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Feeding an archipelago: How Cabo Verde is rewriting food governance across its islands

The new National Strategy for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Food Systems offers a rare example of governance designed around geography rather than despite it. By Katya Mascarenhas Neves

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Can governance and investment unlock South Sudan’s agrifood potential?
New issue brief explores how investment readiness and policy coordination could help shape the future of agriculture in South Sudan
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Intensifying water competition highlights the need for stronger water tenure governance in Asia and the Pacific
With pressure on freshwater resources rising across Asia and the Pacific, regional governments gather to discuss water tenure governance to prevent conflict, protect food security, and ensure fair access to one of the region’s most critical resources
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Bridging perspectives: Nigeria’s shift from coordination to collective action
Participants gathering for a National One Health Workshop mapped stakeholders, discussed roles, and reflected on coordination mechanisms, and reimagined how One Health could function in practice
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UN experts put water governance at the centre of climate resilience talks
A new proposed global index suggests institutional reform may be as important as rainfall to tackle climate and water crises

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Can governance and investment unlock South Sudan’s agrifood potential?

26 May 2026 - New issue brief explores how investment readiness and policy coordination could help shape the future of agriculture in South Sudan

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Intensifying water competition highlights the need for stronger water tenure governance in Asia and the Pacific

8 May 2026 - With pressure on freshwater resources rising across Asia and the Pacific, regional governments gather to discuss water tenure governance to prevent conflict, protect food security, and ensure fair access to one of the region’s most critical resources

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Rising Global Food Insecurity: Assessing Policy Responses

Aug 20, 2025, 14:59 PM
The outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic in early 2020 and the war in Ukraine have contributed to the further deterioration of the global food security situation, increasing food prices worldwide. This report was produced at the request of G20 Leaders, through their G20 Bali Declaration of November 2022, for FAO and the World Bank Group to undertake a mapping exercise on the global responses to rising food insecurity, with the objective of identifying any major gaps in these responses.
Title : Rising Global Food Insecurity: Assessing Policy Responses
Link to External Url : https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cc5392en
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*Publication Date : Apr 12, 2023, 12:00 PM

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