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Reorienting Humanitarian Responses for Long-Term Food Security Solutions with Tjada McKenna
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Reorienting Humanitarian Responses for Long-Term Food Security Solutions with Tjada McKenna
FromReset The Table
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Aug 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Tjada McKenna, CEO of Mercy Corps, joins CSIS’s Caitlin Welsh and Jacob Kurtzer to discuss food security programming in conflict and crisis settings. Ms. McKenna emphasizes the importance of long-term approaches to humanitarian work, especially for nutrition and food security outcomes. She also describes the impacts of Covid-19 on Mercy Corps and the humanitarian aid sector writ large, including how the pandemic has exacerbated some crises while also enabling new perspectives and responses. Finally, she shares some steps Congress and the humanitarian community can take to make interventions more effective moving forward.
Released:
Aug 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (29)
Revisiting the Single Story about Global Food Security: On Reset the Table, we’ll make room at the table for fresh ideas for solving food insecurity around the world and right here at home. by Reset The Table