New Report From Chicago Council and Rockefeller Foundation Charts Path to Zero Hunger in an Equitable World Amid Global Crises

Source: Food Tank | by Liza Greene

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Rockefeller Foundation recently released the report Defining the Path to Zero Hunger in an Equitable World. Its authors highlight new solutions that can catalyze disruptive thinking to achieve a hunger-free future.

The report addresses some of the greatest challenges at the nexus of food security, climate, and humanitarian spaces. Focusing on three major obstacles — siloed approaches, myopic priorities, and top-down decision making—it provides recommendations to confront these hurdles and ultimately forge a vision of hope for a better future.

Intricate silos have long prevented stakeholders and institutions from sharing information, processes, and communication, the report states. Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council and a co-author, explains that these silos continually defy the experiences of the intended beneficiaries of development work. “Everything happens all at once,” he says.

“When you’re speaking with smallholder farmers, you see their lives are in no way siloed,” Thurow tells Food Tank.