In a new report, “Recurring Storms: Food Insecurity, Political Instability, and Conflict,” Emmy Simmons, senior adviser on global food security project at Center for Strategic and International Studies highlighted recent trends in food insecurity and its connection to political instability.
She recommended the establishment of an annual high-level summit to review progress on the global food crisis and called for more collaboration between stakeholders. In this way the international development community can take actions to reduce the political, social and economic shocks caused by events associated with food insecurity.
Devex talked with Simmons to learn more about her research and recommendations for the global development community. Here are highlights from the interview, edited for length and clarity.
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Jennifer Piettedisgeneration
Jennifer Ehidiamen is a Nigerian writer who is passionate about communications and journalism. She has worked as a reporter and communications consultant for different organizations in Nigeria and overseas. She has an undergraduate degree in mass communication from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, and M.A. in business and economics from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York. In 2014, she founded Rural Reporters (www.ruralreporters.com) with the goal of amplifying underreported news and issues affecting rural communities.
