Government support for agricultural risk management tools has grown substantially over the past two decades.

Three new reports from the Asian Development Bank and IFPRI explore strategies for reducing hunger and boosting growth.

Evidence from Ghana & Bangladesh on the impact of rainfall shocks on food security and nutrition. 

Food insecurity and malnutrition are being worsened in countries that are exposed to armed conflict. Nigeria has witnessed a decade of protracted armed conflict and civil unrest.

Ending malnutrition in all forms is a global development priority.

Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique, in mid-March with torrential rains and winds of more than 190 km per hour. It took days for the sheer size of the resulting disaster to be understood.

What will it take for India, with a burgeoning population of well over a billion, to meet its food needs in the coming years?

Chapter 4 looks at the technology, with special importance given the stagnation in pulses’ yield as compared with that of other crops.

During the past decade, because of the persistent deficit in India’s pulse sector, the sharp rise in pulse prices has coincided with significant changes in the nature and extent of the pulse trade.

In this chapter we study the dynamics of consumption of pulses and assess pulses’ nutritional role with a focus on proteins.

Chapter 7 reviews the role of convergent innovation for the development of the pulses sector and discusses an evolving framework focused on the significant health and environmental benefits that could accrue from pulses.