Agriculture

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2021 01 September

Malawi: Chingondo irrigation scheme back to life after more than a year

After being idle for more than a year, farmers from the Ngabu Traditional Authority in Nsanje district are happy to be cultivating Chingondo Irrigation Scheme again. Differences in rentals between their irrigation agreement and surrounding irrigation arrangements resulted in dispute, which, through key stakeholder negotiations...

2021 05 May

Small-scale farmers of Haiti to receive help for food production and COVID-19

David Martin | Agriculture COVID19 food security Food systems Nutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The Government of Haiti and the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) signed a financing agreement for a project that will help Haitian farmers recover from the impact of Covid-19 and increase staple food production. The project will kickstart rapid recovery...

2021 04 May

African Development Bank, IFAD and partners redouble efforts to stop hunger in Africa and strengthen food security

David Martin | Agriculture Climate food security Food systems Nutrition SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the CGIAR System Organization, today pledged to work closely with African leaders to address rising hunger on the continent and shore...

2021 30 April

FAO and WFP launch global consultation to help alleviate hunger and transform agri-food systems

David Martin | Agriculture Food systems SUN UN Network 0

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched an online public consultation to obtain inputs on how the UN agencies can collaborate in key areas in the coming years. The consultation will feed into the operationalization...

2021 08 March

Empowering women and girls is crucial to ensure sustainable food security in the aftermath of COVID-19

David Martin | Agriculture COVID19 food security International Women's Day SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic unless more women in rural and urban areas hold leadership positions with increased decision-making power, say the heads of the three United Nations' food agencies ahead of...

2021 04 March

Approved the first law on climate change and food security for Latin America and the Caribbean

David Martin | Agriculture Climate Change food security Food systems Policies & laws Regional initiatives SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The Board of Directors of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) unanimously approved the first Model Law on Climate Change and Food and Nutrition Security (SAN). It is an instrument that establishes a legal framework of reference to inspire national laws, which will allow each...

2020 26 November

The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020 takes a new look at water shortages and scarcity in the world

David Martin | Agriculture food security Food systems SUN UN Network 0

More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high levels of water shortages and scarcity, and almost half of them face severe constraints. Furthermore, available freshwater resources per person have declined by more than 20 percent over the past two...

2020 16 November

African countries commit to accelerate actions towards food security

David Martin | Agriculture Food systems Nutrition Nutrition commitments SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Ministers at the largest ever FAO Regional Conference for Africa have committed to ‘raise ambitions and accelerate actions' towards achieving food security, at the close of the three day event. Around 900 delegates including 95 ministers and other government officials from 48 countries have met in...

2020 22 October

Tanzania releases National Biofortification Guidelines to address malnutrition challenge

David Martin | Agriculture Food systems Malnutrition SUN Country Network 0

* Originally published by Nutrition International Reaffirming its commitment to addressing malnutrition, the Government of Tanzania has released National Biofortification Guidelines, which will help to prevent nutrient deficiencies among the population. The guidelines, disseminated by the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in collaboration with Nutrition International, provide...

2020 19 October

New fund to boost food security with support to small-scale farmers in Cameroon

David Martin | Agriculture Food systems SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) announced a USD59.9 million investment to fund a six-year extension of the successful Commodity Value Chain Development Support Project (PADFA). Gilbert F. Houngbo, IFAD President, and Alamine Ousmane Mey, Minister of Economy, Planning and...