Tania Karas

Tania Karas @TaniaKaras

Tania Karas is a Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development and humanitarian aid in the Americas. Previously, she managed the digital team for The World, where she oversaw content production for the website, podcast, newsletter, and social media platforms. Tania also spent three years as a foreign correspondent in Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon, covering the Syrian refugee crisis and European politics. She started her career as a staff reporter for the New York Law Journal, covering immigration and access to justice.

Latest Articles

Devex Dish: A chilling problem for Africa’s food supply

Devex Dish: A chilling problem for Africa’s food supply

1 day ago // Devex Dish

In this edition: How a global cold-chain revolution can boost food security; why progress on food security remains so slow; and tackling the “global water bankruptcy” problem.

Devex Dish: Meet the young African farmers putting the sexy back in agriculture

Devex Dish: Meet the young African farmers putting the sexy back in agriculture

15 days ago // Devex Dish

In this edition: TikTok videos as agricultural extension services; positive signs in a new U.S. foreign aid budget bill; and why the U.S. is freezing aid to Somalia.

Devex Dish: Ending a year of disruption and hard lessons for food aid

Devex Dish: Ending a year of disruption and hard lessons for food aid

about 1 month ago // Devex Dish

A look back at our most-read stories and opinion pieces in 2025.

Devex Dish: How AI is guiding India’s farmers through climate change

Devex Dish: How AI is guiding India’s farmers through climate change

about 1 month ago // Devex Dish

Artificial intelligence tools help the farmers plant and harvest healthier crops but experts stress that AI is just one component of a broader climate adaptation strategy, alongside insurance and access to credit. Plus, a look back at the life of Nicholas Haan.

Devex Dish: Dems protest Food for Peace’s impending transfer to USDA

Devex Dish: Dems protest Food for Peace’s impending transfer to USDA

about 2 months ago

The lawmakers raised concerns over the means by which the transfer is expected to happen — namely, without the approval of Congress and before the completion of a required assessment. Plus, inside the Kenya-U.S. debt-for-food deal.

Devex Dish: Can nations hammer out a deal to preserve crop diversity?

Devex Dish: Can nations hammer out a deal to preserve crop diversity?

2 months ago // Devex Dish

Countries are gathered in Peru to strengthen global commitments to seeds and plant genetic resource via the Plant Treaty. Plus, FAO’s Máximo Torero Cullen’s takeaway from COP30.

‘Emergency’: Lancet studies sound alarm on rise of ultra-processed foods

‘Emergency’: Lancet studies sound alarm on rise of ultra-processed foods

2 months ago // Food systems

A trio of studies in the medical journal shows how greater consumption of UPFs poses a major public health threat, with experts calling for a response akin to efforts to challenge the tobacco industry decades ago.

Devex Dish: Could COP30 be a watershed moment for food systems?

Devex Dish: Could COP30 be a watershed moment for food systems?

3 months ago // Devex Dish

Everything we’re watching in Belém. Plus, how WFP is using AI, and the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty shifts into action.

US budget fight is ‘reset’ moment for foreign aid priorities

US budget fight is ‘reset’ moment for foreign aid priorities

3 months ago // Devex @ World Bank-IMF 2025

And it’s due time for organizations to speak up about the future of development funding, says Christy Gleason, chief policy officer at Save the Children US.

Devex Dish: It’s prize time in the food space

Devex Dish: It’s prize time in the food space

3 months ago // Devex Dish

The lowdown from Day 1 of the World Food Prize Foundation Borlaug Dialogue, and a call for doubling food aid.