Elevated rainfed cistern for irrigating farm land. (IFPRI)By combining climate and yield projections with the IIASA Global Biosphere Management Model, researchers say they have identified the likely needed adaptations and transformations for global agricultural systems.
Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo: Erly Tatontos / World BankReport provides comprehensive narrative on levels of malnutrition across the world, includes 193 country profiles.
A consortium of nations, organizations, researchers, and academics has released the first-ever comprehensive narrative on global health and country-level progress toward reducing malnutrition across the globe.
A farm worker cleans lettuce crops in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. Photo: Maria Fleischmann / World BankAuthors: Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla and Maximo Torero
An abridged version of this article was originally published in the Spanish-language press in Guatemala.
IFPRI / CC BY-NC-NDAuthor: Maximo Torero (Division director of the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute )
On World Food Day, it’s time to remind ourselves that economic growth is only sustainable if all countries have food security. Without a country-owned and country-driven food security strategy, there will be obstacles and additional costs to global-, regional- and country-level economic growth.
