Sounding the Alarm on Southern Africa’s Food Crisis

Southern Africa’s worst drought in decades has left 40 million people, 14 percent of the region’s total population, food insecure this year. The World Food Program is significantly scaling up operations to reach over 13 million by January 2017, but funding shortfalls remain acute: the Southern African Development Community estimates a gap of $2.5 billion. Please join us for the launch of a new report and introductory film from the CSIS Global Food Security Project, Improving Relief and Development Respons