https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/ en https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3751 <span>Signaling, screening, or sunk costs? Experimental evidence on how prices affect agricultural technology adoption in East Africa</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa face growing pressure to produce more on less land while contending with worsening impacts of climate change. The need for sustainable intensification has rekindled calls for a “Green Revolution” in the region, centered on the widespread adoption of modern inputs such as hybrid seeds and inorganic fertilizers. But introducing new agricultural technologies is not just a matter of making such inputs available; it also requires convincing farmers to try them.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Fri, 11/21/2025 - 17:09</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/signaling-screening-or-sunk-costs-experimental-evidence-on-how-prices-affect-agricultural-technology-adoption-in-east-africa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:09:48 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3751 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3752 <span>IPC: Famine and food insecurity spread in Sudan as humanitarian crisis worsens</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Sudan’s humanitarian emergency is worsening amid the country’s ongoing internal conflict, with devastating impacts on food security. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis (November 3, 2025) shows that nearly half the population continues to confront high levels of acute food insecurity. Famine (IPC Phase 5) has been confirmed in the cities of El Fasher (North Darfur state) and Kadugli (South Kordofan state), with at least 20 additional localities at risk of famine if violence escalates or humanitarian access continues to be blocked.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Fri, 11/14/2025 - 17:19</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/ipc-famine-and-food-insecurity-spread-in-sudan-as-humanitarian-crisis-worsens/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:19:24 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3752 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3748 <span>CAADP Kampala Declaration and its Domestication: How Nigeria is Leveraging the Power of Community of Practice</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) policy framework reflects the recognition of agriculture-led economy as a driver for enhancing economic growth, reducing poverty, and increasing food security on the African continent.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Tue, 11/11/2025 - 06:27</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://nssp.ifpri.info/2025/11/10/caadp-kampala-declaration-and-its-domestication-how-nigeria-is-leveraging-the-power-of-community-of-practice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nssp.ifpri.info</a></div> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:27:30 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3748 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3747 <span>HARMONIZING AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS (AFS) DATA FOR REPORTING AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY MAKING IN RWANDA</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Rwanda’s agrifood system is identified as an interconnected ecosystem of actors and activities extend across various food system’s stages, from production, processing, distribution, consumption, to waste management. It is central to the country’s structural transformation driving food and nutrition security, livelihood improvement, and sustainable economic growth. Current data indicate that the AFS makes up nearly two-fifths of GDP and accounted for more than 60% of total employment in 2022 (Xinshen Diao et al, 2025).</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Tue, 11/11/2025 - 06:08</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://africa.ifpri.info/2025/11/10/harmonizing-agri-food-systems-afs-data-for-reporting-and-evidence-based-policy-making-in-rwanda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">africa.ifpri.info</a></div> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:08:58 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3747 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3734 <span>Escaping the fragility-poverty trap: New evidence on financing food systems in Africa</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Extreme poverty and fragility are increasingly converging, and so must the policies and financing designed to address them. This was the central message of an October 17 policy seminar, Tackling Extreme Poverty and Financing for Food Systems in Africa, organized by IFPRI on the margins of the 2025 World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Tue, 11/04/2025 - 10:10</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/escaping-the-fragility-poverty-trap-new-evidence-on-financing-food-systems-in-africa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:10:01 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3734 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3723 <span>Acute Food Insecurity, Malnutrition on the Rise in Somalia</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As of September 2025, as many as 3.4 million people in Somalia were experiencing acute food insecurity, according to the latest IPC country-level alert. While this represents a reduction from 3.6 million in September 2024, that number could reach as high as 4.4 million by December 2025 unless urgent action is taken.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Mon, 10/06/2025 - 12:56</span> Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:56:18 +0000 sara.gustafson 3723 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3716 <span>New Spanish-Language E-Course Available from the FSP</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Food Security Portal has released a new Spanish-language version of the Pro-WEAI )Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index) Fundamentals e-course. The course provides a comprehensive introduction to the pro-WEAI tool, including its background and methodology and how to apply the tool in local and project-level contests. The Fundamentals course is now available in English, French, Arabic, and Spanish. Four additional Pro-WEAI modules are available in English. </p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Wed, 10/01/2025 - 19:41</span> Wed, 01 Oct 2025 23:41:13 +0000 sara.gustafson 3716 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3724 <span>IFPRI 2025 Global Food Policy Report Africa launch: Charting a course for agrifood system transformation</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) focuses on lessons learned over the institute’s 50 years of existence and how these can be applied to today’s challenges of transforming food systems to be sustainable, healthy, and equitable. Its insights are particularly valuable for Africa, which has tremendous potential for sustainable agricultural growth, yet faces many obstacles.