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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WFP airlifts food to save lives in Zemio, Central African Republic
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an airlift operation to deliver life-saving food supplies to 18,000 people in Zemio, 1000 km East of the capital Bangui. The region is on the
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The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
<p>The future of food supplies is under "severe threat" because of the number of animal and plant species disappearing warns this new global report on the state of biodiversity for food and agriculture</p>
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Agri-food systems: facts and futures- how South Africa can produce 50% more by 2050
South Africa faces an impending food security crisis if there isn't urgent action to correct unsustainable practices, says an environmental organisation. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF),
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Investment needs for irrigation infrastructure along different socioeconomic pathways
This paper conducts an assessment of the global costs for expanding, upgrading, and improving irrigation infrastructure in developing countries, along different future scenarios toward 2050. It uses the
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Setting priorities to address the research gaps between agricultural systems analysis and food security outcomes in low- and middle-income countries
This document assesses the current state of practice for the representation of food security indicators in agricultural systems models and provides recommendations for improvements in both model formulation
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2018 Africa regional overview of food security and nutrition: addressing the threat from climate variability and extremes for food security and nutrition
Hunger in Africa continues to rise after many years of decline, threatening the continent's hunger eradication efforts to meet the Malabo Goals 2025 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly
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Can one improve now-casts of crop prices in Africa? Google can.
With increasing Internet user rates across Africa, there is considerable interest in exploring new, online data sources. Particularly, search engine metadata, i.e. data representing the contemporaneous
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Making agri-food systems work for the rural poor in Eastern & Southern Africa
The overall objective of the project ‘Making agri-food systems work for the rural poor in Eastern and Southern Africa’ was to improve food security and promote sustainable management of natural resources
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Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations
The situation in the eight places in the world with the highest number of people in need of emergency food support shows that the link between conflict and hunger remains all too persistent and deadly,
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Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations
This report provides United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members with an overview of the magnitude, severity and drivers of acute food insecurity in eight countries and regions that have the world’s