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  • Gender & Governance in rural India, Ghana, and Ethiopia

    Gender & Governance in rural India, Ghana, and Ethiopia

    In 2010, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the World Bank (WB) conducted an analysis of agricultural extension and clean water access in rural areas in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia. The surveys were conducted in approximately 1,000 households in each country. Access to agricultural extension varied across the three countries. There was reported […]

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    August 24, 2016
  • Linking WASH, Nutrition and Agriculture: Indicators to Measure Progress Across SDGs

    Linking WASH, Nutrition and Agriculture: Indicators to Measure Progress Across SDGs

    Many development actors and United Nations Member States have suggested – where possible – that indicators for the SDGs measure progress towards more than one target, or be “multi-purpose.” On March 27th, the International Coalition on Advocating for Nutrition (ICAN) hosted a discussion at the UN titled Indicators with Impact: how to measure nutrition in […]

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    April 27, 2015
  • Award-Winning Agriculture/Nutrition Projects

    Award-Winning Agriculture/Nutrition Projects

    Three projects were awarded as winners of the 2013 Harvesting Nutrition contest  organized by  SecureNutrition . The contest was organized to promote initiatives with a holistic approach linking nutrition, agriculture and food security. The award ceremony was held at The World Bank on February 19, 2015. According to SecureNutrition the contest attracted 50 submissions from projects around the world […]

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    February 25, 2015
  • The State Of Food And Agriculture 2014: Innovation in family farming

    The State Of Food And Agriculture 2014: Innovation in family farming

    FAO’s 2014 report on The State Of Food and Agriculture (SOFA 2014) focuses on the vital role of family farms for food security, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. The report states more than 500 million family farms manage the majority of the world’s agricultural land  and produce most of the world’s food. That group constitutes 90% of […]

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    November 10, 2014
  • Gender Gap and Access to Productive Assets: A Conceptual Framework

    Gender Gap and Access to Productive Assets: A Conceptual Framework

    How can agricultural development programs help improve women’s access to assets, thus reducing gender gaps and leading to more well-being? The latest report “Learning from Eight Agricultural Development Interventions in Africa and South Asia” from The Gender, Agriculture, & and Assets Project (GAAP) focuses on that question. GAAP developed a conceptual framework for the evaluation […]

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    June 17, 2014
  • Need help designing seed-related assistance?

    Need help designing seed-related assistance?

    Seed System is a collaboration among diverse national and international organizations aiming to improve seed security in high stress and vulnerable areas across the world. Their new website seedsystem.org provides practical (‘how- to”) guidance and strategic thinking to help professionals design seed-related assistance.  pro provides practical (‘how-to’) guidance and strategic thinking to help professionals design […]

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    April 2, 2014
  • Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

    Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

    Olivier De Schutter, a United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, has recently presented a report to the UN Human Rights Council. The Rapporteur called for the world’s food system to be radically and democratically redesigned. (SRFOOD.ORG, 2014). In the final report, Olivier De Schutter presents his main conclusions and a summary […]

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    March 17, 2014
  • IFPRI: 2013 Global Food Policy Report

    IFPRI: 2013 Global Food Policy Report

    The International Food Policy Research Institute has launched a 2013 Global Food Policy Report yesterday. The report was launched at the event held at the Institute’s Washington, DC main office. Among the speakers during the report launch event were  Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General of the Institute, and guest speakers Homi Kharas from Brookings Institution, Asma […]

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    March 13, 2014
  • Increasing homogeneity in global food supplies and the implications for food security (PNAS)

    Increasing homogeneity in global food supplies and the implications for food security (PNAS)

    A study by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) shows that global diets have become more similar in composition over the last 50 years.  According to the study, “the narrowing of diversity in crop species contributing to the world’s food supplies has been considered a potential threat […]

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    March 4, 2014
  • Development Strategy and Investment Plan (DSIP) of Uganda and the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)

    Development Strategy and Investment Plan (DSIP) of Uganda and the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)

    As a landlocked country in sub-Saharan Africa and with a population of 36.35 million (2012), Uganda will face a daunting task in reducing poverty and ensuring sustainable development in the coming years. Despite the challenges, over the past decade, the country has managed to reduce national poverty levels from 33.8% in 2000 to 24.5% in […]

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    January 30, 2014
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