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Wed, 10/01/2025 - 13:00</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/ifpri-2025-global-food-policy-report-africa-launch-charting-a-course-for-agrifood-system-transformation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:00:55 +0000 sara.gustafson 3724 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3715 <span>African agrifood trade at a crossroads</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>African agriculture holds immense economic potential, given the continent’s vast arable land and growing demand for food, and the growing demand for food globally—yet sub-Saharan Africa continues to play a marginal role in global agrifood markets. The current moment, however, offers a crucial opportunity for SSA to boost its competitiveness and reshape its role in global trade.</p> <p>Trade preferences, limited progress</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Mon, 09/29/2025 - 11:28</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/african-agrifood-trade-at-a-crossroads/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:28:15 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3715 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3711 <span>Despite improvements, Uganda&#039;s refugee population continues to face alarmingly high food insecurity </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Due largely to conflict and subsequent instability in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda is currently home to more than 1.9 million refugees. This is the sixth largest refugee population in the world. According to a new IPC alert released this week, despite Uganda’s welcome of people fleeing neighboring countries, the rapid growth of the refugee population has placed significant strain on the country’s systems. As a result, an estimated 37% population is expected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity through February 2026.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Wed, 09/17/2025 - 15:42</span> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:42:11 +0000 sara.gustafson 3711 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3710 <span>Malawi can end hunger after the 2025 elections if bold steps are taken to transform food systems</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Malawi has a history of peaceful democratic transitions. Since the advent of multiparty politics in 1994, power has regularly shifted between rival parties. Citizens and institutions have upheld electoral democratic norms, from respecting term limits to rerunning elections after irregularities.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Wed, 09/17/2025 - 11:53</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://theconversation.com/malawi-can-end-hunger-after-the-2025-elections-if-bold-steps-are-taken-to-transform-food-systems-264807" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Theconversation.com</a></div> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:53:20 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3710 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3708 <span>Food and Nutrition Crises Burgeon in Face of Conflict, Funding Cuts: GRFC Mid-Year Update Released</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Hunger and food crisis have reached catastrophic levels in multiple places around the world, according to the Global Report on Food Crises Mid-Year Update. Famine has been confirmed in the Gaza Strip and the Sudan, with parts of South Sudan at risk of famine and Yemen, Haiti, and Mali experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger.</p> <p>In all, 1.4 million people faced IPC Level 5 (Catastrophe) food insecurity and hunger as of August 2025.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Tue, 09/16/2025 - 15:10</span> Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:10:47 +0000 sara.gustafson 3708 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3705 <span>Rising acute food insecurity and malnutrition in Mozambique</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Drought, unpredictable rainfall patterns, high and rising food prices, and continued conflict and internal displacement are driving acute food insecurity in Mozambique. A new IPC alert released last week reports that between April and September 2025, more than 2 million people have experienced IPC Level 3 food insecurity and 143,000 people have experienced IPC Phase 4 food insecurity and malnutrition.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Sat, 09/13/2025 - 13:11</span> Sat, 13 Sep 2025 17:11:27 +0000 sara.gustafson 3705 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3690 <span>Using Local Knowledge to Enhance Food Systems Resilience</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>With food crises on the rise, with an estimated 295.3 million people facing high levels of acute food insecurity in 2024. In the face of these stark hunger levels, policymakers, humanitarian organizations, development practitioners, and private sector actors urgently need knowledge about how to effectively enhance the resilience of local and regional food systems.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Thu, 08/28/2025 - 08:26</span> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:26:46 +0000 sara.gustafson 3690 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3686 <span>Hunger on the rise across Africa: 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>While declining globally, hunger continued to rise across Africa in 2024. An estimated 307 million people in the region, or more than 20 percent of the region’s population, experienced hunger, according to the 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report. This was up from just under 19 percent in 2022 and from 17.4 percent in 2019 before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2015 when the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal Agenda was released, hunger has increased in the region by 113 million people.