This library synthesizes a large amount of scientific evidence to assess the effects of farming practices on sustainability outcomes, mainly regarding the environment, the climate, and agricultural productivity.
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This meta-analysis evaluates the multi-dimensional impacts of agroecological transitions on farm economic performance across the Global South, covering Sub-Saharan Africa, South/Southeast Asia, Latin America and Australia.
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systemswith the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. It was launched in 2026 at the occasion of the International Year of the Woman Farmer.
This study assesses the integration of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in food systems transformation commitments in five Eastern African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
The analysis highlights instances in which Public Ddevelopment Bank (PDB) investments align with agroecological principles, particularly among institutions that have deliberately integrated agro-ecology into their broader investment portfolios.
This study examines how gender norms shape opportunities for women to build resilience within agrifood systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Amid rising pressures from climate change, population growth, and resource depletion, enhancing resilience among vulnerable populations is critical.
This chapter reviews evidence on gender and social protection in low- and middle-income countries, synthesising nine recent reviews (304 papers). Social assistance, especially cash transfers, shows consistent positive impacts on women's health, economic outcomes, empowerment and protection from intimate partner violence; childcare provision strongly boosts women's labour force participation, while evidence on social insurance remains scarce.
The Middle East plays a limited direct role in agricultural production and trade, but conflict in the region has a significant effect on global agriculture. This is because agriculture is energy intensive and closely linked to energy markets through biofuel production.
Agrivoltaics offers a promising alternative to land competition between crops and solar farms. Most agrivoltaic research and policy discourse, however, has focused on energy yield and food output, overlooking the broader spectrum of ecological, economic, and social benefits, that has made it challenging to fully assess agrivoltaics’ potential as a comprehensive systems-level solution.
Over the period 1990 – 2023, agricultural production in OECD Member countries significantly increased, while environmental performance showed mixed results.
This paper investigates the main systemic barriers to scaling agroecology and identifies transition pathways that can be implemented within existing economic and policy structures.
The Global Gateway initiative, launched in December 2021 with a €300 billion budget, is positioned as the EU’s flagship programme to promote sustainable, high‑quality infrastructure worldwide and to strengthen the Union’s geostrategic influence.
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This global systematic review compiling 321 studies confirms that gender is one of the consistent but often overlooked determinants of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption.
Climate change can increase conflict risk or severity, but primarily in contexts marked by high vulnerability to climate extremes and high underlying conflict risk.
Geopolitical conflict in the Arabian Gulf carries profound implications for global food security that extend far beyond the immediate theatre of hostilities.
There has been no decline in the share of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the 10th edition of the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC). Preliminary projections for 2026 also show no improvement.
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition levels remain alarmingly high and deeply entrenched, with crises increasingly concentrated in a core group of countries, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2026, released today by an international alliance.
