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By Richard Ariong, Bjorn Van Campenhout, Sarah W. Kariuki, and Jordan Chamberlin September 9, 2024 Over the past few decades, Uganda’s dairy sector has transformed from mostly subsistence activities into a dynamic and modern industry—a shift enabled by government initiatives, private sector investments, and the introduction of better technologies and practices. But the industry still faces challenges, particularly in establishing a

By Daniel Eduardo Vergara Mateus, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, Brian McNamara, and Valeria Piñeiro September 3, 2024 Translation option: Spanish The complex challenge of increasing food production while mitigating carbon dioxide emissions, building resilience to climate change, and reducing the burden of agriculture on natural resources requires innovative approaches. Promising strategies include increasing access to mechanization and adopting modern fertilization processes that contribute

By Daniel Eduardo Vergara Mateus, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, Brian McNamara, and Valeria Piñeiro September 3, 2024 Translation option: English El Instituto Internacional de Investigación sobre Políticas Alimentarias (IFPRI, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Universidad de los Andes, en el marco de Avanzar2030, están llevando a cabo una síntesis de evidencia para identificar los instrumentos financieros agropecuarios –a nivel internacional–

By Suresh Chandra Babu, Yogendra Karki, Innocent Pangapanga, Md Sadat Anowar, and Nandita Srivastava August 21, 2024 Reducing food loss and waste (FLW) is crucial to improving food security, reducing malnutrition, and providing livelihoods for food system workers. But such efforts are also key to combating climate change. FLW has significant environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in both

By Khalid Siddig, James Thurlow, Josee Randriamamonjy, Mariam Raouf, and Mosab O. M. Ahmed August 16, 2024 More than a year of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has weakened the country’s fragile economy. This is in addition to triggering a humanitarian crisis, loss of lives, property destruction and income disruptions. Even before the current conflict, Sudan ranked among the poorest countries in the world.

By Brian McNamara August 12, 2024 Malnutrition stemming from unhealthy diets is a major food systems challenge impacting the health and well-being of people around the world. High food prices, increasing availability of ultra-processed foods, urbanization, climate change, and other trends have contributed to the overconsumption of unhealthy foods while limiting the accessibility of healthy foods. These challenges are prevalent across

By Nina Jovanovic and Joseph Glauber August 7, 2024 In June 2024, the Egyptian government raised the price of subsidized traditional baladi bread to 20 piastres ($0.004)1 per loaf—quadrupling the old price of 5 piastres. The change—the first such increase since 1989—was triggered by a number of factors: Egypt’s heavy reliance on wheat imports due to limited arable crop base and growing population, along with high global wheat prices amid the

By Vivian Hoffmann August 5, 2024 Average crop yields in much of Africa lag far below their agronomic potential. This is the case for coffee grown by smallholders in Uganda—agronomy experts estimate they could more than double their yields by applying optimal management practices. Increased coffee production is a key strategy of the government of Uganda for boosting both national earnings of foreign exchange and