Africa’s food systems need to provide sufficient affordable, nutritious food for Africa’s population, whilst generating income and employment to support the continent’s economic and social development.
The most dramatic outcomes of protracted civil conflict include increased malnutrition among children and the resulting consequences for lifelong health and prosperity. Little is known about how to mitigate the nutritional impact of conflict.
The Yemen conflict, underway since early 2015, has led to an ongoing, unprecedented humanitarian emergency.
Food is a vital part of poor households' budgets and so subsidizing staple foods would appear to be an obvious pro-poor policy.
Recent global crises have led to diverse impacts across the world’s low- and middle-income regions, reflecting local conditions and differing policy responses.