- Poverty and chronic malnutrition severely constrain economic growth in Central America. In Guatemala 54.3% of the population lives in poverty [1] and 45.6% of children are chronically malnourished. [2]This level of chronic malnutrition in young children is the highest in the region and the…
- GFAR is pleased to share the final, endorsed statement coming out of the SDC Face-to-Face Workshop on Rural Advisory Services that was held 2-7 March 2015 in Hanoi Vietnam. GFAR, through Harry Palmier, Senior Partnerships Officer and member of the GFRAS Steering Committee, contributed to the…
- Interview with Mr. Moujahed Achouri, Director of FAO's Land and Water division (part 1) 1. What are Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems? Where do soils fit in? Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, or GIAHS, are defined as “remarkable land use…
- Agriculture is a sector that is highly vulnerable to climate change. We need to think in terms of how this impacts livelihoods and what this means to our global food systems. Evidence suggests that in the next 40 years meeting our demands for food will change drastically so the time…
- Check out here the GACSA Enabling Environment Action Group (EEAG) newest flyer and learn more about its main objectives, key CSA challenges across countries, EEAG activitites to date, ACSA action areas, work plan and key messages.
- For millennia communities of farmers, herders, fishers, and forest people have developed complex, diverse, and locally-adapted agricultural systems. These systems have been managed with time-tested, ingenious techniques and practices that have led to community food security, the conservation…
- Olives in Egypt have been grown by successive generations of farmers for thousands of years in remote, isolated, harsh-environments. So why are new olive orchards struggling to remain viable? Farmers from the South East Mediterranean say it comes down to a failure to…
- Dr Harold Roy-Macauley, a Sierra Leonean national, was appointed as the new Director General of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) at an Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of AfricaRice held on 6 February 2015, in Kampala, Uganda. The announcement was made by the…
- After nearly two decades of neglect, the 2007-2008 food and financial crises have put food and agriculture back on the agenda, and the international community has set a goal to eradicate extreme poverty and achieve shared prosperity by 2030. Food for All: International Organizations and…
- This year, global agri-business Olam International partners with Agropolis Fondation in launching the inaugural Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security, which will be judged and awarded in conjunction with the Louis Malassis prizes. Open to individuals or research teams, the Olam Prize for…