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Sat, 08/09/2025 - 15:33</span> Sat, 09 Aug 2025 19:33:12 +0000 sara.gustafson 3686 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3674 <span>Sudan’s war is an economic disaster: Here’s how bad it could get</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a struggle for power has turned into a national catastrophe. More than 14 million people have been displaced. Health and education systems have collapsed and food insecurity threatens over half the population of about 50 million.</p> <p>The war has disrupted key sectors, triggering severe economic contractions, and worsening poverty and unemployment levels.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Mon, 07/28/2025 - 11:40</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/sudans-war-is-an-economic-disaster-heres-how-bad-it-could-get/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:40:15 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3674 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3673 <span>Private sector participation is important for agricultural development - but not on its own</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As policymakers and development practitioners aim to boost adoption of new technologies to promote sustainable agricultural development, they are increasingly turning to private sector companies for help. These companies can often provide marketing and financial incentives that the public sector cannot, making them an important potential pathway to reach farmers and increase their use of new technologies.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Mon, 07/21/2025 - 16:22</span> Mon, 21 Jul 2025 20:22:48 +0000 sara.gustafson 3673 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3672 <span>How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Livestock supports the livelihoods of around 1 billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Thorne and Conroy 2017, Baltenweck et al. 2020). However, growth and productivity of the livestock sector in many LMICs are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for animal-source foods. Boosting the sector’s productivity is crucial for poverty reduction in LMICs, which continue to face multifaceted challenges and shocks that threaten the sustainability of food systems. This, in turn, requires reliable livestock data for informing livestock policies and investments.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Fri, 07/18/2025 - 13:53</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/how-good-are-livestock-statistics-in-africa-evidence-from-ethiopia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:53:19 +0000 sara.gustafson 3672 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3666 <span>Northern Nigeria’s hunger crisis: Transforming food aid to rebuild food systems</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Humanitarian agencies around the world face a never-ending race against time to save lives in places where conflicts, extreme weather, and other shocks lead to collapsing economies, leaving populations facing hunger and other forms of food insecurity.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Mon, 07/14/2025 - 12:29</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/northern-nigerias-hunger-crisis-transforming-food-aid-to-rebuild-food-systems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:29:11 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3666 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3658 <span>The future of Africa&#039;s food security policy: 2025 Global Food Policy Report released</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The past forty years have brought both progress and new challenges for African agriculture. While overall per capita food supplies have become more stable and agricultural productivity has improved, the region’s dependence on food imports has increased, from 39 percent between 1985-2000 to 46.6 percent between 2016-2023. In addition, the food security, livelihoods, and overall well-being of wide swathes of Africa’s population remain more vulnerable than ever before to the negative impacts of climate change, political instability and conflict, and economic shocks.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Mon, 06/16/2025 - 17:20</span> Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:20:55 +0000 sara.gustafson 3658 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3655 <span>Sudan’s two years of crisis—impact and pathways to recovery and resilience</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Sudan has now entered its third year of armed conflict, resulting in economic collapse and a deepening humanitarian crisis. As of April 2025, over 8.6 million people have been internally displaced, and over 3 million have fled to neighboring countries. Famine has been confirmed in 10 areas and internally displaced person (IDP) camps, with 17 others at risk. GDP contracted by 20% in 2023 and 15% in 2024 alongside soaring inflation and widespread food insecurity. The conflict is now among the world’s worst humanitarian crises.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Thu, 06/12/2025 - 11:40</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/conference-sudans-two-years-of-crisis-impact-and-pathways-to-recovery-and-resilience/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.ifpri.org/blog/conference-sudans-two-years-of-crisis-impact-and-pathways-to-recovery-and-resilience/</a></div> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:40:32 +0000 sara.gustafson 3655 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3651 <span>New Cost of Healthy Diets Tool provides powerful look at nutrition gaps—and how to solve them</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In recent years, it has become increasingly recognized that true food and nutrition security depend not just on consumption of an adequate caloric quantity of food but also on consumption of the right types of food. A healthy diet—which the WHO and FAO define as one characterized by adequate, balanced, moderate, and diverse consumption of safe foods and beverages—is essential in supporting long-term physical and cognitive health, development, and well-being and in preventing diseases and damaging nutrient imbalances.