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Small islands, Landlocked and Least Developed countries: They cannot wait for the next crisis

10/04/2026 Xiangjun Yao

Structural conditions shape how certain countries experience global impacts and how recovery unfolds.

SIDS often rely on imported food for domestic consumption, while Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) face logistical challenges that affect trade flows. These structural conditions shape how impacts are experienced and how recovery unfolds.

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Landlocked Countries (LLDCs) Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Categories: Emergencies , Sustainable Food and Agriculture

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Hold the Land, Heal the Soil
09/03/2026 Maximo Torero

When farmers own land, they invest in it. Reforming and enforcing land tenure can be a powerful tool to combat land degradation and food insecurity.

land degradation land tenure women farmers

Categories: Agriculture , Investments

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Unlocking the power of pulses
13/02/2026 Yurdi Yasmi

Pulses already deliver nutrition at massive scale. The shortcoming isn't production—it's getting more of them from fields to our plates

climate change Pulses

Categories: Agriculture , Climate , One Country One Priority Product

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Gender equality in science and innovation is critical for agrifood system transformation
11/02/2026 Charles Spillane, Mona Chaya, Preet Lidder

Promoting women and girls in STEM sectors strengthens the agrifood workforce, improves the relevance and impact of research and accelerates progress towards sustainable agrifood systems.

innovation innovation science women scientists

Categories: Agrifood System Transformation , Science and Innovation , women empowerment

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Mechanizing Africa’s farms won’t work unless we do it differently
04/02/2026 Beth Bechdol

Too often, agricultural mechanization efforts have introduced ill-suited, oversized, capital-intensive equipment. Sustainable agricultural mechanization offers a different path.

Africa sustainable mechanization

Categories: Agriculture , Women farmers , Youth

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Oceans beyond borders matter for people, planet and prosperity
16/01/2026 Manuel Barange

With a treaty on biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (the BBNJ Agreement) going into force on 17 January, a new chapter in ocean governance begins.

biodiversity fisheries oceans

Categories: Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection , Fisheries & Aquaculture