Related Publications: Fostering Climate-Resilient & Sustainable Food Supply
Report on small-scale irrigation’s contributions to increased income, economic growth and market opportunities
Farmers, entrepreneurs, and businesses are already leading the way by expanding irrigation in response to climate variability and the growing demand for vegetables and fruit through supplemental and dry-season irrigated production.
2023 Global report on food crises: Joint analysis for better decisions
Founded by the European Union, FAO and WFP at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, the Global Network Against Food Crises is an alliance of humanitarian and development actors working together to prevent, prepare for, and respond to food crises and
Sahel social cohesion research in Burkina Faso and Niger: Working Paper
Intervention Context: WFP’s activities in Burkina Faso and Niger focus on fragile agrarian communities in the Sahel, where cyclical floods and droughts combine with decreasing soil fertility and increasing desertification, among other challenges,
Sahel social cohesion research in Burkina Faso and Niger: Research Brief
The World Food Programme (WFP) supports communities to mitigate the impact of and build resilience to natural and human-made shocks and stressors that contribute to food insecurity and destabilize people’s livelihoods.
Equality and empowerment by gender and intersecting social differentiation in agri-food systems: Setting the stage
Achieving gender and social equality in agri-food systems can result in greater food security and better nutrition for all—and transform food systems to be more just, resilient and sustainable.
A gender-responsive approach to designing agricultural risk management bundles
- Bundling agricultural insurance with risk-reducing agricultural technologies can lower the cost of insurance for farmers, but before implementing bundled solutions, it is important to analyze how these bundles would impact men and women diffe
Addressing gender inequalities and strengthening women’s agency for climate-resilient and sustainable food systems
Climate change affects every aspect of the food system, including all nodes along agrifood value chains from production to consumption, the food environments in which people live, and outcomes, such as diets and livelihoods.
Feeding Africa: how small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game
Unlike large-acreage government irrigation schemes, small-scale irrigation is typically farmer led. Farmers decide what technologies to use to extract water, be it manual lifting or solar water pumps.
Foresight partnership Forum: Forum report (26 April 2023)
Background | The challenges facing food, land, and water systems are numerous and complex. In addressing these interlinked challenges, the choices facing governments and their development partners have also become increasingly complicated.