-
Archives
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
-
Meta
Category Archives: Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Diversified Agri-food Systems: Bastions of biodiversity, nutrition and resilience
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
According to The State of the Food Security and Nutrition in the World released last year (SOFI 2018), global hunger and malnutrition has increased considerably since 2016, reaching 821 million undernourished people – approximately…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
1 Comment
FAO sets the record straight–86% of livestock feed is inedible by humans
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Cow Jar, by Jean Dubuffet, 1943. As the media frenzy caused by a ‘planetary health diet’ proposed in a new report from an EAT-Lancet commission this month continues, it is perhaps timely to recall that the…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Are we eating less meat?—Oxford Martin School fellow Hannah Ritchie confirms ‘No’
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Broken Record Alert: People WILL NOT change their diets for environmental reasons. No matter how often we hear “EAT LESS MEAT” we eat more meat when we can afford it, because we like it. @HannahRitchie02…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Where nutrients and protein sourced from livestock remain vital—Crawford Fund
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Standing Child (Stehendes Kind) by Erich Heckel, 1910. ‘Coinciding with the launch of the EAT-Lancet “Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems” report, Dr Colin Chartres, the [Crawford] Fund’s CEO, . . . discusses the importance…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
119 Organizations Shaking Up the Food System in 2019
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
2018 was a great year for Food Tank. We hosted ground-breaking Summits, innovative events, and global discussions about the food system in Senegal, Italy, Russia, and across the United States. We published the book Nourished…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Livestock and trees: A more perfect union
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Illustration by Remy Charlip via Pinterest: Cover of Four Fur Feet, written by Margaret Wise Brown. Livestock provide ecological services too great to warrant their complete removal from the landscape. ‘. . . Sequestering carbon has…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Thesis Opportunities: Social Economies of food, agriculture, and nature in Gelderland.
Originally posted on Rural Sociology Wageningen University:
Social economy is an umbrella term used to describe a variety of third sector, cooperative, voluntary, non-profit, and social enterprise initiatives that put social and environmental well-being before profit. They operate in different…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Global Exploration and Practical Research Meet in Nuffield International Farming Scholars Program
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
A robust, sustainable global agriculture and food production sector is critical to the future of a growing world population. It will take farms of varying types and sizes to address food insecurity and hunger,…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Call for papers: Analytical Approaches to Post-Exceptionalism in Food and Agricultural Governance
Originally posted on Food Governance:
Join us at the 2019 General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research in Wrocław, Poland. Due to the sensitive nature of the associated public goods (food safety, health, environmental concerns), policy makers have…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Livestock and agroecology — Small Scaled Farmers and the pastoralists are the backbones of animal agriculture. They play a pivotal role not only in producing quality food item but also conserving the genetic resources as well as nature for the next generations. Contrast to the factory farming small scaled farming and pastoralism do not use (up to their level best) pesticides and chemical fertilizers etc. They do not harm nature by the blind use of inputs like energy and water. They are the custodians of the genes and nature.
Originally posted on Small Scaled Farmers and the pastoralists are the backbones of animal agriculture. They play a pivotal role not only in producing quality food item but also conserving the genetic resources as well as nature for the next generations. Contrast to the factory farming small scaled farming and pastoralism do not use (up to their level best) pesticides and chemical fertilizers etc. They do not harm the nature by the blind use of inputs like energy and water. They are the custodians of the genes and nature.:
A summary key opportunities for livestock to contribute to the agroecological transition Livestock is found in…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
RESILIENCE OF NATIVE LIVESTOCK BREEDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Originally posted on Traditional Animal Genetic Resources for Food Security Under Climate Change Influence:
The globe is under stressful pressure of climate change. Droughts, erratic and unseasonal rains, floods, and rise in mercury are the salient features of climate change. Some regions…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Camel Milk: Why Do You Need This In Your Home?
Originally posted on Traditional Animal Genetic Resources for Food Security Under Climate Change Influence:
via Camel Milk: Why Do You Need This In Your Home?
