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Kip Tom shared his experiences pursuing a well-developed passion for defeating food insecurity on the world stage.

Sophia Murphy is the executive director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Last week, the Trump Administration’s ambassadors to Rome and Brussels (Kip Tom and Ronald Gidwitz respectively) published a joint opinion piece in Euractiv. Their initial message was good. In brief, they noted that global hunger is a scourge and on the rise. This is true; although they did not mention it, the US, too, is facing rising levels of hunger. They said there is no single solution to the problem and called for a diversity of tools, “bold action” and collaboration across both sectors and...

We must build more resilient, sustainable global food systems that can feed an increasingly hungry world, or there will be dire consequences, warn Kip Tom and Ronald J. Gidwitz. Kip Tom is the US ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome; Ronald J. Gidwitz  is the US ambassador to the EU. Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, once cautioned that ”there are no miracles in agricultural production.” It’s an interesting sentiment, especially coming from someone who led a wave of ground-breaking agricultural advancements that helped save billions from starvation. But as w...

The head of the World Food Program believes that 2021 could see “famines of biblical proportions” as the economic struggles of COVID-19 may hamper global responses to food shortages caused by military conflicts, the rise of Islamic extremism and locust infestations.  In an interview late last year with The Christian Post during a visit to Washington, D.C., WFP Executive Director David Beasley, a former Republican governor of South Carolina, expressed concern for the funding problems that could be in store for 2021. Despite receiving historic levels of funding and leading the food-ass...

Reported By Samuel Smith, U.S. Editor | Wednesday, January 06, 2021 Read more at https://www.christianpost.com/news/world-food-program-warns-of-famines-of-biblical-proportions.html?uid=03bea79789 World Food Programme Executive Director David M. Beasley (middle) and U.S. Ambassador Kip Tom visit South Sudan on July 23, 2019. | WFP/Giulio d'Adamo The head of the World Food Program believes that 2021 could see “famines of biblical proportions” as the economic struggles of COVID-19…