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Tue, 06/10/2025 - 11:18</span> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:18:54 +0000 sara.gustafson 3651 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3653 <span>Invest in climate adaptation – before disaster strikes</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As global temperatures rise and climate-related disasters become more frequent, the need to adapt is rapidly increasing. That need for adaptation—from adjusting farming practices to diversifying livelihoods and strengthening infrastructure—is most acute in vulnerable low- and middle-income countries such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Haiti and Viet Nam.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Sat, 06/07/2025 - 06:26</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/invest-in-climate-adaptation-before-disaster-strikes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Sat, 07 Jun 2025 10:26:00 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3653 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3652 <span>The gendered response to farmer-herder violent conflict in Nigeria</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>From 2010-2020, Nigeria experienced a sharp rise in violence propagated by the jihadist group Boko Haram in the northeast region and escalating inter-group conflict between farmers and Fulani pastoralists in the north-central region. Boko Haram’s violent attacks led to states of emergency in both 2011 and 2013; and while that group has dominated the news, conflicts between Fulani pastoralists and settled agricultural communities are often more deadly.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Thu, 06/05/2025 - 05:41</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/the-gendered-response-to-farmer-herder-violent-conflict-in-nigeria/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:41:11 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3652 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3645 <span>Tracking Fertilizer Price Volatility: Expanding the Food Security Portal’s Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Fertilizer is a critical input for agricultural productivity, and its increased use has been closely associated with rising agricultural yields in many countries. In developing economies that rely heavily on fertilizer imports and are home to vulnerable smallholder farmers, fertilizer price spikes can pose serious risks. When farmers lack access to effective risk-sharing mechanisms, sudden or excessive increases in fertilizer prices can discourage adoption, disrupt planting decisions, and reduce productivity.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Sat, 05/31/2025 - 15:24</span> Sat, 31 May 2025 19:24:01 +0000 sara.gustafson 3645 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3644 <span>Acute Food Insecurity Continues to Rise throughout Africa South of the Sahara: Global Report on Food Crises Released</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Conflict, extreme weather events, and economic shocks led to worsening food security outcomes throughout much of Africa south of the Sahara in 2024, according to the recently released 2025 Global Report on Food Crises. While a number of countries saw improvements in their levels of acute food insecurity, all regions saw an overall increase in the number of acute food-insecure people.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Tue, 05/20/2025 - 20:07</span> Wed, 21 May 2025 00:07:25 +0000 sara.gustafson 3644 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3642 <span>Integrating gender and nutrition into climate policy: Insights from the GCAN Initiative in Nigeria</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Climate change impacts—including increasing temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and intensifying extreme weather events—have hit Nigeria hard, reducing agricultural productivity, driving up food prices, and limiting access to nutritious food. Climate-related damage to roads, irrigation, education, and health care infrastructure has also undermined food production and access to essential services.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Mon, 05/19/2025 - 11:49</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/integrating-gender-and-nutrition-into-climate-policy-insights-from-the-gcan-initiative-in-nigeria/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Mon, 19 May 2025 15:49:32 +0000 sara.gustafson 3642 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3640 <span>Rising food insecurity, waning humanitarian assistance: 2025 Global Report on Food Crises released</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The world faced a stark inflection point in 2024, as the continued rise in the number of people facing crisis-to-catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity meets sharp reductions in funding for humanitarian assistance. The 2025 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), released today, reports that 295.3 million people across 53 countries/territories faced acute food insecurity in 2024. This represents a tripling of the number of people facing acute hunger since 2016 and a doubling since 2020 (Figure 1).</p> <p>Figure 1</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Fri, 05/16/2025 - 10:45</span> Fri, 16 May 2025 14:45:19 +0000 sara.gustafson 3640 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3625 <span>New U.S. tariff policies: What’s at stake for sub-Saharan Africa?</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p> </p> <p>Current U.S. trade policies—though primarily focused on major global players including China, the European Union, and North American partners Canada and Mexico—also have economic consequences for smaller countries and regions around the world. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), these impacts will be felt both directly, through newly imposed tariffs, and indirectly, as collateral damage in a potential trade war between the world’s largest economies.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Mon, 05/12/2025 - 11:00</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/new-u-s-tariff-policies-whats-at-stake-for-sub-saharan-africa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Mon, 12 May 2025 15:00:30 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3625 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3599 <span>Reforming agricultural extension to build resilient and sustainable food systems: Insights from national and international consultations</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Food systems around the world face growing challenges. They must be transformed to sustainably feed a growing global population and made more resilient to shocks from extreme weather to conflict. Efforts on those fronts are increasingly interlinked—and depend on well-targeted local interventions.