Food value chain (FVC)

The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance Network (SAFIN), the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Social Finance and the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) are pleased to announce a call for case studies on agricultural risk management approaches that can be used by agri-SMEs and agrifinance providers during and after the COVID-19 crisis, as part of an upcoming e-learning LIVE TALK series on this theme.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Mars, Incorporated and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) have agreed to collaborate on a five-year research-in-development project, Sustainable Farming in Tropical Asian Landscapes (SFITAL) to explore environmentally sustainable ways to link small-scale producers to global supply chains.

Achieving local and global food security: at what costs?

Global and national markets must continue to be a transparent, stable and reliable source of food supply.

By Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies

How will people in urban areas access food if open-air markets are banned? What will happen?