The response to the global food crisis must address the needs of women and girls by Elizabeth Bryan and Claudia Ringler Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 Development agencies are pouring in billions of dollars to address the global food crisis exacerbated by Russia’s war on Ukraine. The World Bank, the G7, the European Union’s Team Europe, and the United States have collectively
Dried-out farms from China to Iowa will pressure food prices (Bloomberg) Bloomberg published an article on how the world is desperate to replenish grain reserves diminished by trade disruptions in the Black Sea and unfavorable weather in some of the largest growing regions. Droughts throughout the world are having a major impact on food prices globally. A US crop tour revealed the damage
Untapped potential in agriculture can help food security – USAID/Nigeria (News Agency Nigeria) News Agency Nigeria posted an article on the launch of the National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP) 2022 – 2027. Agriculture is important to the growth and development of the economy, adding that in 2020, agriculture contributed over 25 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The new policy
FG inaugurates six-year policy to promote innovation, investment in agric sector (The Cable) The Cable (Nigeria) published an article announcing the six-year national agricultural technology and innovation policy (NATIP) from 2022 to 2027 to enhance agribusiness in the country. The policy also aims to increase resilience and digital agriculture, thereby, promoting agricultural investments. Bedru Balana, country program leader, IFPRI, said women and youth
Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) project enters Phase 4.0 (Krishak Jagat) Krishak Jagat, India’s agriculture newspaper with the largest farmer subscription base, published an article on how the eastern Indo-Gangetic plains (EIGP) have a higher density of rural poverty and food insecurity than any other region. The region’s intensive rice-wheat cropping system has large yield gaps, which are far higher
Forbidden to export: the monster that the war in Ukraine awoke (Mas) Más (Colombia) published an article stating that the world has had a difficult succession of crises in recent years. The response of some countries, in the face of the pandemic and especially the war in Ukraine, has been to prohibit or limit their food exports, to privilege their compatriots. Globalization, which
Global Food Policy Report 2022 South Asia Launch: Climate change and food systems transformation in India Anisha Mohan Global action to address climate change—and its many impacts on food systems—has gathered momentum recently with developments like the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) and the UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow (COP26), both in 2021. To continue moving forward, a wide range of
Global Food Policy Report 2022 Nepal launch: Accelerating innovation and investments to transform food systems by Rebika Laishram OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Climate change poses a growing threat to efforts to build sustainable food systems. The COVID-19 pandemic and the current Ukraine crisis have further exacerbated global food and nutrition insecurity, leading to significant increases in poverty, hunger, and malnutrition.