Launch of Global Food Policy Report 2014-2015IFPRI Africa
The document provides an overview of the global food policy report for Africa. It notes that GDP growth in Africa has been over 5% but under 4% for agricultural GDP growth. Poverty and child malnutrition rates have also increased slightly. Agriculture production growth increased significantly from -1.34% to 7.7% and the agriculture share of GDP rose from 3.1% to 3.7%, showing some major progress. However, challenges remain such as structural imbalances, conflicts like Ebola, and global economic issues. The report discusses strategies for Africa like boosting intra-African trade and climate-smart agriculture to sustain momentum in improving food security and reducing poverty and malnutrition.
2030 Vision for the Global Food System: Implications for IndiaThe World Bank
What is India's role in a productive and resilient food system that can help feed the world? A plenary presentation at the 12th Agricultural Science Congress, Karnal, India.
Presentation by Bruce Campbell, CCAFS Program Director, at the 3rd Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance Forum in Dakar, Senegal, 27–28 March 2019.
From Farm to Market: The importance of smallholder farmers for the agricultur...ICARDA
ICARDA supports smallholder farmers in dryland regions through agricultural research and development efforts. It produces improved crop varieties and livestock breeds that are drought tolerant and produce higher yields. It also promotes more efficient irrigation techniques, integrated crop-livestock systems, and value addition activities. Examples presented showed how ICARDA's chickpea and wheat varieties increased farmer incomes in Turkey, and how wastewater irrigation projects and livestock interventions benefited smallholders in Gaza, Jordan and Syria. ICARDA's new strategy aims to continue providing innovative science-based solutions to make dryland agriculture and communities more resilient and prosperous.
The document discusses agriculture innovation and social inclusion in Brazil. It summarizes how Brazil's Bolsa Familia program provides cash transfers to families living in poverty, helping to double the number of families covered from 2004 to 2009. It also discusses improvements in child mortality, health, and declines in fertility from health and social policies. The document outlines growth in harvested area, production, and meat industries from the 1990s to 2000s. It then discusses various agriculture innovations in Brazil around crop varieties, post-harvest processing, no-tillage farming, and their economic and social impacts.
Launch of Global Food Policy Report 2014-2015IFPRI Africa
The document provides an overview of the global food policy report for Africa. It notes that GDP growth in Africa has been over 5% but under 4% for agricultural GDP growth. Poverty and child malnutrition rates have also increased slightly. Agriculture production growth increased significantly from -1.34% to 7.7% and the agriculture share of GDP rose from 3.1% to 3.7%, showing some major progress. However, challenges remain such as structural imbalances, conflicts like Ebola, and global economic issues. The report discusses strategies for Africa like boosting intra-African trade and climate-smart agriculture to sustain momentum in improving food security and reducing poverty and malnutrition.
2030 Vision for the Global Food System: Implications for IndiaThe World Bank
What is India's role in a productive and resilient food system that can help feed the world? A plenary presentation at the 12th Agricultural Science Congress, Karnal, India.
Presentation by Bruce Campbell, CCAFS Program Director, at the 3rd Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance Forum in Dakar, Senegal, 27–28 March 2019.
From Farm to Market: The importance of smallholder farmers for the agricultur...ICARDA
ICARDA supports smallholder farmers in dryland regions through agricultural research and development efforts. It produces improved crop varieties and livestock breeds that are drought tolerant and produce higher yields. It also promotes more efficient irrigation techniques, integrated crop-livestock systems, and value addition activities. Examples presented showed how ICARDA's chickpea and wheat varieties increased farmer incomes in Turkey, and how wastewater irrigation projects and livestock interventions benefited smallholders in Gaza, Jordan and Syria. ICARDA's new strategy aims to continue providing innovative science-based solutions to make dryland agriculture and communities more resilient and prosperous.
