Photo Credit: Neil Palmer/CIATThe latest editions of the FAO Food Price Index and AMIS Market Monitor are both now available for September.
Photo Credit: Sheona Shackleton/CIFORWith about one-third of all food produced around the world lost or wasted each year, reducing food loss and waste is a key component in ending hunger and malnutrition. A major hurdle, however, stems from the fact that food loss and waste are complex issues, and thus properly measuring them and identifying where in the food system they occur remain a challenge.
Photo Credit: Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman, World FishIn recent years, many developing countries have seen significant reductions in chronic childhood malnutrition. Understanding what is driving these reductions is key in scaling up effective nutrition policies and strategies and reaching the nutrition goals set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Photo Credit: © 2006 Kifle Abegaz/IFPRIWorld Water Week 2017, from running from August 27- September 1 and organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) explores the theme of water and waste (reduce and reuse). Water clearly plays a crucial role in global development, impacting agricultural production, economic growth, health and nutrition, and the environment.
Photo Credit: Bioversity International/J.van de GevelAccording to the most recent World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Report, global wheat supplies for 2017-2018 are up significantly due to an 8.6-million-ton production increase in the Former Soviet Union (FSU). Russian wheat production surpassed last year’s record by 5.0 million tons. Even though there are reduced production forecasts in Canada, EU, and U.S. the increased production from FSU more than offsets these conditions; as a result, foreign trade has increased from the FSU as well.
