Joint UNICEF and GNC statement, calling for the inclusion of children affected by wasting, in the list of highly-vulnerable groups, as it they may be at higher risk of COVID-19 related pneumonia.
A Revised Research Agenda and Action Plan 2020-2021 for FTA on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion has just been released.
In his recent opinion editorial published in The Telegraph, CGIAR System Organization’s Executive Director, Elwyn Grainger-Jones, explains that the coronavirus pandemic has exposed a global hunger crisis as well as a health emergency.
Anganwadi workers in India are not just beating undernutrition, but are battling COVID-19 outbreak in the country as well.
West Africa and the Sahel region in particular have long been prone to droughts and food shortages, and over the past decade, rising insecurity. How is the situation now?
Contribution will boost efforts aimed at controlling and eliminating the pest.
The World Bank approved $273 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing for Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger to facilitate access to services for millions of people, especially women and the poorest segments of society
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $40 million International Development Association (IDA) grant for the benefit of the people of South Sudan.
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell participated in the EU-G5 Sahel videoconference. The videoconference provided an opportunity to reaffirm the EU's support to the region, including in facing the coronavirus pandemic and its impact. On this occasion, the European Commission announced an additional €194 million to support the security, stability and resilience in the Sahel.
"The COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on movement to control the spread of infection are having profound impacts on the income and daily lives of people in low- and middle-income countries, particularly the poor. Governments and donors are responding by expanding social protection programs. Melissa Hidrobo, Neha Kumar, Tia Palermo, Amber Peterman, and Shalini Roy describe how the current crisis is also affecting gender relations, and why attention to gender in implementing expanded social protection programs is critical. They provide specific advice and propose actions to minimize harm during the crisis response period—and to ensure that longer-term gains in gender equity and empowerment can be maintained and built-upon post-crisis." — John McDermott, series co-editor and Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH).
As if managing the evolving coronavirus pandemic is not enough, countries in South Asia are now bracing themselves for an onslaught of climate disasters.
The April edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment is now available.
ALGIERS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a first-time contribution of € 400,000 (US$ 452,000) from the Government of France (EU) to support Sahrawi refugee boys and girls in camps in Algeria.
In an op-ed published in Le Monde , 16 heads of French research organisations, members of the Alliance Nationale de Recherche pour l’Environnement (National Research Alliance for the Environment - AllEnvi*), including CIRAD’s Michel Eddi, sound the alarm on the ecological crisis revealed by the Covid-19 epidemic. They stress the role humans play in environmental degradation and highlight the linkage between pandemics and ecosystem degradation. All types of health are in fact linked, say the scientists, ecosystem health, including plant, animal and human health.
Additional funds will support testing, personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health workers and public education to help protect Samoans.
Despite ample supplies of agricultural commodities, trade and supply chain disruptions raise food security concerns.
The number of people affected by hunger, already a staggering 800 million, could double as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is working to help lessen short-term system shocks, and ensure that countries are better prepared for future crises.
By Katarlah Taylor.
From International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).
The European Union, together with 21 other Members of the World Trade Organization, today committed to open and predictable trade in agricultural and food products during the current global health crisis.
