The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim at jointly improving economic, social, and environmental outcomes for human prosperity and planetary health.
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Weather variability and extreme shocks in Africa: Are female or male farmers more affected?
African agriculture is highly sensitive to weather variability and extreme weather shocks. The question of how weather events affect participation in agricultural employment—including from a gender perspective—remains unanswered.
Global food, fuel, and fertilizer prices have witnessed rapid and significant increase in recent months, driven largely by the fallout from the ongoing war in Ukraine and associated sanctions im-posed on Russia.
Plot size and sustainable input intensification in smallholder irrigated agriculture: Evidence from Egypt
Increasing population pressure and population density in many African countries are inducing land scarcity and land constraints.
Perspective: Food environment research priorities for Africa: Lessons from the Africa food environment research network
Over the last 2 decades, many African countries have undergone dietary and nutrition transitions fueled by globalization, rapid urbanization, and development.
Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS-ISA and World Bank enterprise surveys
The midstream of agricultural value chains are rapidly changing in response to shifting domestic and international demand.
Exploring micronutrient deficiency risks in Africa using projections of the food system
Micronutrient deficiencies (MND) remain an important challenge in the 21st century, complicated by climate, economic, and demographic change.
The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Implications for Global and Regional Food Security and Potential Policy Responses
This paper analyzes the implications of the Russian-Ukraine crisis on global and regional food security. We start with a global vulnerability analysis to identify most vulnerable regions and countries.
COVID-19 risks rolling back many of the efforts and global successes recorded in reducing poverty and food insecurity.
Climate change is a truly global threat, but its impacts differ around the world. Regions and countries urgently need to identify and implement policy responses that reflect local needs and opportunities.
Forsa pilot program and evaluation plan
Forsa, which means “Opportunity” in Arabic, is a new economic inclusion program of the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Forsa pilot program and evaluation plan [in Arabic]
Weather variability and extreme shocks in Africa: Are female or male farmers more affected?
Agriculture in Africa has been traditionally seen as an important employment provider, supporting agriculture-based livelihoods of the vast majority of the African population, (James, 2014; World Bank, 2011) and absorbing the largest share of the
Digital technologies can expand access to health services to underserved populations. This paper leverages mobile network expansion and survey data spanning two decades to study the impact of access to mobile phones on infant mortality in Africa.
Transforming African agricultural markets through digital innovations: What we (do not) know
This policy note synthesizes the key messages and lessons from existing evidence and trends in the development, deployment and scale up of ICT-enabled marketing tools.
Remote sensing data for monitoring agricultural production and economic activity: Application in Egypt [in Arabic]
تعرض هذه المذكرة المتعلقة بالسياسات مثالين عن كيفية استخدام بيانات الاستشعار
Remote sensing data for monitoring agricultural production and economic activity: Application in Egypt
This policy note showcases two examples on how remote sensing data can be used for monitoring agricultural production and economic activities.
Physical climate vulnerability is often assessed using three key methodologies: indicator-based methods (e.g., a vulnerability index), model and GIS-based (quantitative approaches), and participatory approaches (e.g., cognitive mapping, interviews
توجز مذكرة السياسات الحالية نتائج تقييم بدائل الاستثمارات العامة داخل منظومة الغذاء - الزراعة في مصر، والذي تم دراسته من قبل "المعهد الدولي لبحوث السياسات الغذائية" في إطار التعاون مع وزارة الزراعة واستصلاح الأراضي وجامعة القاهرة.
Background: Adolescence is a critical period of maturation when nutrient needs are high, especially among adolescents entering pregnancy.