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Chinese agriculture goes global: food security for all?
… engagements for OECD-style development work (especially work on food security), and argues that better understanding could help both … own policies for Chinese involvement in agricultural development and food security. … Chinese agriculture goes global: food security for all? …
Publication, 01 December 2012
Evelyne Flora Latabu shaking a bowl of grains.
The Ugandan diet: food voices and choices
… Known as the food basket of East Africa, Uganda supplies 72% of the region’s … 16% of households are chronically undernourished and only 4% are food secure. At the same time, the proportion of overweight adults … This lack of diversity in Ugandan diets stems from challenges in food production and accessibility as well as a lack of awareness of the …
Insight, 24 October 2019
Two people bend down to pick up tomatos
A homegrown vision of commercial agriculture in Nepal that puts small-scale farmers at its heart
… Nepal’s rapidly increasing – and growing dependency on − food imports (up 65%  from 2015 to 2020) is raising macroeconomic and food security alarm bells and putting the future of Nepal’s agriculture sector into question. Nepal ranks 81 st out of 121 on the … A homegrown vision of commercial agriculture in Nepal that puts small-scale farmers at its heart …
Insight, 04 May 2023
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Sustainable Agriculture: Impacts on food production and food security
… Recent approaches to agricultural production and food security have failed to reduce the absolute numbers of the food insecure to ensure environmental sustainability. However, the views … solely on increasing food production. Sustainable intensification of agriculture is known to offer significant opportunities to improve food …
Publication, 01 January 1996
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Human-elephant conflict handbook: a guide to crop protection from elephant raiding
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 12 February 2025
Women traders on a market stall, with rows of different fruit and vegetables in front of them
Harnessing the potential of Zambia’s informal food sector
… Like many developing countries, Zambia’s informal food market is growing, driven largely by rapid urbanisation. Selling a variety of products at relatively low prices, informal food vendors offer access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food. … sector or how to integrate it into the economy. The Ministry of Agriculture, the Citizens’ Economic Empowerment Commission and the …
Insight, 17 October 2019
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Putting indigenous foods and food systems at the heart of sustainable food and nutrition security in Uganda
… to retain their cultures and protect their ecosystems, lands and food traditions in the face of globalisation. Indigenous food systems are typically biodiversity-rich, climate resilient and … shift towards westernised diets high in energy-dense nutrient-poor food has led to rising obesity, diabetes and other non-communicable …
Publication, 01 May 2020
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Constraints for adopting climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Southeast Kenya
Publication, 01 October 2021
Jack fruit vendor spreads out their wares on the ground.
Putting informal food systems at the centre of sustainable diets
… COVID-19 has highlighted the global food system’s inequalities, with the disease and the measures to contain … vulnerability exposed by COVID-19 is reflected in this year’s World Food Day call to make food systems more resilient to volatility and … food systems are industrialised and formal, dominated by large-scale agriculture, processing and supermarkets. A move to sustainable diets …
Insight, 16 October 2020
Two men and two women stand outsite the credit union building.
A top-level producers’ union (KANBAOCU) and its fast-growing Jwa Ngwaane Community Cooperative Credit Union
… Food and agriculture … How business and investment pioneers are transforming forest and food supply chains …
Article, 31 May 2024