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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Identifying and analysing adaptation turning points in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region
This framework document aims to introduce a proactive approach to assess adaptation needs and encourage timely adaptation. The idea behind this approach is that if an assessment shows that specific policies
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Migration, agriculture and climate change: reducing vulnerabilities and enhancing resilience
This document discusses the links between climate change, agriculture and migration from a global perspective and highlights the key factors to consider for improving food security, resilience and risk
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Water for food and energy security: an assessment of the impacts of water scarcity on agricultural production and electricity generation in the Middle East and North Africa
Water, energy, and agriculture have been conventionally dealt with separately in investment planning. For each of these sectors, regulatory frameworks, organizations, and infrastructures have been put
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How will humanity feed itself by 2050?
The food industry today faces a daunting task: feeding 10 billion mouths in a fair and sustainable way by 2050. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, food supply must more
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We can feed the world if we change our ways
Current crop yields could provide nutritious food for the projected 2050 global population, but only if we make radical changes to our dietary choices, a new study shows. Researchers from Lancaster
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New scholarly focus needed to help solve global food crisis, experts say
The global food system is unsustainable and urgently needs an overhaul. Yet current approaches to finding solutions through applied academic research are too narrow and treat the food system as a collection
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2: which policies for trade and markets?
In September 2015, governments at the United Nations took a major step towards defining a common framework for future action, when they adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the new
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Climate risk assessment and agricultural value chain prioritisation for Malawi and Zambia
Climate change is projected to have serious impacts on the agriculture of southern Africa, affecting food availability, creating local production shortfalls and resulting in rising commodity prices. This
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Nigeria: As Food Crisis in North-East Gets Worse, UN Food Agencies Team Up to Secure Livelihoods
Abuja — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a joint effort to support conflict-affected people in North-eastern Nigeria to increase
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World food body needs $49 million for insurgency-ravaged North East
World Food Programme (WFP) urgently requires $49 million to continue lifesaving support until the end of 2018 to assist the most food insecure and vulnerable people in the North-east Nigeria. Myrta