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Global Policy Studies & International Security

‘Barriga Llena, Corazón Contento’ – Food Security in Nicaragua

Post author By Dane Ulik
Post date July 18, 2017
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Photo: Zenia Nuñez (CC BY 2.0) Crook Fellow Dane Ulik has been spending his summer working for Artists for Soup, a nonprofit whose mission, amongst many others, is to improve food security in La Paz Centro and Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Dane is applying his research and data analysis skills to aid the organization in refining their initiatives, and […]

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4 Reasons Why Global Food Security is Necessary for U.S. National Security

Post author By Sarah Blumberg
Post date May 25, 2017
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Photo: European Commission One million children die each year from hunger. This statistic is staggering, but it is about to get much worse. Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N (FAO) Director-General Jose Graziano De Silva warns that without emergency food aid over the next 6 months, “20 million people will starve to death in […]

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