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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No matter who’s fighting, hunger always wins: how violent actions drive food insecurity
More Than 85% Of People Facing Hunger Crises Live in Conflict-Affected Countries. New Action Against Hunger analysis shows how conflict drives food insecurity. Conflict and violence threatens food security
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Food and nutrition security in the Global South: policies, technologies and institutions
Food and nutrition security has regressed in countries of the Global South, necessitating a comprehensive approach to addressing the complex linkages between food and nutrition, and other sectors. This
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Global report on internal displacement 2023 (GRID 2023): internal displacement and food security
The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) around the world reached 71.1 million as of the end of 2022, an increase of 20 per cent from the previous year, according to this Internal Displacement
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Global report on food crises 2023
<p>Almost 258 million people in 58 countries faced acute food shortages last year due to conflicts, climate change, effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to this United Nations report, a sharp rise from 193 million the previous year.</p>
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Working with informality: constructive ways to transform food systems
Many people in low-income countries rely on informal food systems for food and livelihoods. But informality puts food systems outside — or partly outside — the governance of states and value chains. This
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Things have just gotten worse: the impact of the global food, fuel and finance crisis on older people
The global food, fuel and finance crisis is having a devastating impact on millions of older people across the world. It is leaving them struggling to afford food and medical care, according to HelpAge
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Gearing up to solve food security challenges: building agritech ecosystem for the global south
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) jointly launched a whitepaper aimed at making India a global leader in Agri-Tech innovation and expanding
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COVID-19, agricultural growth, and food insecurity in Africa
Paradoxically, while agriculture appears to be a buffer sector during the COVID-19 crisis in several Sub-Saharan African countries with agricultural production (Amankwah et al., 2021; Zeufack et al., 2021),
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Global food policy report 2023: rethinking food crisis responses
This decade has been marked by multiple, often overlapping, crises. The COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and the ongoing war in Ukraine have all threatened the fabric of our global food systems. But
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The status of women in agrifood systems
<p>Levelling the playing field for women working in the food and agriculture sectors can bring growth and help feed millions, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in this report</p>