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Two men surveying a hilly landscape.
Synchronicity Earth: redesigning grant-making for locally-led conservation actions
… Food and agriculture … How business and investment pioneers are transforming forest and food supply chains …
Article, 31 May 2024
A combine harvester working in a field.
Carbon-intensive ultra-processed ingredients subsidised by nearly $43 billion a year
News, 28 November 2023
A woman farmer looks at her flock of sheep
Critical theme: Small-scale farming and the future of the European food system
… It’s not just Brexit. The future of European food systems is being shaped by many different – sometimes contradictory – drivers. The large-scale agro-food processing and retailing industries are increasingly churning out … the same time, more people are concerned about the climate impacts of agriculture and demanding better, rather than more, food. …
Event, 22 January 2020
A conservation agriculture demonstration at the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, Zambia. Conservation agriculture can increase productivity and improve soil structure (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture
… Increasing agricultural production to meet rapidly growing demands for food (a 150% increase by 2050), while safeguarding vital ecosystem … in sub-Saharan Africa  has shown that conflicts between goals on food security, ecosystem conservation and inequality are intensifying in … and has the potential to further marginalise those who depend on agriculture for a living. Objectives The SENTINEL (Social and …
Project, 10 August 2017
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Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2022
… from the sturdy partnership between its four founding agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 31 March 2023
Woman washing dishes with a jerrycan.
To address food insecurity in Uganda post COVID-19 the government must act now
… livelihoods under immense strain, leaving many people without enough food to eat. Uganda in lockdown Ugandans from all walks of life, both in … no source of income and no idea how they will regain employment.  Food relief packages of maize flour and beans were distributed to people … food responsiveness. The government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, should establish food …
Insight, 24 September 2020
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Conservation versus food production in Africa: better managing trade-offs
… services worldwide. In Africa, this is primarily the expansion of food crops to meet growth in domestic food demand. Further losses are inevitable before the situation … Food and agriculture … Conservation versus food production in Africa: better managing trade-offs …
Publication, 01 December 2019
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Fifth Learning Hub Event on “Nutrition and Food Security: A Comprehensive and Adaptive Agricultural Development"
Publication, 01 August 2015
Busy market scene, showing traders with their vegetables
Informal food markets offer diverse food products and crucial livelihood opportunities
News, 25 November 2019
The experiences of mountain communities in Kyrgyzstan were shared at a learning exchange (Photo: Alan Zulch)
Mountain communities stress the importance of biocultural heritage for global food security
… The report has been published ahead of the 17th meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organisation's Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) in Rome from 18-22 February 2019. CGRFA … Food and agriculture … communities stress the importance of biocultural heritage for global food security …
News, 15 February 2019