This sector note -which has just been finalized- provides detailed advice and practical examples on how to integrate - or "mainstream"- environment and climate change in agriculture, food security and rural development programmes...
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The implications of agricultural trade and market developments for food security
Using the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook to 2024, this paper provides projections on the availability of calories at the national level, for the number of persons undernourished, and for the proportion of undernourishment (PoU)...
Recent trends in the global governance of food and nutrition security: policy implications for the EU
Published in November 2016, this policy brief from the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), France, has also been published in French as Tendances récentes dans la gouvernance de la sécurité...
Why food remittances matter: rural-urban linkages and food security in Africa
Published in January 2017 by the International Institute for Environment and Development, this four-page briefing is aimed at researchers and policymakers interested in transforming rural-urban linkages and the implications for...
Private Sector Mechanism position paper on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Published on 12 January 2017 by the Private Sector Mechanism at the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS), this position paper considers the role of agriculture and food and nutrition security in achieving the SDGs...
Stefano Manservisi: 'Agriculture in ACP countries, a top priority for the EU'
Published on 19 January 2017, a feature article in 'Spore', published by the Technical Cente for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), comprises an interview with Stefano Manservisi, the Director-General for International...
Innovation systems: towards effective strategies in support of smallholder farmers
Published in January 2017 and divided into 18 chapters, the book is a collection of theoretical underpinnings, expert opinions, case studies, reflections and lessons on the state-of-the-art innovation systems thinking and...
Back women's movements for a real chance at equality
Published on 28 January on scidev.net, this article by Henrietta Miers discusses how rural women's movements can bring about transformative change. Featuring the Step Up event with took place in December 2016 at the FAO, the...
EU supports WFP Nutrition And Food Security Project In Central Tanzania
Announced on 15 February 2017 in a press release, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a contribution of €9.5 million from the European Union (EU) in support of a €24.5 million Food Security and Nutrition...
Agriculture and food security — where are we headed in 2017?
Published on the DEVEX website on 11 Janaury 2017, this article considers that the adoption of the sustainable development goals has provided the agriculture and food security sector with a greater understanding of the development...