Agricultural production is a risky activity subject to several contingencies that make farming incomes unstable and unpredictable from year to year.
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This study analysed the financing gaps relative to production frontier of rice farmers in Southwestern Nigeria.
Despite progress, multiple burdens of malnutrition persist worldwide: 795 million people are hungry more than 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies and over 2 billion are overweight or obese.
Продовольственные системы всего мира подошли к переломно- му моменту — масштабы и темпы изменений, происходящих в глобальных, региональных, национальных и местных продоволь- ственных системах, имеют беспрецедентный размах.
目前，我们的食物系统正处于关键时期⸺无论 是在规模还是在速度上，全球、地区、国家和地方食 物系统正在发生着空前的变化。食物系统正以迅猛的速度发展，以满足日益增长且不 断变化的需求，但仍然无法满足每个人的需求。当这份报告付印时，新冠肺炎的爆发 构成了新的全球性威胁。在全世界与这个流行病战斗之际，经济和生计受到破坏之时， 贫穷和弱势群体可能遭受的损失最大。应对这个冲击的影响，包括从供应链和贸易中 断，到严重的失业问题以及贫困水平上升，迫切需要在短期内为最弱势群体提供有效 和有针对性的社会保障。
Nos systèmes alimentaires vivent un moment critique : l’ampleur et le rythme des changements qu’ils subissent au niveau mondial, régional, national et local sont sans précédent.
Food systems are at a critical juncture—they are evolving quickly to meet growing and changing demand but are not serving everyone’s needs.
Building more inclusive food systems can bring a wide range of economic and development benefits to all people, especially the poor and disadvantaged.
Food systems are at a critical juncture—they are evolving quickly to meet growing and changing demand but are not serving everyone’s needs.
Smallholders often struggle to connect with actors in the middle of the food supply chain as a result of limited access to land and inputs and lack of capacity to scale up or implement new practices.
This study analyzed the financing gaps relative to production frontier of rice farmers in Southwestern Nigeria.
discussion paper
Building a climate change-resilient food system in Korea: The case of extension and technology dissemination services
Climate change affects various stages of the food system including production, processing, distribution, and consumption. To cope with this vulnerability, many nations have engaged in a global movement to establish strategies aimed at food security.
discussion paper
Empowering smallholder farmers’ organizations through non-public extension service providers: A case study and lessons from Mozambique
The role and impact of non-state extension services providers have not been studied adequately. In this paper, we assess the performance of the non-State extension service provision through farmers organization (FOs) in Mozambique.
This paper assesses the role of the private sector by using the case study of Cambodia to learn specific lessons for increasing the resilience of food systems in the developing world.
This paper assesses the performance of Cambodia’s agriculture extension system, identifies challenges and analyzes constraints and opportunities for that system, and finally identifies actions needed to improve the extension system.
book chapter
Food policy in 2016-2017: Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world [in Chinese]
Together these chapters provide an overview of what we know about urbanization, food security, and nutrition and point to some of the most urgent research and data needs.
Chapter 1
Food policy in 2016-2017: Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) were both created in response to the food crises of the 1970s.
Для международного сообщества 2015 год стал поворотным моментом.
小农在保障全球食物安全和营养，实现可持续发展和气候变化目标方面可以发挥重要作用。加强小农，尤其是女性和青年小农的适应能力和商业生存能力，可以帮助他们 为实现这些全球目标做出更大的贡献。