This is a short week for some of us lucky enough to be born in - or live in - countries where Easter celebrations are a multi-day affair. Unfortunately, that group does not include me.
Agroecology is identified as an important solution to increase the sustainability of agricultural and food systems. Despite the increasing number of publications assessing the socio-economic outcomes of agroecology, very few studies have consolidated the scattered results obtained on various case studies. This paper provides new insights by consolidating evidence on the varied socio-economic effects of agroecology across a large number of cases at a global level.
The process of structural transformation is a hallmark of development economics: when economies shift away from agriculture towards manufacturing and services, this typically drives sustained economic growth, increased living standards, and poverty reduction.
Using nationally representative household panel survey data from five sub-Saharan African countries, the article models consumer preferences and examine how nutrient intake responds to changing food prices, total expenditures and other demand determinants.
There is an urgent need to transform agrifood systems and leverage their climate solutions, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has said in light of the findings of the latest UN State of the Global Climate Report.
The programme will build, strengthen and scale up the resilience and adaptive capacities of smallholder farmers and rural communities of seven least developed countries (LDCs) in this region. It will provide capacity building and institutional development on integrated climate risks management. This includes reducing obstacles to access agricultural insurance for governments and smallholder farmers to enhance resilience building, and strengthening climate weather information services.
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In an average year, poor households lose 5 percent of their total income due to heat stress relative to better-off households, and 4.4 percent due to floods.
Global food insecurity remains at worrying levels and the outlook for 2024 is bleak.
Climate change impacts globally have increased the urgency for ambitious action on adaptation. This is especially the case in the world’s most vulnerable regions, including Africa. This report covers global status and trends of adaptation finance and provides a deeper analysis of Africa at a regional level, given the heightened adaptation needs and opportunities on the continent.
Rural communities worldwide are grappling with escalating challenges brought on by the climate crisis. As disasters become more frequent and severe, and environmental conditions grow harsher, the burden on these communities intensifies. However, it is women who are bearing the heaviest brunt of these impacts, including significant financial losses.
On this International Women’s Day, we celebrate women’s ability to accelerate progress and their central role in transforming our faltering food systems.
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Despite the constructive and pragmatic engagement of the EU and other Members towards deliverables at MC13, no agreement could be reached.
Every year, global food systems produce, process, transport, and market the food and agricultural products on which the world relies.
This report by the Malabo Montpellier Panel summarizes key findings from case studies conducted in four countries: Ghana, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The report reviews these countries’ policy and institutional innovations and their programmatic interventions to target youth in transforming their food systems.
The real price of food has risen dramatically in 21st century, with the FAO food price index peaking at an all-time high in March 2022 at 116% above its 2000 value (Figure 1).
IFPRI’s Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM) Unit Director, James Thurlow will be speaking at the “Drivers of Agrifood System Transformation: Lessons from Feed-the-Future Country Studies” spotlight webinar on February 28, 2024.
By the time the closing gavel fell at the COP 28 climate conference in December, agri-food systems had assumed a new place of prominence in global climate discussions.
The case for agrifood system transformation is clear.
