, wars, and economic swings. The past five years offer lessons on what worked and what didn’t.
Hunger Rises in Africa, But Some Countries Are Beating the Odds
Gambia, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, and Zimbabwe all reduced hunger even as food prices soared and hunger rose across the continent.
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