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Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030
Due to complex interactions, changes in any one area of food systems are likely to impact—and possibly depend on—changes in other areas. Here we present the first annual monitoring update of the indicator framework proposed by the Food Systems Countdown Initiative, with new qualitative analysis elucidating interactions across indicators. Since...
2025 - nature briefing
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Local and regional food production diversity are positively associated with household dietary diversity in rural Africa
Undernutrition and low dietary quality remain widespread issues in Africa. As most rural households in the region are involved in farming, the diversification of own farm production could improve their access to nutritious foods. Here we use representative panel data from six African countries to estimate this effect across different...
2025 - nature briefing
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Forecasting the risks of deforestation: building national high-resolution maps
One way of combating deforestation effectively is to define priority zones seen as being at particular risk. The difficult part is identifying those zones. Tropical countries have recently been given access to a new free, open-access plugin that serves to map the risks on a national or local level. The...
2025 - Cirad
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Community-based monitoring in the context of sustainable wildlife management and biodiversity conservation in tropical countries
This document is addressed to communities and their partners, and features eight main key lessons learned that emerge from the implementation of community-based monitoring in the context of wildlife management and biodiversity conservation, across 15 countries in Africa, the Guyana Shield and the Pacific Region in which the Sustainable Wildlife...
2025 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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POLICY COHERENCE IN THE ETHIOPIAN FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION EFFORT
The issue of policy coherence has gained growing significance in development discussions over the past few decades. It was also emphasized in the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is highlighted in Sustainable Development Goal 17. Similarly, it has been noted by both experts and researchers that fragmented...
Ethiopia
2025 - IFPRI ETHIOPIA
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Adapting the Women's Empowerment in Nutrition Index: Lessons from Kenya
Women face a disproportionate burden of malnutrition and food insecurity. Research has shown that women's empowerment can buffer women against nutritional problems. This paper contributes to ongoing efforts to measure women's empowerment that are both context-sensitive and universal, focusing on the recently developed Women's Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI). Earlier...
Kenya
2025
كتاب
Stocktaking and situation analysis of FAO's work with cooperatives and other forms of collective action in the Near East and North Africa region
Agricultural cooperatives, Producer and Professional Organizations (PPOs), and Water Users Associations (WUAs) in the North Africa and Near East (NENA) region play a crucial role in supporting small-scale family farming, which is vital for the regional economy. Recognized as a strategic sector, agriculture benefits significantly from the contributions of cooperatives...
2025 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Hard and soft climate-smart investments in aquaculture in Bangladesh: Conditioning factors and decision space
Climate change and its’ associated weather variabilities and extremes are posing significant risks to aquaculture productivity, particularly in the coastal regions of Bangladesh. Concurrently, the increasing population and shifting consumption patterns are driving higher demand for aquacultural products. This study investigates the impact of floods, heavy rainfall, tidal surges, high...
Bangladesh
2025 - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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Hybrid rice + innovations: a path forward for climate-smart agriculture
Rice, while a staple food for half of the world’s population, is also a significant contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily methane and nitrous oxide. With rice cultivation accounting for nearly 48% of all GHG emissions from croplands, solutions are urgently needed to address this global environmental challenge. A...
2025 - International Rice Institute (IRI)
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Conservation agriculture enhances maize yields and profitability in Mexico's semi-arid highlands
Rainfed agriculture in semi-arid regions is affected by variable rainfall patterns, resulting in low yields under conventional farming systems. To address this issue, cropping systems based on conservation agriculture were evaluated in 2 field experiments on 17 farmers’ fields in the semi-arid highlands of Queretaro, Mexico, from 2013 to 2020,...
Mexico
2025 - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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La multiplication du ver de terre Eudrilus eugeniae
Nous présentons une méthode simple, reproductible et accessible au plus grand nombre (low-tech) pour la multiplication du ver de terre Eudrilus eugeniae, une espèce épigée que nous recommandons pour la lombriculture ou le lombricompostage en Martinique.
2025 - Cirad
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Learning journey on biodiversity management and sustainable farming
Capacity building related to multilateral environmental agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs 3 programme) Kigali, Rwanda, 12–18 May 2024
This comprehensive guide accompanies the Learning Journey in Rwanda, known as the 'Land of a Thousand Hills' where the economy heavily relies on agriculture. This document presents a detailed look into Farmer Field Schools (FFS) established through the ACP MEAs 3 programme, highlighting innovative farmer initiatives and success stories. Within...
2025 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa
What are priority investments in rights to achieve long-term sustainability of forest areas?
The study on collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa aims to consolidate and analyse the state of the evidence on how tenure arrangements – in particular collective ownership and management of forests operating in complex systems of contingent factors – impact forest condition outcomes, as well as...
2025 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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How Can Organic Farming Be Scaled Up Successfully?
A global review of the literature shows that successful strategies for promoting organic agriculture vary from one region to another and require a combination of measures, e.g economic incentives coupled with educational and informational campaigns.
2025 - Swiss Agricultural Research
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Farmers’ adoption of organic agriculture—a systematic global literature review
Policymakers worldwide set ambitious targets to increase the share of organic farming. We conduct a global, systematic literature review to synthesise evidence on the adoption of organic farming and support policymakers and food-value chain actors in reaching policy goals. First, we map the existing research and identify substantial gaps regarding...
2025 - Oxford Academic
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Sudan food emergency: Local researcher unpacks scale of the disaster and what action is needed
The UN recently warned of the risk of famine in Sudan. The war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed civilians and devastated livelihoods on a massive scale. Around 18 million people are already acutely hungry, including 3.6 million children who are acutely malnourished.
Sudan
2025 - CGIAR
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Building Resilient Water Systems in Akole and Shahada, India: A Geohydrological Perspective
Agriculture faces critical challenges, including water scarcity, soil degradation, and erratic rainfall, threatening productivity and ecosystems. CGIAR’s Nature-Positive Solutions initiative addresses these issues through innovative interventions like aquifer mapping, water harvesting, and soil conservation. Studies in Maharashtra’s Akole and Shahada reveal tailored strategies that improve groundwater recharge and soil moisture,...
India
2025 - CGIAR
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Adaptation in focus: Kenya’s efforts in climate reporting and resilience
Kenya is taking significant strides in climate reporting and resilience-building by successfully submitting its first Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) under the Paris Agreement. Developed in collaboration with key stakeholders, the report outlines the country’s progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to climate change, and identifying areas where additional support is needed. It also highlights Kenya’s proactive...
Kenya
2025 - Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT
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How conflict drives hunger: Six channels through the food system
Much has been said and written of late about the linkages between conflict and hunger. There is good reason for this: 65% of the world’s acutely food-insecure people live in conflict-affected countries. Typically, two claims are made about the conflict-hunger linkage. First, that conflict breeds hunger. This claim is supported by so much evidence that in...
2025 - IFPRI
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Bioeconomy governance in the global South: State of the art and the way forward
1.1. The bioeconomy concept in political strategies
The bioeconomy (BE) has gained increasing attention in research and policy debates over the last two decades. It has been intensively discussed and implemented in the EU and North America at the beginning of the Millennium. Since then, BE has become an increasingly debated subject...
2025 - University of Freiburg, Germany
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