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
A move away from ‘grain fundamentalism’ to higher quality milk, meat and egg calories to fight malnutrition
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Derek Headey, a senior research fellow at the CGIAR’s International Food Policy Research Institute, yesterday published an opinion piece in The Telegraph on the importance of using milk, meat and eggs to fight malnutrition and…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Next Brussels Briefing n. 53: ”The next generation of farmers: successes and new opportunities”
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
How to Integrate New Chickens to a Flock
Originally posted on The Garden Smallholder:
There’s no going back once you’ve caught the chicken keeping bug. Apart from the obvious reason why people decide to keep them, chickens are great company in the garden, fun to watch and seriously addictive. With so many breeds…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Back In The Allotment Saddle
Originally posted on The Garden Smallholder:
The long hot summer has been and gone and I’m reaping the rewards in the kitchen garden. The autumn tidy up has begun and having chickens roaming around the garden smallholding means I’m never…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Collaboration is key to achieving the long-term benefits of data sharing
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
Many conversations about open data for agriculture and nutrition promote the win-win scenario of improved livelihoods for farmers, as well as more nutritious, environmentally conscious food. However, examples of open data benefiting farmers often only…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
One-size-fits-all ‘livestock less’ measures will not serve some one billion smallholder livestock farmers and herders
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Smallholder dairying in Kenya (photo credit: Accelerated Value Chain Development/Sophie Mbugua). ‘Once again, the debate on sustainable diets and in particular on (not) eating animal-derived products is resurfacing in the media, as illustrated most recently…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Women are the (invisible) guardians of livestock diversity–New FAO study
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Ethiopian woman churning butter the traditional way (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). A new study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations argues that to succeed, livestock breed conservation efforts must empower women.…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Why cows are getting a bad rap in lab-grown meat debate
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
A small-scale production line of the leghemoglobin for a plant-based hamburger is displayed during a media tour of Impossible Foods labs and processing plant in Redwood City, California, US 6 Oct 2016 (photo credit: /Beck…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
New World Bank report says food-borne illnesses cost US$ 110 billion per year in low- and middle-income countries
Originally posted on AgHealth:
Rinsing fresh fish in Accra, Ghana (photo credit: ILRI/Kennedy Bomfeh). A new World Bank study finds that the impact of unsafe food costs low- and middle-income economies about US$ 110 billion in lost productivity and medical…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
On World Food Day, Take a Holistic Approach to Food Production
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
October 16 is World Food Day. It can be a day of action, dedicated to tackling hunger and ensuring food security and nutrient-dense diets for everyone. Food should nourish and nurture people, society, and the…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Book Launch – Flourishing Foodscapes: Designing City Region Food Systems
Originally posted on Rural Sociology Wageningen University:
On Thursday 27 September 2018 Valiz and the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture will host a programme dedicated to the launch of the book entitled ‘Flourishing Foodscapes – Designing City Region Food Systems’. About…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Enhancing global livestock advocacy for sustainable development
Originally posted on ILRI news:
Some of the work going on at an end-of-project GLAD workshop held last week at ILRI, in Nairobi (photo credit: ILRI/Judy Kimani). This article was written by Judy Kimani, communications and knowledge management specialist for…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health publishes 2017 annual report
Originally posted on AgHealth:
The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) has published its 2017 annual report which highlights the program’s accomplishments and activities during the first year of its second phase. Detailed in the report…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Meat, milk, eggs can make a big difference in the first 1,000 days of life in low-income countries—New report
Originally posted on ILRI news:
Cover of a new report, The influence of livestock-derived foods on nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life, by Delia Grace, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Silvia Alonso, Mats Lannerstad, Emmanuel Muunda and Nicholas Ngwili, all of…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Tuberculosis (TB) Research Network to accelerate research and innovation through collaboration across the BRICS countries
Originally posted on Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source:
The National Department of Health is hosting the third BRICS TB Research Network Meeting, over 28 – 29 June 2018, in Johannesburg with delegates from the World Health…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Egypt: The Food and Agriculture organization (FAO) and Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Hold a Workshop on “Transforming Food and Agriculture to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”
Originally posted on Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source:
The Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Egypt and the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), with the participation of the relevant…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Foods available to African farm households increase with market access and off-farm work
Originally posted on ILRI news:
