Tag «Food and Nutrition Security»

IFAD and Nepal invest US$68.1 million to improve incomes and food and nutrition security for rural smallholders

Rome, 6 June 2018 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Nepal have signed a financing agreement to significantly improve incomes and food and nutrition security for 35,000 rural farming households in 10 districts in State 6. The agreement for the Agriculture Sector Development Programme was signed by correspondence by Gilbert F. Houngbo, President …

New web portal provides open data on food and nutrition security in Africa

Site is hub for researchers, policymakers to alleviate the effects of food price and climate shocks June 15, 2015, Washington, D.C.—While Africa south of the Sahara has made substantial improvements to its food security in recent years, one in four people in the region remains undernourished. A new web portal launched today that focuses on agriculture, …

Global Hunger Index Calls for Greater Resilience-Building Efforts to Boost Food and Nutrition Security

October 14, 2013, Washington D.C.—The developing world is becoming more vulnerable to a variety of shocks and stressors, from extreme weather events, climate change and environmental degradation to population pressures, macroeconomic crises, conflict, and poor governance. The traditional approach to dealing with shocks is temporary infusions of aid, with separate development efforts focused on mitigating …

Asian Fusion: New Thinking and Actions for Improving Food and Nutrition Security in Asia

September 27, 2013, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA – Country experience shared at a recent conference showed that fertilizer subsidies can have huge costs, crowding out public expenditures on agricultural research, extension, rural roads and other expenditures that promote agricultural development. The private sector is often more efficient in delivery of fertilizer to farmers. While historically the …

Feeding Nine Billion in 2050 – FAO and CGIAR Conference to Address Research Priorities for Ensuring Food and Nutrition Security for the World’s Poorest

April 11, 2013—During the next 40 years the world’s population is projected to reach more than nine billion people. Demand for food is expected to increase by 60 percent under business-as-usual assumptions. Competition for land, water, and food could lead to greater poverty and hunger if not properly addressed now, with potentially severe environmental impacts. …