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Food Policy

Global Food Policy Report 2018

The 2018 Global Food Policy Report reviews major food policy issues and developments from the past year. Leading researchers, policy makers, and practitioners review the changing policy landscape for reducing hunger and poverty and offer a look forward to 2018.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2018
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Nutrition, Agriculture, Finance, India, Global
Climate Change

Zimbabwe human development report 2017: climate change and human development - towards building a climate resilient nation

The ZHDR 2017 seeks to provide an in-depth analysis of challenges relating to climate change and human development in order to mainstream climate change into national planning and build the resilience of vulnerable people in Zimbabwe to climate change using a human development lens.

Publication Date: 
19/03/2018
UNDP
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Climate Change, Human Rights, Development, Zimbabwe, Africa, Health, Education, Food Security, Climate Impacts
Agriculture

The convergence of peasant struggles worldwide

A plethora of problems face Southern and Northern family agricultures in the current neo-liberal era of financial capital domination worldwide, and has paved the way for the revival of peasant struggles for their social emancipation and legitimate right of access to land and food. Obviously, such struggles also concern all categories of workers and people because what is at stake is the challenge to reach food sovereignty and to build our societies at the local, national and global levels, on the principles of social justice, equality and real democracy.

Publication Date: 
17/03/2018
Rémy Herrera
Economic and Political Weekly
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42-49
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Agriculture, Farmers, Food Security, Africa, Asia, Land Tenure, Landless, India, Kenya, South Africa, China, Debt
Natural Disasters

The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security 2017

The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2015 showed that a staggering 22 percent of total damage and loss from natural disasters in developing countries was absorbed by the agriculture sector alone.

Publication Date: 
15/03/2018
FAO
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Food Security, Developing Countries, India, Crops, Livestock, Forest Resources, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Conflicts
Food Policy

Ethiopia says nearly 7.88 million of its citizens need emergency food aid

Ethiopia said on Tuesday that about 7.88 million of its citizens need emergency food aid and that climate change has been a special challenge for the country’s food security.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
Premium Times (Nigeria)
Tags:
Food Security, Ethiopia, Food Aid, Climate Change, Floods, Droughts, Africa
Agriculture

Nigeria: Olam Invests $1bn to Boost Nigeria's Agric Sector

The Vice-President of Olam, Reji George has disclosed that Olam Nigeria Limited had invested about $1 billion (about N306billion) to boost Nigeria's agricultural sector.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Agriculture, Nigeria, Rice, Food Security, Seeds, Cocoa, Cotton, Africa
Agriculture

East Africa: EAC Cereal Crops Under Threat

Arusha — Fall Armyworms (FAW) have emerged as new serious threat to over 80 crops as East Africa strives to control tropical and subtropical insects.The threat of the insect, scientifically known a

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Agriculture, Crop Pests, Africa, Food Security, Insects, Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Food Policy

Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 2 Million Malnourished Children at Risk - UN

The United Nations warns more than two million severely acutely malnourished children in Democratic Republic of Congo are at risk of dying unless they receive urgently needed therapeutic aid.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Food Policy, Malnutrition, Child Health, Health, Congo, Africa, Food Security
Economy

North Africa Economic Outlook 2018

This North Africa Economic Outlook (covering Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia) examines the macroeconomic performance of the region and the outlook for 2018 and 2019 and explores the relationship between food security and rural poverty.

Publication Date: 
12/03/2018
African Development Bank
Tags:
Economy, Economic Development, Africa, Poverty, Agriculture, Food Security, Unemployment, GDP
Food Policy

Funding urgently needed to support hungry refugees in Ethiopia: UN agencies

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN refugee agency UNHCR have appealed for 80 million U.S. dollars to provide food assistance for refugees located in Ethiopia.

Publication Date: 
12/03/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Food Security, Ethiopia, Malnutrition, World Food Programme (WFP), Food Aid, Conflicts, Refugees, Uganda, Eritrea, Sudan, Africa

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