Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Yield increases of staple crops have slowed, yet more food will need to be grown in the next 33 years than in the 10,000 years since the agricultural revolution began. Production and distribution will be challenged by population growth, dietary change, climate change and environmental decline. A diverse range of affordable and nutritious food – in particular, fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts – is limited in many markets, especially for the poor. Most of the growth in food required will need to come from increases in productivity across the food chain, and in harmony with the natural environment. Additionally, maintenance of active food markets and open trade are challenged. Food price crises have the potential to return in the future for various reasons including climate change, which increasingly creates correlated shocks in global and local food markets.
CGIAR and the Sustainable Development Goals
CGIAR research to improve food security and nutrition contributes strongly to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and targets for the 2030 agenda, to address:
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News
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Keeping food flowing within African food systems by busting policy myths
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)01.03.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Lawrence Haddad shares his thoughts inspired by the recent CGIAR-supported paper on persistent myths…
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Book launch: Straight talk about food system challenges
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.02.21-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY HONOR DEARLOVE Over the past several decades, most food systems around the world have…
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Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)17.02.21-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The pressure to achieve global food security demands that we rethink current production systems and…
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Policy seminar: Rebuilding food and agricultural research institutions in a post-pandemic world
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)16.02.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY HONOR DEARLOVE The COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges to publicly-funded food and agricult…
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Rejuvenation in Bundelkhand: how an upland watershed got its groundwater back
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)16.02.21-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The world of water management is replete with stories about traditional systems that break down,…
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African project highlights importance of legume crops on World Pulses Day
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)12.02.21-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Could legumes be the key to food production sustainability and climate change resilience? They consu…
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Events
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02.03.21
Food systems lessons from COVID-19: From understanding fragilities to building resilience
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Small Low-cost Fish: From Bait to Plate
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The Big Fish Series: Impacts of COVID-19 on Seafood Value Chains
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CFS 47 Side Event: Exploring the application of CFS instruments to address gender, youth, inequality and data systems in small-scale fisheries
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15.02.21
Global Panel Policy Brief Launch: Harnessing Aquaculture for Healthy Diets
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01.02.21
UN Food Systems Summit Action Track 4 - Second Public Forum
Virtual
Publications
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Mobile veterinary clinics in the drylands of Kenya: Securing pastoralists’ livelihoods by bringing services close
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)03.02.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-Stakeholder Platforms
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)28.01.21-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.01.21-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain: A review of the evidence
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.01.21-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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Towards better livelihoods of livestock-keeping communities
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.12.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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An evolving paradigm of agricultural mechanization development: How much can Africa learn from Asia?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)05.12.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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