food security
Agriculture is the most dominant sector in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) countries. It significantly contributes to food security, livelihoods and rural economy of the region. The region ...
New research shows just how much different regions of the world rely on each other for the foods they know and love – and why it’s time to share
This world is really messed up. Especially when it comes to food – and specifically the plants we eat....
Rome, Italy – Peter Kendall, President of the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO), joined more than 120 Heads of State and Government at the Climate Summit hosted by the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 23 September to generate political will towards...
Without a shift to a more sustainable world, food security may be impossible to achieve. Hunger, a worldwide epidemic is only going to get worse without organized intervention. Can we turn this ship around?
- Original Paper: Berry, Elliot M., et al. "Food...
New research from Food Tank, CARE International, and the Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) program showcases ways forward in cultivating equality in the food system.
Climate change threatens to put hundreds of millions people – mostly women and...
In the Sacred Valley one development organization is doing things differently to help high-altitude communities help themselves.
Starting in 2010, the Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development...
Taking place under the theme, 'Re-imagining Africa's Food Security Now and into the Future under a Changing Climate,' this conference will convene a number of round-tables, discussions and plenary sessions to discuss how ecosystem based adaptation (EBA) can be used to improve food...
For the first time in it history, the Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations explicitly and globally recognized the importance of family farms as part of the solution to its hunger program. The year 2014 was named the International Year of Family Farming. Family...
Amina Mohammed, Special Adviser on the post-2015 development agenda for the United Nations, talks to AGRA FACTS journalist Rose O’Donovan about the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including the Zero Hunger Challenge...
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