We evaluate the impacts of a traditional food distribution and a nutrition-sensitive food distribution intervention in the context of a rapidly increasing inflationary pressure in Egypt.
Micronutrient deficiencies are widespread in many low- and middle-income countries, but tend to be most severe in children and in pregnant women, who have higher micronutrient requirements.
Research since the 1990s highlights the importance of tenure rights for sustainable natural resource management, and for alleviating poverty and enhancing nutrition and food security for the 3.14 billion rural inhabitants of less-developed countries who rely on forests and agriculture for their livelihoods
م تصميم برنامج فرصة، الذي أطلقته وزارة التضامن الاجتماعي في مصرعام 2021، كبرنامج تخرجمن الفقريستهدف المستفيدين الحاليين من برنامج تكافل للتحويلات النقدية.
The Forsa program, launched in 2021 by the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity has been designed as a graduation program targeted to current beneficiaries of the Takaful cash transfer program.
Forsa, which means “Opportunity” in Arabic, is a new economic inclusion program of the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
The production of fruits and vegetables (F&V) in Africa has increased 3.3 percent annually during the last 20 years, but only 0.7 percent in per capita terms (FAOSTAT 2022; Figure 3.1).
Background: Adolescence is a critical period of maturation when nutrient needs are high, especially among adolescents entering pregnancy.
The 2019 SAM for Egypt builds on the previous 2014/15 SAM that was built and published by Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) with the support of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
The Regional 2014/15 SAM for Egypt includes 62 sectors and 66 products.
The Tunisian regionalized SAM is built using the national accounts statistics, the Supply and Use Tables for 2015 that were produced by National Institute of Statistics (NIS).
Helen Keller International (HKI) has been implementing homestead food production (HFP) programs in Asia and Africa for nearly three decades.
Food provides the nutrients and energy that are essential for human health.
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting national economies through several channels including global primary commodity trade and market disruptions.
As of October 2021, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in African countries are still unfolding.
As an outgrowth of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods (AUC 2014) established both a clear
The world is experiencing an unprecedented health crisis during the spread of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2).
The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly spread across the world over the last two years, causing a significant number of deaths—more than 4.55 million as of October 2021—and hospitalizations as well as economic disruption.
This chapter summarizes the findings from analyses conducted by AKADEMIYA2063 on local staple food market dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
The 2021 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) includes three major sections in addition to the chapter tracking progress toward Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) goals.