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Food Policy

From famine to food security: lessons for building resilient food systems

Armed conflict combined with prolonged drought has put about 20 million people at risk of starvation and death in Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, and northern Nigeria.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2017
Suresh Chandra Babu, Paul Dorosh
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Food Security, Famine, Africa, Extreme Weather Events, Natural Disasters, Droughts
Agriculture

Change in crop management strategies could double the maize yield in Africa

Change in cropping practices is required to address the food security issues in Africa. Yet, testing of the performance of such changes, in particular at large scales, often needs significant investments.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2017
Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei, Thomas Gaiser
Center for Development Research
Tags:
Crops, Maize, Africa, Agriculture, Irrigation, Food Security
Climate Change

Options for low emission development in the Bangladesh dairy sector

This study evaluates the potential for improving milk production while reducing enteric methane emission intensity from dairy production in Bangladesh.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2017
FAO
Tags:
Climate Change, Low Carbon Economy, Bangladesh, Milk Products, Methane, Food Security, Cattle
Climate Change

Gender, climate change, and resilient food systems: lessons from strategic adaptation by smallholder farmers in Cameroon

Climate change has major impacts on the food security and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Africa south of the Sahara. Vulnerable to the vagaries of weather and to being chronically poor, women farmers are unequally and more negatively affected by climate change and seasonal changes than male farmers.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2017
Lilian Nkengla-Asi, Suresh Chanda Babu, Holger Kirscht, & et al
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Food Security, Women, Farmers, Cameroon, Africa
Food Policy

Militants blocking aid to starving children in Somalia, charity says

NAIROBI, June 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lack of access to hungry parts of Somalia controlled by Islamist militants is threatening the lives of tens of thousands of malnourished children, a

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Food Security, Famine, Starvation, Somalia, Child Health, Children, Food Policy, UNICEF, Droughts, Agriculture, Africa
Climate Change

Meghalaya's climate change project approved

Meghalaya's state action plan proposal on climate change projects was approved by the Ministry of Environment and Forest & Climate Change, an official said here today.

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Meghalaya, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Food Security, Water Conservation
Dams/ Irrigation

World Bank releases funds for the Construction of Momboshi Dam in Chisamba

THE World Bank has disbursed $115 million for the construction of a dam in Chisamba and the implementation of irrigation schemes in selected areas.

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
Lusaka Times (Zambia)
Tags:
Dams/ Irrigation, World Bank, Zambia, Irrigation, Food Security, Africa
Food Policy

AfDB president Adesina named World Food Prize recipient

This year’s World Food Prize will go to Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), whose name was announced earlier this week in the United States.

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
Africa Times
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Awards, Agriculture, Nigeria, Poverty, Africa
Food Policy

EU presents supporting project for food security

At the event, Susana Martins, the project manager for the EU in Angola, said that the initiative aims to reduce hunger, poverty in the most vulnerable people, food and nutritional insecurity as wel

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
Angola Press
Tags:
Food Security, Poverty, Angola, European Union (EU), Nutrition, Agriculture, Africa
Water Resources

Ministry of Environment, FAO sign agreement for sustainable management of wetland resources

The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) on Tuesday, signed a Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for enhan

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
Ghana Business News
Tags:
Water Resources, Wetlands, Ghana, FAO, Nutrition, Food Security, Africa, Water Pollution, Drainage

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