Rhoda is part of a parent group in southern Malawi that manages the local community-based childcare center (CBCC). Her daughter Lela attends the preschool center where she participates in early childhood education activities and receives a daily meal that supports her nutrition at this key stage of her development. While CBCCs have been active in the Zomba district of Malawi
The International Food Policy Research Institute points out that the international community has enough data to prevent more people from falling into food insecurity, writes El País in an article about the global food crises. “If the daily weather forecast announces rain, anyone can take their umbrella to open it as soon as the first drops fall. It is the logic of forecasting
by Jessica Heckert, Agnes Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Greg Seymour, Hazel Malapit, Florencia Paz, Sheela Sinharoy, Kathryn M. Yount, and Heather Moylan OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Global commitment to reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5—achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls—is stronger than ever. But monitoring progress toward SDG5 has been challenging due to the absence of women’s empowerment metrics
Workfare or public works employment programs have long been prominent in many developing countries. These programs can be a simple and direct strategy to reduce poverty among the poorest households, similar to cash transfers, but the additional requirement for employment can have several positive effects. First, the work requirement may effectively screen out those who have other, higher-return opportunities and
Washington, DC: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is pleased to announce a new operational structure intended to strengthen our research, delivery, and scaling collaborations with partners on evidence-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. The updated structure also facilitates cross-CGIAR collaboration in line with the mission of CGIAR to advance the transformation of
by Simone Faas OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Since the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) launched in 2012, at least 247 organizations in 59 countries have used its various versions and tools for measuring women’s empowerment and gender equity. This uptake demonstrates a growing demand for validated tools focusing on these issues across geographic contexts and livelihoods. A March
by Elsa Olivetti and Brian McNamara OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 The agrifood system contributes significantly to climate change, producing over 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, climate-driven extreme weather and long-term changes in growing conditions around the globe threaten livelihoods, food and nutrition security, and ecological stability, with impacts falling most severely on women, youth,
“HSA Group – Yemen’s largest private company – partners with Tetra Pak to address food security and nutrition challenges facing young people in Yemen, writes Yahoo Finance in an article based on press release distributed on PR Newswire. The initiative will serve as a pilot for introducing fortified flavoured milk in school feeding programmes in Yemen, with the aim of addressing the threat of