Food security

The world is currently experiencing a historic food crisis. High fertiliser prices are part of the problem. In addition to the necessary short-term aid measures, the crisis ought to be made use of to develop and…

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Food security

In their report “Food Barons 2022”, the ETC Group exposes how few corporations have come to control the industrial food chain over the last century and proposes recommendations for fighting their growing power and…

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Food security

Using Malawi and its agricultural subsidy programme as a case study, our authors demonstrate how global fertiliser price rises can affect domestic fertiliser prices. They also propose strategies countries can consider to…

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Food security

The African Continental Free Trade Area is expected to significantly stimulate intra-African trade, increase income and food security, and to reduce the continent’s external dependency. However, its success needs to be…

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Food security

Enhancing agricultural trade within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is essential to increase resilience to shocks and build a more food-secure West Africa. Although the ECOWAS Commission has…

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Food security

The impacts of the Ukraine crisis on food prices world-wide have highlighted just how globalised the commodity flows have also become in the agrifood sector. This is of no benefit to most farmers, our author maintains,…

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Land governance

Many vulnerable populations in sub-Saharan Africa are encircled by resource enclosures or land grabs while imperilled by food insecurity, livelihood vulnerability and climate shocks, which leads to conflicts. This…

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Food security

Inequalities in food security and nutrition, between countries and regions and within countries, communities and households, exist throughout the world. This report shows the urgent need to address these inequalities and…

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Food security

Water and food security are closely linked. WFP and UNEP agree to work together to improve food, water and environmental security in vulnerable communities.

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Food security

Over a quarter of a billion people were facing acute food insecurity in 2022. This number has increased for the fourth year in a row, according to a new report.

 

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