Global supply issues related to the pandemic and war in Ukraine have highlighted yet another global vulnerability — food availability. 

While international trade allows countries to buffer against domestic food shortfalls and gain access to larger markets, what happens when supplies run short, or the global supply chain slows or even breaks down like it did during the pandemic?

Program Aims to Find Solutions to Root Causes of Poverty and Food Insecurity

The University of California, Davis, will lead a new global research program to build and test ways to overcome some of the biggest remaining challenges for lifting and keeping rural families out of poverty in developing countries.