Monthly Archives: October 2015

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
This Friday (30th October) marks the 6th annual Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS). This year the day will be commemorated in Kampala, Uganda, where, at the…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Hargeisa livestock market buying and selling According to ILRI’s Nadhem Mtimet, livestock provides around 60% of gross domestic product (GDP) in Somaliland and the sector employs over 70% of the population. Livestock producers, he says,…

On the 25-27 September 2015 world leaders unanimously adopted the sustainable development goals (SDGs) during the 70th UN General Assembly. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org See on Scoop.it – Food Policy, Supply, Security & Safety

On World Food Day Stephen Devereux writes on the growing consensus that social protection has to be at the heart of any efforts to reduce rural poverty and ensure access to food, or the means to buy f… Sourced through … Continue reading →

Transformation is the development of a strategic action plan for agricultural transformation in Africa. The aim is to build a strong and sustainable agricultural sector for food and nutrition security, youth employment, poverty alleviation and rural transformation. Sourced through Scoop.it … Continue reading →

African agriculture has long been a symbol of the continent’s poverty. But that is starting to change. Thanks to digital technology, Africa’s leaders can today overcome the isolation of the continent’s smallholders and build a new food system suited to … Continue reading →

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
Image from GHI’s 2015 GAP Report: http://www.globalharvestinitiative.org By Katy Wilson According to the recently released 2015 Global Hunger Index from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), hunger levels…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
As an outcome of the Rio+20 conference in 2012, countries agreed to embark on the process of developing the Sustainable Development Goals to carry on the work of the…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
On the 19th July after 7 days of discussions, the UN General Assembly’s Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed an outcome document containing 17 proposed…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
“We are sleepwalking towards the edge of history’s cliff”. This was a sentence uttered by former vice-president of the US, Al Gore at the recent Hunger Nutrition Climate Justice…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
By Katrin Glatzel As climate negotiators and delegates from nearly 200 countries gather in the beautiful city of Bonn for a last time before the international climate negotiations take…

Originally posted on TRANSMANGO:
Terry Marsden revisits the opinion paper he wrote earlier this month on a common food policy and reflects on the ‘new structures question’. If you would like to comment on this please join us in our…

Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
The Global Hunger Index is out, and while it shows the level of hunger in developing countries has fallen by 27% since 2000, it also highlights the disturbing link between armed conflict and severe hunger.…