World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Food Security
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Facilitating Cross-Border Trade Through a Coordinated African Response to Covid-19
<p>The coronavirus disease pandemic, while above all a public health crisis, has presented the African continent with unprecedented economic challenges. In order to contain cross-border transmission of
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Impact of COVID-19 on Livelihoods, Food Security & Nutrition in East Africa: Urban Focus
<p>Urban populations in East Africa are highly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly 35 million people, or 58% of the urban populations living in informal settlements who are at high risk from
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Progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition. a cross-country cluster analysis
This report provides a quantitative assessment of progress made towards the sustainable development goal of ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition since 1990. Using a cluster analysis, it categorizes
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Strategic review of food security and nutrition in Indonesia: 2019–2020 update
This report is an update of the 2014–2015 Strategic Review. It was initiated in August 2019 and was extended until July 2020 to cover the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security and nutrition.
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Effect of farming system for nutrition on nutritional intakes: a study of two regions in India
In nutrition insecure regions of rural India, farming system with focus on nutrition (or FSN) can prove effective in improving access and availability for nutrient intake. In 2017, a few villages in Koraput
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What’s the impact of modern rice farming in Nigeria?
<p>Coscharis Farms Limited (Coscharis Farms), a subsidiary of Coscharis Group, is an integrated rice processor in Nigeria. Coscharis Farms is helping to reduce Nigeria’s dependency on rice imports
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COVID-19 & Global Food Security
<p>COVID-19 & Global Food Security brings together a groundbreaking series of IFPRI blog posts looking at the impacts of COVID-19 and the policy responses. IFPRI researchers and guest bloggers provide
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Urgent action required to prevent a major food crisis in Eastern Africa
<p>The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region faces an unprecedented triple threat to food security caused by the combined effects of recent severe floods, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
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Review of policies and frameworks on climate change, agriculture, food and nutrition security in Tanzania
<p>The Republic of Tanzania is an agriculture-based economy. Agriculture contributes 28% of the gross domestic product (GDP), employs 88% of the working population and accounts for between 50% and 66%
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Draft Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Amendment Regulations, 2020 related to incidental occurring of Khesari dal in grams/pulses
<p>The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on July 23, 2020 has issued the draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2020 to further