Common foods of Khulungira village, in central Malawi: Nsomba zophika (fish stew), chimanga chophika (boiled maize), nyemba zophika (mixed beans with salt and oil), bowa wofutsa (dried mushrooms with ground groundnuts), nkhwani wophatikiza ndi maungu…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Latest Brussels Briefing n. 50: “Growing food in the cities: Successes and new opportunities”
Originally posted on Brussels Development Briefings:
The latest Brussels Development Briefing no. 50 on “Growing food in the cities: Successes and new opportunities” took place on 10 April 2018 from 09h00 to 13h00, ACP Secretariat, Brussels 451 Avenue Georges Henri, 1200…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Next Brussels Briefing no.51: «Agriculture as an engine of economic reconstruction and development in fragile countries»
Originally posted on Brussels Development Briefings:
The next Brussels Development Briefing no. 51 on ”Agriculture as an engine of economic reconstruction and development in fragile countries ” will take place on 27 June 2018 from 09h00 to 13h00, ACP Secretariat, Brussels…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Animal health scientists promote One Health approach in tackling infectious diseases in Africa
Originally posted on AgHealth:
Pipetting in ILRI’s biosciences laboratories (photo credit: ILRI/David White). The scourge of infectious diseases in Africa was the subject of a recent symposium co-hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa, the Uganda National Academy…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
GFAR Talks: Empowering Farmers at the Center of Innovation through Participation in Research
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
In this episode of GFAR Talks, we will examine how agricultural research can and must become a participatory process in which everyone is involved—from the perspectives of farmers, researchers and donors themselves.
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
The rise of Community Supported Agriculture in China
Originally posted on Rural Sociology Wageningen University:
Image from Cultivate https://www.facebook.com/collectivecultivate/ On April 16th, Shi Yan, pioneer of the Community Supported Agriculture movement in China will visit Wageningen after participating in FAO’s International Symposium on Agroecology. During the day she will…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Empowering ruminant livestock enterprises in Mali—A Feed the Future-ILRI project
Originally posted on ILRI news:
A woman milks one of her goats in Mali (photo credit: ILRI/Valentin Bognan Koné). The Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program is a three-year initiative (2016–2019) promoting inclusive growth of all actors adding value to…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Livestock research addresses issues underlying the pastoral crisis in the Horn of Africa
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Things Fall Apart Things have quickly fallen apart in this particular drought in the Horn’s vast drylands because of a toxic mix of underlying factors. Land Use Among the things not being redressed are land-use…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Mobile pastoralism—A 10,000-year-old practice still robust, if threatened, in the Mediterranean today
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
A Spanish shepherd and his flock (photo via Flickr/Jeromy Johnson). From the Mediterranean Consortium for Nature and Culture ‘Mobile pastoralism is the movement of people and livestock through the landscape in search of water and pasture,…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Cleaning up assessments of livestock-environment systems in developing countries with CLEANED
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Dairy cow in Tanga, Tanzania (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). As a vegetarian, my occupation as a livestock scientist might come as an odd choice. But here’s the thing: Livestock science isn’t about promoting meat eating;…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Beef cattle grazing on American rangelands—not feedlots—could be net carbon sink
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Beef cattle on pasture in the USA (photo credit: BEEF magazine). A new research paper by Michigan State University scientists analyses the impacts of soil carbon sequestration on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions in Midwestern…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Animal health and welfare, two cornerstones of sustainable, responsible and effective food production
Originally posted on ILRI news:
Monique Eliot, director general of the OIE, leads a high-level panel discussion at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture, in Berlin, 19 Jan 2018 (photo credit: BMEL/Inga Kjer/photothek). Improved animal health and welfare standards…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
’If you care about agriculture, you care about livestock’—Bill Gates
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
The Cow with the Subtile Nose, by Jean Dubuffet, 1954. ‘. . . According to Reuters, the Gates Foundation will pump $40m into research for higher-yielding dairy cows, as well as chickens that lay better quality…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
DFID/UKAid provides £4 million for genetics and health research to aid sustainable livestock production in Africa
Originally posted on ILRI news:
More oxen for ploughing means less labour for farmers (photo: ILRI/Stevie Mann). In Ethiopia’s Ghibe Valley, ILRI-led tsetse fly control methods allowed cattle to flourish in an area previously almost uninhabitable for them. This encouraged more…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Sustainable livestock futures—BMZ, GIZ and ILRI at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture this week
Originally posted on ILRI news:
For several days this week (18–20 Jan 2018), several scientific directors and staff of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)—Jimmy Smith, Shirley Tarawali, Dieter Schillinger, Lutz Merbold and Kristina Roesel—will be participating with several ILRI…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
To transform agricultural extension, give youth a voice
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
At the recent Africa Agriculture Extension week in Durban, there was a common refrain: “Demand for food in Africa is growing and expected to double by 2050.” This is why we see continued growth…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is going to be history, but how?
