Food and Agriculture

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Blog Post
Global Agriculture and the American Farmer – Podcast with CGD Author Kim Elliott
June 29, 2017
The US agricultural sector is critical to global food security, but many of the policies that currently govern it negatively impact people around the world. In a new book, CGD visiting fellow Kim Elliott argues for practical policy reforms in three areas that are particularly damaging to developing ...
Blog Post
Onwards and Upwards: Strengthening Global Cooperation to Address Antimicrobial Resistance
June 26, 2017
Without global action, by 2050 there could be as many as 10 million antimicrobial resistance-related deaths each year. An important—and often overlooked—part of the problem is the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals. CGD recently convened a roundtable discussion with technic...
Blog Post
Making US Agricultural Policy More Efficient, Effective, and Fair
June 26, 2017
The United States is a major player in global agricultural markets. American farmers account for around 25 percent of world exports of wheat and corn, and are also among the largest producers and exporters of beef, pork, and poultry. This success is partly the result of those farmers having access t...
Multimedia
Global Agriculture and the American Farmer – CGD Author Kim Elliott
June 26, 2017
The US agricultural sector is critical to global food security, but many of the policies that currently govern it negatively impact people around the world. In a new book, CGD visiting fellow Kim Elliott argues for practical policy reforms in three areas that are particularly damaging to developing ...
BOOKS
Global Agriculture and the American Farmer: Opportunities for US Leadership
June 26, 2017
In Global Agriculture and the American Farmer, Kimberly Elliott focuses on three policy areas that are particularly damaging for developing countries: traditional agricultural subsidy and trade policies that support the incomes of American farmers at the expense of farmers elsewhere; the biofue...
BRIEFS
American Agriculture’s Long Reach: Why the Farm Bill Matters for Development
June 23, 2017
A healthy US agricultural sector is critical to global food security. American farmers help keep food affordable around the world, but they also receive public assistance that too often comes at the expense of American taxpayers and consumers, as well as millions of poor farmers in developing countr...
Blog Post
Beyond Brexit: Agriculture Subsidy Ripe for Reform
February 06, 2017
Agricultural subsidies are almost a complete waste of money, go to the wealthiest in society, and are also damaging to global development. With a Green Paper expected on agriculture in the coming weeks, how can the UK do better after Brexit?