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Africa’s food systems are at an inflection point. Food demand in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to at least double between 2015 and 2050. Moreover, income growth and urbanization are driving significant changes in consumer demand, including for more varied, nutritious, and value-added foods. Meanwhile, food security remains a challenge—according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, every day, 256

BY HONOR DEARLOVE Over the past several decades, most food systems around the world have evolved to reduce the prevalence of hunger, but many have introduced a new wave of serious dietary health concerns such as obesity. Resetting the Table: Straight Talk About the Food We Grow and Eat, a new book by Robert Paarlberg, observes that many popular solutions to the

Steven Cole, Catherine Njuguna and Devis Mwakanyamale on learnings from piloting the tool in Tanzania. Women’s involvement in making important intra-household decisions is a key indicator of their empowerment. Most of the quantitative tools available to measure women’s empowerment try to elicit this involvement by asking which decisions spouses make alone or jointly, and if the latter, to what extent

Every morning, Nelly Adhiambo wakes up just as dawn is breaking to feed her five cows and 30 chickens. Work on the farm starts early. She checks on her bananas, potatoes and maize which she grows on her plot to sell at the market for an income, and – in a surprising shift from what most farmers would consider growing

Putting nature at the heart of decision-making is key to achieving transformative change when it comes to securing humanity’s future. This is one of the key messages from a new synthesis report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched on February 18. The report, for which WLE-supported IWMI researcher Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu was a member of the Scientific Advisory Group,

Among the many challenges posed by climate change and its impacts on agriculture, improving plant health faces numerous obstacles and yet holds perhaps the greatest potential for strengthening food systems and supporting small farmers in the world’s poorest countries.   As the world pivots to address the many questions posed by climate change, researchers are focused on improving agriculture to anticipate and adapt to future challenges. Robust… The post Healthy germplasm = healthy plants

Wheat is not just an essential part of the Pakistani diet, but also absolutely critical to the country’s economy and to the farmers who cultivate it. The government of Pakistan’s goal to achieve self-sufficiency in wheat production just became more attainable with the release of five new wheat varieties. These new seeds could help the country’s 8.8 million hectares of

A group of 24 World Food Prize winners from across the globe, dedicated to transforming food systems, has urged the new US Administration to lead efforts to end world hunger.   The World Food Prize laureates, including former WorldFish senior research fellow Modadugu V. Gupta, submitted an open letter to the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, calling on the new Biden-Harris administration to help achieve the global goals