Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn’t bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much. Despite thousands of miles separating her from the battlefields of Ukraine, Kariuki and her cabbage, corn and spinach farm are
WorldFish’s Interim Director General Essam Yassin Mohammed joined cooperative meetings at the international AFRAQ21 conference to deepen bilateral cooperation and advance climate-smart solutions to… Read more
Over the past few weeks, CGIAR has been working with partners in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to gather perspectives on their priorities in food systems, including agriculture, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture. Using a bottom-up approach, CGIAR held a series of online consultation workshops in seven ASEAN countries – Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam –
Harnessing Statistics for Evidence-Based Policy Making in Kenya: The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and the International Food Policy Research Institute sign a Memorandum of Understanding Sound data together with cutting edge analytical tools are the basis for evidence-based policy- and decision making. With that common understanding the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and the International Food Policy Research
Switzerland is helping to develop innovative solutions to make food systems more resilient to climate change and provide access to healthy, affordable food for all. At its meeting on April 13, 2022, the Federal Council approved a contribution of CHF 54 million to CGIAR, the global partnership for a food-secure future, for the 2022–24 period. Climate change, land degradation and
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major food exporting regions. The war threatens to drive rising food prices still higher and create scarcity, especially for regions most dependent on wheat and other exports from Russia and Ukraine. Particularly affected is the Middle East and North Africa region. These Arab countries consume
Global turmoil and supply shocks can increase a country’s vulnerability to food shortages. In the past, countries have often resorted to restrictive trade policies to address food supply disruptions. The Ukraine-Russia crisis is no exception; a number of countries have imposed export restrictions in various forms. With food prices already high due to COVID-related supply chain disruptions and drought-reduced yields last year,
BY JOSEPH GLAUBER,DAVID LABORDE AND ABDULLAH MAMUN Global turmoil and supply shocks can increase a country’s vulnerability to food shortages. In the past, countries have often resorted to restrictive trade policies to address food supply disruptions. The Ukraine-Russia crisis is no exception; a number of countries have imposed export restrictions in various forms. With food prices already high due to COVID-related supply