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Somalia faces 'food crisis' after lifesaving US grants hit their end
Organizations have begun to receive notice that once their awards run out, there will be no more U.S. funds coming their way.
Devex Dish: What happens when the rains fail and the aid recedes?
In Kenya’s arid north, pastoralist counties meets a thinner donor cushion. Plus, the business case for financing women farmers, and change at the top of WFP.
WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain to step down, citing health concern
With backing from the United States — long its largest donor — wavering, a leadership test looms at the world’s largest humanitarian agency.
Water security failures risk hunger for billions. Countries must prepare
Opinion: Water scarcity doesn't just dry soil — it triggers hunger for billions. Here’s how governments can plan and implement policies that are future-fit.
Devex Dish: Winter is here for a post-USAID Afghanistan
Afghans are “desperate” as aid cuts bring mass hunger crisis in the winter months; why ending food aid to Afghanistan and Yemen threatens U.S. national security; and a look at the latest planned overhaul at the U.S. State Department.
Afghans ‘desperate’ as aid cuts bring mass hunger crisis
As the snow cuts off highland communities in Afghanistan, aid workers say many won’t be alive once it melts.
A food-secure world starts with sustainable productivity
Opinion: The U.S. can lead global food security by championing sustainable productivity growth — innovations that increase output while restoring the natural and social systems agriculture depends on.
Devex Dish: The food lowdown from the AU Summit
At the African Union Summit and the Munich Security Conference, food systems leaders make the investment case underlining why food security equals global security. Plus, goodbye to the EAT Foundation.
EAT Foundation to wind down after a decade of food systems work
After citing shifts in the donor landscape, the Oslo-based group behind the EAT-Lancet report is exploring whether any of its flagship initiatives can continue under new arrangements.
A memo to world leaders: Food security is the basis of global stability
Opinion: Leaders at the Munich Security Conference must recognize that funding agricultural research and development is an investment in food security, stability, and lasting peace.
Devex Dish: When these ag researchers got lemons, they made lemonade
How agricultural research is evolving after the shutdown of USAID’s Feed the Future innovation labs. Plus, Senegal becomes the first country to launch an AgriConnect compact with the World Bank.
When Feed the Future shut down, these researchers built something new
Responsible Innovations emerged as former USAID-backed researchers sought to preserve years of food systems research and global partnerships.
Why ending US food aid to Afghanistan, Yemen threatens national security
Opinion: The U.S. administration’s justifications to cut all food aid to these two countries are questionable, and risk harming U.S. interests.
Devex Dish: The migrant workers who feed the world
Migrant labor underpins global food production — and in some places, policies are finally starting to catch up. Plus, Washington updates and highlights from Devex’s Power 50 in food and agriculture.
USDA takes over Food for Peace with $452M World Food Programme deal
The agreement with WFP steers U.S.-grown commodities through an "America First" foreign aid approach — one that will lead to bulk purchases by March.
How a global cold-chain revolution can boost food security
In a warming world with a growing population, the market for sustainable cooling in developing economies is set to double to $600 billion by 2050. Investors and governments are just starting to pay attention.
Devex Dish: The big questions as USDA takes over Food for Peace
USAID’s flagship food aid program finds a home — albeit a temporary one, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Plus, AGRA’s “rainbow revolution” for Africa, and we remember legendary agricultural scientist Pedro Sánchez.