Planting the Roots of Peace: Humanitarian Heidi Kühn wins 2023 World Food Prize for restoring agriculture to de-mined land in former war zones
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Heidi Kühn of the United States will receive the 2023 World Food Prize for her farmer-focused development model that revitalizes farmland, food security, livelihoods, and resilience after devastating conflict. For more than two decades, she has shown more than a million people living in war-torn regions around the world a way forward for restoring peace and prosperity through agriculture. A humanitarian and peace activist who has spent more than 25 years restoring agriculture in former conflict zones has been named as the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate The World Food Prize Foundation will awar ..read more
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New Malabo Montpellier Panel Report: Climate-proofing Africa’s food systems needs new and reimagined financing models to meet $41.3 billion adaptation cost
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1y ago
African governments will need to tap into all domestic and global sources of adaptation finance to meet a shortfall of more than $40 billion to climate-proof food systems, according to the Malabo Montpellier Panel. Current levels of adaptation financing needs for agriculture, forestry, and land use (AFOLU) and water sectors in Africa amount to an estimated $41.3 billion, according to a report launched by the Panel of experts at the Malabo Montpellier Forum in Dakar, Senegal, organized with the Centre de Suivi Écologique (CSE). However, research indicates that small-scale farmers, agr ..read more
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COP27 Brief: Dialogues and Commitments at the Intersection of Agriculture and Climate
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1y ago
World leaders gathered in Egypt from 6-18 November for the COP27 climate conference, where a number of sessions and dialogues were held to discuss the intersection of agriculture and climate change, among other topics. A number of commitments and initiatives were also announced during the talks. These are outlined below. Koronivia Joint Work for Agriculture (KJWA): KJWA is the official UNFCCC workstream for agriculture and food security, with the goal of discussing and building consensus around six themes: soils, nutrient use, water, livestock, methods for assessing adaptation, and the socio-e ..read more
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Borlaug Dialogues Round-up: A better way to feed the world
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1y ago
After a day orienting food security experts from around the world on the interconnected challenges of climate change, COVID-19, global conflict and more, the second day of the Borlaug Dialogue began to delve deeper into the agricultural development landscape with a keynote speech from Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Power opened the morning by giving an overview of the current state of global food security through the eyes of USAID’s aid workers and projects around the world, emphasizing the long-term threat of climate change to food secu ..read more
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Haiti’s farmers showcase resilience in the face of Covid-19 pandemic
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by Farming First
1y ago
Haiti’s smallholder farmers have demonstrated how they defied the Covid-19 pandemic to continue to produce and export goods, thanks to long-term investment in food systems. Acceso has been supporting Haitian farmers, providing technical training, support and market linkages, since 2014. After helping peanut farmers to improve production and reduce the risk of contamination, Acceso and partners launched Lavi Spicy Peanut Butter, a product created entirely in Haiti using peanuts grown by local farmers, in 2019. The peanut butter sold is inspired by Sergeline René’s family recipe (Photo: Gemma H ..read more
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Food Security High on G7 Agenda as Impacts from Climate, COVID-19 and Conflict Grow
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1y ago
Leaders gathered at the G7 Summit from 26 to 28 June in Germany, where food security was high on the agenda. The G7 Leaders said they “will spare no effort to increase global food and nutrition security and to protect the most vulnerable, whom the food crisis threatens to hit the hardest.”  So, what does this mean in practice in addressing food security? The Global Alliance for Food Security Initially introduced at the World Bank Spring Meetings in April, G7 leaders endorsed the Global Alliance on Food Security to tackle the global food crisis triggered, amongst other challenges, from the ..read more
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The Malabo Montpellier Panel Forum Explores How Nature-Based Innovation is Propelling Africa’s Bioeconomy
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2y ago
Investing in more science and innovation to support a growing, sustainable bioeconomy will help to build Africa’s resilience against future crises, the 10th Malabo Montpellier Forum heard. The bioeconomy, broadly referring to the production and use of renewable biological resources, was also the focus of a report launched at the meeting. In ‘Nature’s Solutions: Policy Innovations & Opportunities for Africa’s Bioeconomy’, the Malabo Montpellier Panel of 18 leading scientists set out how African biosolutions such as mosquito-repelling plants and cooking fuel made from fruit waste can help cr ..read more
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More Than US$27 Billion Pledged to Tackle Global Malnutrition and Hunger at the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit
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2y ago
COVID-19 and climate change have exacerbated malnutrition and threatened the sustainability and resilience of food systems around the world. At the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, held 7th-8th December, representatives from governments, business, multilaterals, donors, and other development partners came together to deliver renewed policy and financial commitments to address the global malnutrition and hunger crisis. Notably, the European Union committed US$2.8 billion, the United States committed US$11 billion, and the African Development Bank committed US$1.35 billion. Today, one th ..read more
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2021 State of Food and Agriculture Report Released
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2y ago
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerability of agri-food systems to shocks and stresses, and led to increased global food insecurity and malnutrition. Now, countries need to urgently make agri-food systems more resilient, efficient, sustainable and inclusive, according to the 2021 State of Food and Agriculture report. Published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the report provides an assessment of the ability of national agri-food systems to respond to and recover from shock and stressors, such as extreme weather events as well as plant and animal diseas ..read more
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Gaining Momentum: Food Systems Transformation in the Decade of Action – The Borlaug Dialogue 2021
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2y ago
Commencing on 20-22 October, in Des Moines, Iowa, the 2021 Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium, known as the Borlaug Dialogue, is set to add to this year’s momentum around transforming global food systems.   The official theme for this year’s event is ‘Gaining Momentum: Food Systems Transformation in the Decade of Action’. Following on from the UN Food Systems Summit and the upcoming CFS 49, COP26, and the Nutrition for Growth Summit, the Borlaug Dialogue comes at a pivotal moment in a year of international collaboration on food systems transformation. The virtual conference w ..read more
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