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Mon, 04/14/2025 - 09:53</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/reforming-agricultural-extension-to-build-resilient-and-sustainable-food-systems-insights-from-national-and-international-consultations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:53:04 +0000 sara.gustafson 3599 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3585 <span>Ethiopia’s health and nutrition data gap and what it means for public health</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In a world where data drives decisions, the importance of high-quality health and nutrition data cannot be overstated. Reliable data is the backbone of effective policymaking, intervention planning, and resource allocation—all critical for improving public health outcomes. For Ethiopia, a country grappling with significant health and nutrition challenges, the need for consistent, accurate, and timely data has never been more urgent.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Fri, 03/28/2025 - 15:43</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/ethiopias-health-and-nutrition-data-gap-and-what-it-means-for-public-health/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:43:30 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3585 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3557 <span>Using Policy to Drive Agrifood Transformation: Lessons from Uganda</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Despite Uganda’s rapidly growing economy, as many as 34.6 million people continue to face food insecurity. More than 72 percent of the country’s population cannot afford a healthy diet, and both undernourishment and overweight/obesity among adults pose a growing challenge. To successfully confront these challenges and encourage the sustainable transformation of Uganda’s agrifood system, stronger policies and enhanced collaboration are needed, according to a recent brief from FAO.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Sat, 03/08/2025 - 13:01</span> Sat, 08 Mar 2025 18:01:53 +0000 sara.gustafson 3557 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3552 <span>Policies to Reduce High-Risk Coping Mechanisms: Evidence from Mali</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>How households respond to systemic shocks—food price volatility, seasonal fluctuations in agricultural production, conflict, pandemics, and extreme weather events—can play an important role in long-term food security, economic stability, and resilience at both the household and the societal level. A new project paper from the CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration finds that in Mali, the coping mechanisms households resort to in the face of such shocks are often high-risk and reactionary.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Sun, 03/02/2025 - 12:19</span> Sun, 02 Mar 2025 17:19:15 +0000 sara.gustafson 3552 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3556 <span>Drought, conflict and high food prices risk pushing 4.4 million people into hunger, the Federal Government of Somalia and UN warn</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>New data from Somalia shows that 4.4 million people could face hunger by April 2025, driven by worsening drought conditions, conflict and high food prices. </p> <p>The Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations agencies warn that without funding for humanitarian action, the country - which in 2022 was pushed to the brink of famine by severe drought, resulting in thousands of deaths, with nearly half being children – millions could once again face deepening hunger.  </p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Sat, 03/01/2025 - 12:12</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/somalia--drought--conflict-and-high-food-prices-risk-pushing-4.4-million-people-into-hunger--the-federal-government-of-somalia-and-un-warn/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAO News Media</a></div> Sat, 01 Mar 2025 17:12:09 +0000 sara.gustafson 3556 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3551 <span>How countries have coped with recent agricultural trade disruptions</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Global agricultural markets have been in a constant state of uproar over the past five years. Trade wars between major trading nations such as China, the United States, and Australia, supply chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, crisis in the Middle East, and export restrictions in many countries have diverted supplies, altered trading patterns, and increased price volatility, which often makes markets less efficient and more costly. </p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Thu, 02/27/2025 - 09:27</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/how-countries-have-coped-with-recent-agricultural-trade-disruptions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:27:48 +0000 sara.gustafson 3551 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3548 <span>Transforming rural livelihoods: Lessons from the Africa RISING program</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Sustainable agricultural development has long been heralded as a vital pathway to alleviating poverty and hunger in Africa, where smallholder farming predominates across diverse landscapes and local conditions changing due to climate impacts and other factors. Sustainable intensification (SI) approaches—tailored to local conditions—offer a range of farming techniques designed to improve growing conditions, yields, and measures of well-being including food security.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Wed, 02/26/2025 - 11:35</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/transforming-rural-livelihoods-lessons-from-the-africa-rising-program/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:35:48 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3548 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3547 <span>Reinforcing pastoralism in the Sahel and West Africa: A decade of progress and the path forward</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Pastoralism has long been a hallmark of the cultural, social, and economic landscapes of the Sahel and West Africa, sustaining the livelihoods of over 20 million people. This age-old practice contributes nearly 15% to the GDP of Sahelian countries, serving not only as an economic mainstay but also fostering peace and resilience within communities. However, the sustainability of pastoralism is increasingly threatened by various external pressures, making robust global support essential to help the region adapt to the changing conditions.