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Two-thirds of the world\u2019s population will live in urban areas by 2050. The global food system must transform to feed growing cities, says a new report [ https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/publication/growing-food-growing-cities-transforming-food-systems-urbanizing-world?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Council ] by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and this transformation creates an opportunity to raise the incomes of rural farmers throughout the world.

The report will be released at today's Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, DC. Watch the symposium live stream [ http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/event/global-food-security-symposium-2016?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Council ] starting at 8:30 a.m. ET.

The report, Growing Food for Growing Cities: Transforming Food Systems in an Urbanizing World [ https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/publication/growing-food-growing-cities-transforming-food-systems-urbanizing-world?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Council ] , urges the US government and US businesses to:

- Bolster earnings and opportunities in low-and-middle income countries through infrastructure development, land tenure, food safety, and gender-and-nutrition-sensitive agricultural policies;
- Support private-sector investment by US firms, particularly in partnership with local small-and-medium sized enterprises to foster employment and build rural economies;
- Improve regional trade capacity and integration; and
- Expand and strengthen investments in research on sustainable, efficient, safe food systems.

The report was made possible by the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Stuart Family Foundation.

To learn more about how the rapid growth of cities is transforming the food system, explore our interactive [ http://digital.thechicagocouncil.org/email/growingfoodforgrowingcities ] .

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FEATURED SPEAKERS


Tony O. Elumelu
Chairman, Heirs Holdings; Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation

Chris Jochnick
President and CEO, Landesa


Linda Kwamboka
Cofounder and Director, M-Farm


Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana
Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to the United States; Nonresident Ambassador to Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina


Thomas Reardon
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Professor, MSU Distinguished Faculty, and AAEA Fellow, Michigan State University


Ann M. Veneman
Former Executive Director, UN Children's Fund; former United States Secretary of Agriculture


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