A new learning agenda can point out learning gaps and set research priorities for organizations working to ensure that women benefit equally from climate-smart agriculture. Climate change impacts every aspect of agriculture and food systems, from production to consumption, affecting the lives and livelihoods of women and men in myriad ways. The impacts are not ‘gender neutral,’ but are
Buffalo cow in Nepal (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan) Buffalo are well-suited to Nepal’s lowland and mountainous terrain, offering diverse products and economic benefits right along agri-food value chains from production to consumption. They are a major contributor to the agricultural sector, second after rice in the contribution to agricultural gross national product. They provide more than half of meat and
Tasting Table published an article about how current food inflation is causing a sharp increase in global prices as factors ranging from the war in the Ukraine to devastating droughts have led to production and supply chain disruptions. This crisis is impacting nations in various ways. NPR notes that in Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya have seen over a doubling
Tasting Table published an article stating that according to IFPRI, supplies of sunflower oil which makes up 13% of the edible oils used in kitchens around the world today, continue to be squeezed thanks to the ongoing war in Ukraine. IFPRI stated that there are no quick fixes for the global sunflower oil shortage, as multiple factors are contributing to
AgWeb published an article that the cost of cooking is increasing because much of the world is on the brink of a shortage of edible cooking oil. Suddenly, we have less than we need—and most of this growing problem is man-made. The immediate cause of our cooking-oil crisis is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which exports more sunflower oil than any
Written by Emmanuel Mwema, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, with contributions from Mireille Ferrari, International Livestock Research Institute June 1st was World Milk Day, a day conceived by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ‘recognize the importance of milk as a global food, and to celebrate the dairy sector’ (https://worldmilkday.org/). It’s not hard to see why: more
Key Messages Women in food systems tend to be more negatively impacted by climate risks than men as they are more dependent on agriculture as well as more constrained in responding and adapting to changes in climate because of structural socio-economic inequalities. Identifying climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots, where climate hazards converge with large concentrations of women participating in food systems and
A groundbreaking new dataset and analysis are set to ensure crop breeders develop new varieties that benefit the world’s most disadvantaged people. The CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) led a data collection effort across public breeding programs and target regions in the developing world. The work has identified and described 428 market segments – market opportunities in a particular region with