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Fri, 02/14/2025 - 08:41</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/africacan/reinforcing-pastoralism-in-the-sahel-and-west-africa-a-decade-of-progress-and-the-path-forward" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Bank: Agriculture &amp; Food</a></div> Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:41:30 +0000 sara.gustafson 3547 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3536 <span>The ECOWAS breakup: Implications for West African food security and regional cooperation</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>On January 28, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will lose three of its founding members—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—comprising 16% of its population of 424 million and 7% of its GDP. Labeled “Sahelexit” by some commentators, the decision to leave ECOWAS was first announced a year ago by the three countries’ trio of military leaders and is now poised to legally take effect.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Mon, 02/03/2025 - 13:18</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/the-ecowas-breakup-implications-for-west-african-food-security-and-regional-cooperation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:18:11 +0000 sara.gustafson 3536 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3534 <span>The ECOWAS breakup: Implications for West African food security and regional cooperation</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>On January 28, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will lose three of its founding members—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—comprising 16% of its population of 424 million and 7% of its GDP. Labeled “Sahelexit” by some commentators, the decision to leave ECOWAS was first announced a year ago by the three countries’ trio of military leaders and is now poised to legally take effect.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Mon, 02/03/2025 - 09:41</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/the-ecowas-breakup-implications-for-west-african-food-security-and-regional-cooperation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:41:32 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3534 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3530 <span>How conflict drives hunger: Six channels through the food system</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Much has been said and written of late about the linkages between conflict and hunger. There is good reason for this: 65% of the world’s acutely food-insecure people live in conflict-affected countries. Typically, two claims are made about the conflict-hunger linkage. First, that conflict breeds hunger. This claim is supported by so much evidence that in 2018 the United Nations adopted Resolution 2417 recognizing the direct impacts of armed conflict on food insecurity and strongly condemning the use of starvation of civilians as a weapon of warfare in conflict situations.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Mon, 01/27/2025 - 11:38</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/how-conflict-drives-hunger-six-channels-through-the-food-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:38:10 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3530 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3524 <span>Food Self-Sufficiency Not Enough for Food Security, New Research Suggests</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Does Africa need food self-sufficiency to achieve long-term food security?</p> <p>Not necessarily, according to new research from IFPRI.</p> <p>With food security continuing to deteriorate across the region and an estimated 600 million people expected to be chronically undernourished by 2030, shoring up Africa’s food and nutrition security has become a priority for the region’s policymakers. This perceived need has been further highlighted by recurring shocks to global food markets, including the 2008 food crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russia-Ukraine war.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Thu, 01/16/2025 - 11:35</span> Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:35:39 +0000 sara.gustafson 3524 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3522 <span>Reducing food loss and waste to address climate change in Africa, Latin America, and South Asia</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The problem of food loss and waste (FLW) undermines global food and nutrition security and makes a significant contribution to climate change, primarily through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Reducing or minimizing FLW requires coordinated action to align stakeholders, promote responsible investments, and incentivize sustainable agricultural practices.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Wed, 01/08/2025 - 14:37</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/borlaug-dialogue-side-event-reducing-food-loss-and-waste-to-address-climate-change-in-africa-latin-america-and-south-asia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:37:42 +0000 sara.gustafson 3522 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3521 <span>From space to soil: Advancing crop mapping and ecosystem insights for smallholder agriculture in Kenya</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Crop mapping—identifying what farmers are growing on their fields—is essential to agricultural and land use planning and management. It is used to generate yield estimates and crop acreage statistics, predict food prices and assess damages from disasters and also to evaluate ecosystem health—all functions essential for agricultural export nations such as Kenya.