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Impact of COVID-19 on agricultural markets: Assessing the roles of commodity characteristics, disease caseload and market reforms
This paper assesses the impact of the spread of COVID-19 and the lockdown on wholesale prices and quantities traded in agricultural markets.
Making SMARTer commitments to nutrition action: Global nutrition report guidance note
The Global Nutrition Report, an independent accountability mechanism for progress and action on nutrition, calls on all actors to make SMART Commitments to Nutrition Action—that is, commitments that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant,
As we move into the post-2015 era of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world faces many seemingly intractable problems. Malnutrition should not be one of them.
As we move into the post-2015 era of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), the world faces many seemingly intractable problems. Malnutrition should not be one of them.
Introduction [in Global Nutrition Report 2015]
Good nutrition signals the realization of people’s rights to food and health. It reflects a narrowing of the inequalities in our world. Without good nutrition, human beings cannot achieve their full potential.
Nutrition is a powerful driver of sustainable development—it has the power to either propel the agenda forward or hold it back.
Appetite for fish continues to expand around the globe, despite the stagnant levels of capture fish production. What is the role that aquaculture can play in supplying the world with adequate animal protein?
Are shocks really increasing? A selective review of the global frequency, severity, scope, and impact of five types of shocks
The global effort to eradicate rinderpest
During the past 70 years, concerted efforts by the national veterinary services of affected countries from Senegal to China and Russia to South Africa—aided by international organizations—have brought the once-dreaded rinderpest virus to the point
The 2008 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that the world has made slow progress in reducing food insecurity since 1990, with dramatic differences among regions and countries.
The Global Hunger Index is based on three equally weighted indicators:
A global hunger index
"Progress in combating hunger and undernutrition has been lagging for decades.