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
I got impressed by the virtues of collective actions while reading the GFAR blog post Remembering our collective actions: The unforgettable story of Rinderpest eradication. This infectious disease which was once thought very difficult to…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Second PENAPH Conference: Participatory Approaches to One Health
Originally posted on PENAPH:
January 10-12, 2018 – Khon Kaen, Thailand Participatory Approaches in Animal Health, Public Health, One Health and Ecohealth Registration for the Second PENAPH Conference and conference courses is still open at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/second-penaph-conference-participatory-approaches-to-one-health-tickets-37155665596. Hotel bookings for the Pullman…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Sustainable food systems: What it means for CIAT research
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
Mark Lundy is the Leader of Sustainable Food Systems at CIAT It is big and involves so many processes and actors. Some would even say it’s scary. I’m talking about the food system, or…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Learning about data for farmers and how it can help to “cross the donga”
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
Dan Berne and Valeria Pesce Dan Berne introducing the course In the week of 20-24 November 2017, GFAR convened a course and symposium on Farmers’ access to data in Centurion, South Africa. This event…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Learning about data for farmers and how it can help to “cross the donga”
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
Dan Berne and Valeria Pesce Dan Berne introducing the course In the week of 20-24 November 2017, GFAR convened a course and symposium on Farmers’ access to data in Centurion, South Africa. This event…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Towards Food and Nutrition Security: Where is IITA going in the next half century?
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
Burundi women dance to welcome visitors during farmers open day. The year 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The anniversary was celebrated to reflect two milestones: the…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
IITA: Transforming African Agriculture
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
IITA’s first 50 years showed how partnership is a key ingredient for success in IITA’s efforts to bring about transformation in agriculture. Agriculture is central to the development of the African continent, currently contributing…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
People and Animal Agriculture~The Philosophy of the Low Carbon Livestock
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
PENAPH Conference Course: Introduction to Participatory Epidemiology and Surveillance
Originally posted on PENAPH:
We have enough sign-ups to offer the Introduction to Participatory Epidemiology and Surveillance Course, but still have a few more slots available. You can sign-up on the eventbrite site at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/second-penaph-conference-participatory-approaches-to-one-health-tickets-37155665596. The course description is below: ?…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Future of (sustainable) livestock production: Efficient, but measured–Time Magazine on major new ILRI study
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Ethiopian livestock-keeper and her children (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). Livestock production may have a bigger impact on the planet than anything else. A new study from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) shows how the…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Superfood (Camel Milk) can Beat the Challenge of Superbug (Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics)
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Superfood (Camel Milk) can Beat the Challenge of Superbug (Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics)
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Food Insecurity Metrics Now in Sync
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
“If you can’t measure, you can’t manage” -Peter Drucker That is why metrics are important for the government or any institution, and development partners in addressing food insecurity, malnutrition, hunger, poverty. According to FAO,…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
The Shifting State of Sustainability: Can the private sector really deliver a public good?
Originally posted on THE GFAR BLOG:
The development community, with some notable exceptions, is waking up to the absurdity of measuring only their inputs and outputs like the number of farmers trained or the number of hectares certified as “farmed sustainably”. …
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
Could animals help solve the world’s ‘calorie’ as well as ‘hidden’ hunger?—ILRI’s Delia Grace on World Food Day
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
The interview below, Could animal-sourced protein really solve the world’s hunger crisis?, of veterinary epidemiologist and food safety expert Delia Grace, of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), was originally published in the Oct 2017…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
ILRI scientist Delia Grace receives the Trevor Blackburn Award for contributions to animal health and food safety
Originally posted on AgHealth:
Delia Grace, veterinary epidemiologist at the International Livestock Research Institute (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). We are pleased to congratulate Delia Grace on being announced as the winner of the British Veterinary Association’s (BVA) Trevor Blackburn Award…
Posted in Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
Leave a comment
