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Food Policy

Clarifying the problem of food loss and waste to improve food and nutrition security

Reducing food loss and waste can contribute to food security and sustainability. Measuring food loss and waste (FLW), identifying where in the food system it occurs, and developing effective policies along the value chain are essential first steps toward addressing the problem.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2018
Maximo Torero, Luciana Delgado, Monica Schuster
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Food Security, Food Policy, Nutrition, Cost Benefit Analysis, India, Global
Food Policy

Building resilient food systems: an analytical review


Publication Date: 
01/09/2018
Karunya Iyappan, Suresh Chandra Babu
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Food Prices, Food Security, Poverty, Nutrition, Agriculture, Climate Change, India, Global
Forests

Restoring forests and landscapes: the key to a sustainable future

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), on behalf of the Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration (GPFLR), has published a report titled, ‘Restoring Forests and Landscapes, the Key to Sustainable Future,’ which showcases the success of large-scale restoration of landscapes burdened by natural or man-made d

Publication Date: 
27/08/2018
Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration
Tags:
Forests, Land Degradation, Food Security, India, Global
Food Policy

South Sudan: Malnutrition Threatens Thousands of Kids

Khartoum — SOME 300 000 South Sudanese children are at high risk of death from malnutrition emanating from deteriorating food insecurity in the war-torn country.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Malnutrition, Child Health, Children, Sudan, Food Security, Africa, Food Policy
Food Policy

With Sensors and Apps, Young African Coders Compete to Curb Hunger

From an app to diagnose disease on Zambian farms to Tinder-style matchmaking for Senegalese land owners and young farmers, young coders have been finding solutions to hunger in the first Africa-wid

Publication Date: 
23/08/2018
Voice of America
Tags:
Food Security, Zambia, Senegal, Food Policy, FAO, Agriculture, Crop Pests, Africa
Poverty

The linkages between migration, agriculture, food security and rural development

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme (WFP) launch technical report on the linkages between migration, agriculture, food security and rural development.

Publication Date: 
20/08/2018
FAO
Tags:
Migration, Agriculture, Food Security, Rural Development, Poverty, India, Global
Agriculture

East Africa to develop policy on aflatoxin to boost food security

The East African Community member (EAC) states plan to develop a policy framework to address the human and animal health threat of aflatoxin contamination and boost food security, the economic bloc

Publication Date: 
17/08/2018
New Times (Rwanda)
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Security, Africa, Kenya, Health Effects, Cancer, Child Health
Agriculture

Erratic weather shapes 2018 as one of worst years for Kenyan farmers

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- A majority of Kenyan farmers cannot wait for 2018 to end as the year shapes out to be one of the toughest, thanks to erratic weather.

Publication Date: 
17/08/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, Extreme Weather Events, Kenya, Rainfall, Food Security, Africa
Agriculture

Wheat gene map to help 'feed the world'

The starting pistol has been fired in a race to develop "climate change resistant" wheat with the publication of a map of the crop's genes.

Publication Date: 
17/08/2018
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Agriculture, Wheat, Food Security, Climate Change, Scientists, Heat Waves, FAO
Food Policy

Low Education Show Connected to Food Insecurity and Venerability in Liberia

Liberian households headed by individuals with little or no education are more vulnerable to food insecurity while the opposite is true for households headed by someone who has attended a technical

Publication Date: 
14/08/2018
Liberian Observer (Liberia)
Tags:
Food Security, Food Policy, Liberia, Nutrition, Education, Africa

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