Agriculture

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2020 16 November

African countries commit to accelerate actions towards food security

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...

2020 12 October

Impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods, health and food systems – Joint statement by ILO, FAO, IFAD and WHO

David Martin | Agriculture COVID19 Food systems Nutrition SUN UN Network 0

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating: tens of millions of people are...

2020 15 September

Leveraging technology to support Guatemala’s food chain during COVID-19

David Martin | Agriculture COVID19 Education Food systems SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

* Blog written by Camila De Ferrari Piazza, Viviana Perego and Katie Kennedy Freeman and originally published by the World Bank Restrictions to local and international mobility following the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak are causing disruptions all along the food chain in Guatemala. This is causing widespread economic...

2020 09 September

Leveraging innovation, partnership to shore up food security in Asia and the Pacific

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

Transforming food systems in Asia and the Pacific to make them more sustainable, resilient and productive, is vital for countries to rebound from the impact of COVID-19 and address chronic undernourishment, a UN regional forum on food security has heard. Gathered virtually at the UN Food...

2020 31 August

Digital technology ensures food supply in rural Bangladesh during COVID-19

David Martin | Agriculture COVID19 food security SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

* Blog written by Iftikhar Mostafa and originally published by the World Bank Salma Akhter, a member of an agriculture cooperative in northern Bangladesh, has been extremely busy the past four months – since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she has been volunteering to run a ‘virtual...

2020 26 August

Solving global malnutrition: investing in innovations for local food systems

David Martin | Agriculture Food systems Regional initiatives SUN Movement Lead Group SUN Business Network, SUN Country Network 0

* Article written by Sophie Reeve of WRENmedia in the UK and originally published by SUN Business Network Interventions that bring about food system solutions, at both the farmer and supply chain level, to help ensure nutritious food reaches every table have always been close to my heart. This...

2020 25 August

PARLATINO and FAO step up their fight against hunger and the effects of climate change in the face of the COVID-19 crisis

David Martin | Agriculture Climate COVID19 Food systems Regional initiatives Parliamentarians, SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO), presented a joint statement to promote increased responsible investment in agriculture and food systems in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. “I would like to highlight that this...

2020 27 July

FAO calls for joint coordinated global response to support food and agriculture

David Martin | Agriculture COVID19 Food systems SUN UN Network 0

FAO unveiled its new comprehensive COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme, aimed at preventing a global food emergency during and after the COVID-19 pandemic while working on medium to long-term development response for food security and nutrition. The agency is calling for USD1.2 billion in initial...