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Global Report on Food Crises mid-year update tracks world’s food security hotspots
For the past three years, the number of people around the world in urgent need of food and nutrition assistance has remained above 100 million, according to the annual Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC). The annual report aims to provide governments, international organizations, and other stakeholders with the data and analysis needed to respond to and prevent the crises that lead to such massive food-insecure populations. In a first-ever mid-year update to the report, GRFC partners provide a revised look at the severity of current global food crises in terms of the number of acutely food-insecure people, as well as the status of the crisis: Improving, deteriorating, or stable.
How small businesses are driving growth across African agriculture
A new report from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) finds that millions of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) source directly from millions more smallholder farmers across Africa South of the Sahara. These SMEs, often led by women, include food processors, wholesalers, and retailers. SMEs provide a range of services, from transport and logistics to the sale of inputs such as fertilizer and seed to farmers.
To tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system
The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is clear from the newly released UN climate change report , which warns that we must rethink how we produce our food—and quickly—to avoid the most devastating impacts of global food production, including massive deforestation, staggering biodiversity loss and accelerating climate change.
Regional Policy Dialogue on Early Warning Early Action Mechanisms for the Prevention of Food Crises
Regional Policy Dialogue on Early Warning Early Action Mechanisms for the Prevention of Food Crises
Accra, Ghana
5 September 2019 from 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Register on our Facebook event page to watch the livestream.
Background
Fighting hunger has been at the heart of my global development work on sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition over
To end hunger once and for all, we have to increase investment in sustainable agriculture and rural development.
When I took over as EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, I had to face head on the cold, hard facts: nearly a billion people worldwide experiencing chronic food shortage and many millions of children stunted from malnutrition.