The kind of foods made available to consumers and their affordability often influences consumer behaviour. This story gives a brief snapshot of the dynamics of two markets in Manyatta, Kisumu, from the consumer’s point of view. Understanding the price dynamics faced each day by consumers is key in the path to improve their nutrition. Kisumu, the third largest city in
Food and culture are inherently connected. What natural sources people use to obtain their food, what they consider consumable and what they do not, how they prepare it, and how they consume it (in whose company and following what rites) has been determined by the beliefs of communities and their conceptions of the holy and the profane, as well as
Innovations from CGIAR defined the Green Revolution. For example, high-performing varieties of wheat and rice developed by CGIAR scientists, scaled up and adopted globally, served as cornerstones of a movement that is estimated to have increased yields by 44 percent from 1965 to 2010 and, more importantly, reduced mortality rates, saving the lives of hundreds of millions of infants
A new study in Nature Portfolio presents a vision for food systems in 2050 and a roadmap to get there. By Sadie Shelton A new assessment of over 60 scenarios based on current low-emission practices shows that realizing net-zero food systems will require widescale adoption of new technologies in the next two decades and changes in meat and dairy consumption.
One of the founding narratives of the Green Revolution (a push towards technology-driven modernization of agriculture starting over 50 years ago) has been found to be false, according to a recent analysis by Alliance researcher Jacob van Etten. By: Andrew J. Wight The Green Revolution is often credited with tripling production of staple crops while using only 30% more cultivated
Do you think you will be able to remember everything you ate and drank in the last 24 hours? And if you did, do you think you could tell exactly how much of one thing or another you ate or drank, including the water and ingredients used to prepare the food? How do you imagine this information could be faithfully
Kigali, 5 September 2022 – For 25 years, the Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) has seen impactful transformation in Africa. Over 37,000 bean types, with high iron, resistance to diseases such as root rots, heat tolerance, drought tolerance, and insect resilience, have been bred in and made available to 31 countries in Africa through international scientific collaboration deployed through the
In pursuit of adapting to climate change, climate services for agriculture are being introduced to local farmers for improved productivity and yields. A recent case study on climate services for agriculture in Laos highlighted the results of having an ICT-based service platform and notable changes in agrometeorological service capacities. Climate change is here to stay, and so is its impact