Agriculture
The Taliban’s Canal
Editor’s Note: This article has been adapted from a Center for the National Interest report entitled “Afghanistan’s Qoshtepa Canal and Water Security in Central Asia,” with some edits made for...
Food Trade with Europe Should Be a Bipartisan Priority
The United States has the opportunity to upgrade its food exports to increase revenues for farmers, but for that to happen it needs to negotiate a comprehensive trade deal with...
Puerto Rico’s Food Security Must Factor in Planning Energy Security
The devastation wrought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico could provide an opportunity to rebuild the island’s energy system in a sustainable way. But failing to take food...
To Ease Global Hunger, Restart Russian-Ukrainian Ammonia Exports
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he would back resuming Russian ammonia exports through Ukraine only if Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were released. This is a non-starter for several reasons, not...
The Climate Disaster in Pakistan Is Even Worse Than It Seems
Nearly 1,200 people have died, and thousands more injured, because of the massive flooding in Pakistan. There has been at least $10 billion in property and agriculture damage. One-third of...
Climate Solutions: What Congress Can Learn From the Dutch Farmer Protests
If Congress hopes to pass lasting climate policy, it should take care to avoid the mistakes of our European allies. In the last few weeks, Dutch farmers have taken to...
EPA Ignores the Pleas of Farmers on Crop Protection
In a move that is causing American farmers significant distress, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is effectively banning the use of the herbicide atrazine. The agency is lowering the so-called...
United Nations Sounds Alarm Over Risk of Famine in Somalia
More than 200,000 Somalis are thought to be at risk of starvation in the coming year as the country’s drought worsens and food prices continue to increase, according to the...
Grain Crisis: Putin Holds Food Supply Talks With African Union Head
Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday that he would host the African Union’s chairman, Macky Sall, to discuss rising food prices caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as...
A ‘Collateral Victim’: Africa Feels the Pain of the Russo-Ukrainian War
In his remarks commemorating Africa Day, the anniversary of the African Union’s founding on May 25, 1963, African Union Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat described Africa as a “collateral victim” of...
Russia’s Alleged Theft of Ukrainian Wheat Could Cause a Food Security Crisis
Ukraine’s deputy agriculture minister, Taras Vysotskiy, accused the Russian military of stealing “several hundred thousand tons” of wheat from areas of Ukraine that it has occupied since the onset of...
Europe Should Not Be the Role Model for American Agriculture
A new bill supported by environmental organizations and co-sponsored by progressive lawmakers Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) would copy food rules in Europe and...