As a committed “learn, do, adapt” tank, the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center believes the Global Food System can be made more shock-resistant and scale to ensuring that everyone on the planet is fed. Data and technologies can reduce disruptions to food production, distribution, and assurance activities locally and globally. These activities are consistent with the Center’s focused mission: Championing positive paths forward that nations, economies, and societies can pursue to ensure new technologies and data empower people, prosperity, and peace.
Though some nations and regions have been faster to respond than others, there still is a looming global food crisis and a challenge of logistics and distribution. There is also a concern that some more authoritarian or unstable regions of the world may intentionally deprive groups of food, which is not moral or right. Technology and data can make sure the food that is available to people who need it—as well as work to address food currently being destroyed because it cannot get to market instead reaches those who need it. We must work together to avoid the destabilizing effects that regional famines could bring to the world.
Past events & articles
Food system sustainability in 2021 and beyond
A live discussion focused on creating a strategy for technology and data applications to agriculture and food systems challenges in 2021 and beyond. This event will continue the series of conversations centered on food insecurity as millions of Americans continue to go hungry and famine strikes many areas across the world.
Identifying and fixing disruptions to the global food system
A live public panel discussion about addressing the policy and technical challenges to successfully managing agricultural data at all scales, especially in light of the pandemic. The focus of the panelists will center on data and technological solutions to the challenges facing the food industry.
Actionable steps in turbulent times: Rebuilding more resilient local and global communities
We must mobilize a coalition skilled in understanding how new technologies transform how nations and industry sectors can collaborate on important issues — to include more rapidly responding to future waves of COVID-19 and future pandemics, strengthening the Global Food System, and demonstrating Data Trusts for Good to strengthen international supply chains. We must do this to lessen the likelihood of future major disruptions to societies and economies.
Fri, Jun 11, 2021
Can AgriTech entrepreneurs save the Middle East’s food supply?
On June 9, the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center and empowerME Initiative hosted a private, on-the-record roundtable. Read the key takeaways.
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Tue, Apr 21, 2020
Earth Day 2020 call for action: Mitigating the global food crises associated with COVID-19
At the beginning of April, the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center published an data-driven analysis examining “Global food security during COVID-19”. This follow-up report dives into three specific food security concerns informed by that data and presents three solutions that world leaders can implement now to get ahead of the negative impacts of COVID-19 on the global food supply.
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Mon, Mar 30, 2020
Getting ahead of the crisis: Global food security during COVID-19
Much has been written about the economic consequences of lockdown policies; less attention, however, has been paid to emerging issues like food security in the age of a global pandemic. A topic that is certainly a crucial issue because COVID-19 is also a crisis of logistics – whether it is with regard to necessary medical equipment, labor availability, or food supplies.
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