In this chapter, we examine this nexus, focusing on the food security function of food systems, and build the evidence base for policymakers to mainstream climate risk and adaptation solutions in food system transformation efforts.
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The European Union (EU)’s food system is under pressure for reform.
Today’s food production and consumption has large consequences for the environment and human health.
Climate change represents a major challenge to food systems.
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An enabling environment for the national flour blending policy: An food systems analysis
A national flour blending policy is about to be implemented in Kenya.
Food systems incorporate many actors at different intersecting levels and spaces.
Throughout Africa, climate change is posing severe challenges to agricultural production and food security.
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Overview and recent challenges
This is the sixth Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM), an annual flagship publication of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and AKADEMIYA2063.
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Summary and conclusions
Against the background of worldwide trade disruptions and climate change impacts, the 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor explores recent trends and patterns in Africa’s global and regional agricultural trade.
Cotton production and trade have a long history and important role in Africa, dating back centuries before the colonial period.
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One of the world’s worst economic collapses, now compounded by the Ukraine crisis: What’s next for Lebanon?
High food prices and supply disruptions triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war are hitting Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries like Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen hard, partly due their heavy dependence on wheat imports.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has imperiled global food security — creating suffering within Ukraine and displacing millions while disrupting agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major exporting regions.
The Group of Seven wealthy nations (G7), currently led by the German presidency, has put a welcome focus on the global food insecurity and nutrition crisis unleashed by the war in Ukraine, with the most severe impacts falling on vulnerable populat
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Do no harm: Measured policy responses are key to addressing food security impacts of the Ukraine crisis
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is likely to have serious consequences for global food security.
Much of the early attention to the Russia-Ukraine conflict’s food security impacts has been concentrated on countries highly dependent on wheat imports from the Black Sea region.
As discussed in an earlier post, fertilizer prices have increased drastically, up 230% between May 2020 and May 2022.
The World Trade Organization’s 12th Ministerial Conference (WTO MC12) takes place June 12–15, 2022, in Geneva — two years after the pandemic forced members to postpone the meeting’s original schedule.
Because of its dependence on food imports, Egypt is particularly vulnerable to the high world food prices and trade shocks triggered by Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Development agencies are pouring in billions of dollars to address the global food crisis exacerbated by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Food security in West Africa has been deteriorating since 2015: The proportion of the population affected by undernutrition rose from 11.5% in 2015 to 18.7% in 2020, a total of 75.2 million people.