IFPRI has released its 2016 Global Nutrition Report, which offers the startling findings that malnutrition has become a worldwide epidemic, affecting one-third of the global population. Coupled with the driver of increasing obesity, diet-related conditions such as stunting, anaemia, heart disease and diabetes are becoming a worldwide emergency.
The Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture will be holding its Annual Forum from 14 to 16 June, on the theme Climate-Smart Agriculture in Action.
GACSA’s ambitious future is based upon supporting and inspiring action. Farmers, fishers, foresters, and ranchers are at the center of this action, and therefore GACSA is devoting its Annual Forum to showcasing climate-smart agriculture in action.
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) at the Bloomberg School of Public Health recently released a report examining the benefits and limitations of urban agriculture. Called “Vacant Lots to Vibrant Plots,” the review summarizes the sociocultural, health, environmental, and economic development aspects of urban and peri-urban agriculture.
A report from the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems calls for a different model of agriculture based on diversified agroecological systems.
Held at the headquarters of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, from 23 to 27 May, United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) represented the global ideal platform to tackle some of the most critical issues facing our planet, from the air pollution that kills millions of people every year to an illegal trade in wildlife that is pushing species to the brink of extinction.
The FAO-FSN invites you to take part in the online survey “Central Asia activities on Climate-Smart Agriculture”. This is a joint activity of the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and four divisions of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (viz. climate and environment, economic and social development, partnerships and capacity development divisions).
The African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to improve the agriculture sector in Africa by embarking on an ambitious seven-point plan which aims at transforming the sector and be able to empower the small scale farmers and youths.
AfDB Director of the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department, Chiji Ojukwu, said agriculture remained a major source of income in Africa, but its untapped potential had resulted in persistent poverty and deteriorating food security.
The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) endorsed a set of voluntary guidelines for sustainable soil management at its plenary conference at FAO this week, marking a step towards coordinated action to assure that the earth under our feet - a keystone of global food security - remains fertile.
The GSP has been set up as a coalition tasked with promoting efforts to improve the parlous state of the world's soils, a third of which are defined as degraded.
Lovers of peas, pinto beans, lentils and their leguminous cousins can now boost their appetites and cooking skills thanks to a colorful new book featuring recipes from international top chefs passionate about one of the world’s most versatile super foods: pulses.