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Thu, 01/02/2025 - 14:34</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/from-space-to-soil-advancing-crop-mapping-and-ecosystem-insights-for-smallholder-agriculture-in-kenya/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:34:34 +0000 sara.gustafson 3521 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3517 <span>Famine Continues to Spread in Sudan: New IPC Alert Released</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As the conflict in Sudan enters its twentieth month, acute food insecurity in the country is spreading rapidly. According to a new alert from the IPC Famine Review Committee, Famine conditions have been identified in five areas of the country, with an additional five areas expected to face Famine between December 2024 and March 2025. As many as 17 additional areas are at risk of Famine, and half the country’s population—24.6 million people—is currently experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Tue, 12/24/2024 - 09:05</span> Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:05:42 +0000 sara.gustafson 3517 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3367 <span>Commercialization carries both benefits and challenges for agricultural households</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Creating opportunities to more effectively link farmers in Africa south of the Sahara with local, regional, and global markets has become a key development focus in recent years. However, questions remain about the impacts that increased agricultural commercialization may have on household food consumption and food and nutrition security. A recent article in Food Security examines such impacts in Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe and finds both positive and negative trade-offs to increased market integration.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Mon, 12/16/2024 - 12:20</span> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:20:19 +0000 sara.gustafson 3367 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3347 <span>A shock to the (food) system: Using new IFPRI tools to evaluate household food security outcomes</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Recent crises and shocks have eroded food security in many countries. These crises take many forms. Some are global shocks, such as a sharp rise in food commodity prices in world markets. Some are local shocks—for instance, flooding from an extreme weather event, or another from the ever-increasing list of climate impacts.</p></div> <span><span>Abdourahmane.Sy</span></span> <span>Thu, 12/12/2024 - 12:07</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/a-shock-to-the-food-system-using-new-ifpri-tools-to-evaluate-household-food-security-outcomes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:07:42 +0000 Abdourahmane.Sy 3347 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3345 <span>Millions Face Rising Acute Food Insecurity, According to New FAO-WFP Report</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Millions of people across 22 countries and territories may be pushed into acute food insecurity by May 2025, according to the latest FAO-WFP Hunger Hotspots Report. Ongoing and increasing conflict in many areas of the world, along with economic hardships and extreme weather caused by climate change and the La Niña phenomenon, are behind this significant increase in both the magnitude and the severity of acute food insecurity.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Sat, 12/07/2024 - 16:00</span> Sat, 07 Dec 2024 21:00:03 +0000 sara.gustafson 3345 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3365 <span>Tracking soil health managers in Uganda</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Soil degradation, mainly caused by soil erosion and nutrient depletion, is a key factor undermining agricultural productivity, food security, and livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries. Soil degradation is a key problem in Uganda, which has seen growing soil health challenges. To address this issue, IFPRI, the CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains, and Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) have initiated a new round of a long-term, gender-disaggregated soil health survey in Uganda.</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Fri, 12/06/2024 - 10:41</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/news-release/tracking-soil-health-managers-in-uganda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:41:33 +0000 sara.gustafson 3365 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3316 <span>Africa Food Systems Forum Summit 2024: Advancing gender equality and nutrition for sustainable agriculture</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) has consistently served as a pivotal platform for shaping agricultural policies and practices across the continent. By convening a wide array of stakeholders, the AFSF fosters discussions that promote inclusive and sustainable food systems and address key issues such as gender equality and nutrition. This year’s AFSF Summit, held September 2-6 in Kigali, Rwanda, revolved around the theme “Innovate, Accelerate, and Scale: Delivering Food Systems Transformation in a Digital and Climate Era.”</p></div> <span><span>sara.gustafson</span></span> <span>Tue, 11/19/2024 - 15:29</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/africa-food-systems-forum-summit-2024-advancing-gender-equality-and-nutrition-for-sustainable-agriculture/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:29:48 +0000 sara.gustafson 3316 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org/node/3312 <span>From risk to resilience: How strategic government partnerships can enhance access to insurance-linked credit for smallholders in Zambia</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Smallholder farmers across the globe produce over a third of the world’s food supply, yet they receive a disproportionately small share of global climate finance. A 2020 report released by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) shows that less than 2% of international climate finance, amounting to approximately $2 billion, was allocated to smallholder farmers in 2017/2018.</p></div> <span><span>Brice.Tchinde</span></span> <span>Thu, 11/07/2024 - 11:00</span> <span class="article__meta"> ∙ </span><div class="article__meta d-inline-block"><div class="d-inline">Source: </div> <a href="https://www.ifpri.org/blog/from-risk-to-resilience-how-strategic-government-partnerships-can-enhance-access-to-insurance-linked-credit-for-smallholders-in-zambia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFPRI.org</a></div> Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:06 +0000 Brice.Tchinde 3312 at https://ssa.foodsecurityportal.org