The role of agricultural science and innovation in tackling food security in Africa is under discussion during the sixth Africa Agricultural Science Week, underway in Accra, Ghana.
The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food was launched as an initiative to improve livelihoods and food security through better water management for food production.
His latest analysis, produced with the help of the EU’s Joint Research Centre, of a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), found that of every 100 calories from
Houses are least affordable in those parts of China where men most outnumber women, argue Shang-jin Wei of Columbia University, Xiaobo Zhang of the International Food Policy Research Institute and Yin Liu of Tsinghua University. Men (and their families…
According to a widely-cited study by Shang-Jin Wei of Columbia University, Xiaobo Zhang of IFPRI and Yin Liu of Tsinghua University, the increase in China’s sex ratio, and thus the heightened competition for brides, can explain up to 48% of the r…
