Food Security
How to ensure food security for Latin America — now and in the future
Latin America is the world's largest net exporter of food — but it faces an acute food crisis. Lasting food security in the region is possible. Here's how.
Hira Channa is an Agriculture Economist in the Latin American and Caribbean Agriculture Global Practice. She has worked extensively on the Caribbean including on operations in Belize, Dominica, Grenada and Haiti, and on country and regional level analytical work. Hira joined the unit after finishing her PhD in Agriculture Economics from Purdue University. Her dissertation focused on finding strategies to solve post-harvest challenges for smallholder farm households in sub-Saharan Africa.
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