The document discusses agriculture innovation and social inclusion in Brazil. It summarizes how Brazil's Bolsa Familia program provides cash transfers to families living in poverty, helping to double the number of families covered from 2004 to 2009. It also discusses improvements in child mortality, health, and declines in fertility from health and social policies. The document outlines growth in harvested area, production, and meat industries from the 1990s to 2000s. It then discusses various agriculture innovations in Brazil around crop varieties, post-harvest processing, no-tillage farming, and their economic and social impacts.
Reshaping the Food System for Food Security & NutritionExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/en/
This presentation was presented during the Eurasian Soil Partnership workshop that was held on 29 February - 02 March 2016 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and it was made by Shenggen Fan.
The document discusses strategies to enhance smallholder profitability in Africa. It notes that smallholders make up the majority of poor and hungry people in Africa but face many challenges. Key strategies discussed include promoting land rights and markets, agricultural research to increase productivity, supporting efficient food value chains, addressing gender gaps, developing young farmers, and scaling up cross-sector social safety nets. The director argues that smallholders need support to either move up to more profitable farming or move out of agriculture into other sectors.
This document discusses strategies for sustainable agriculture and food security. It outlines five policy priorities: 1) investing in public agricultural research and extension, 2) embracing and disseminating science-based technologies, 3) establishing smart, science-based regulatory systems, 4) enhancing private sector involvement in agriculture and infrastructure, and 5) expanding regional and global trade. The goal is to use these strategies to productively manage agricultural cycles, meet growing global food demand, and mitigate climate change through increased productivity.
Ghana has experienced various phases of agro-processing development from pre-independence small cottage industries to current proliferation of factories and food imports. Key challenges include low productivity, poor quality crops, and infrastructure issues. However, opportunities exist due to urbanization, income growth, and diet changes. A study found over 1,700 unique processed foods in Ghanaian cities, with imports dominating rice and tomato paste but many domestic products available, showing potential to expand local processing.
The new book from CTA and Cgiar Research Program on Climate Change & Food Security, "Evidence of impact: Climate-smart agriculture in Africa", showcases many innovative climate-smart agriculture practices with the capacity to increase productivity and build resilience in Africa
While small scale family farmers grow food, and produce 70% of the food in this region, we remain to be poorest, hungriest, mostmalnourished? Why ? First because many of us do not have adequate access , control or ownership of the basic natural resources needed to do farming: land, waters, forests, seeds. Without land rights, we cannot decide what to plant, when to plant, where to market the produce, and in many cases, get only a 30% share of the produce of the farm. Without water rights, the fishes we could have captured in our seas and waters are first captured by big commercial trawlers, leaving so little for the many of us who would like to fish. Without forestry rights, we lose our forests to big mining and logging companies. Without rights to breed, conserve, save and exchange seeds, we will be dependent on the seeds of big and multi-national seed companies..
Second, our yields are low, of inferior quality, and we do not have the money to buy necessary inputs such as seeds, fertilizers or even farm tools or put up needed services such as irrigation, electricity.
The document discusses the links between population growth and food production. It notes that population growth has increased demand for food, resulting in more farmland and water usage. Food production depends on limited resources like cropland and water that are under strain from rising populations. The document recommends strategies like improving crop yields, using resources more efficiently, shifting diets to require fewer agricultural resources, and reducing food waste to help address global food security challenges in the face of population growth.
Environmental sustainability of family farming can be obtained by helping family farms to conserve and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources on their farms, namely water, land and biodiversity.
This document summarizes the progress being made towards increasing food production in sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses how cereal yields have risen 50% between 2005-2013 after stagnating for decades below 1 metric tonne per hectare. Interventions across the agricultural value chain, including improved seeds and fertilizers, extension services, storage, processing, markets and financing, have contributed to this rise. Continued efforts to address inputs, production practices, and market access could help lift yields to 3 metric tonnes per hectare across the region and eventually to 5 metric tonnes, though significant challenges remain.
Promoting regional trade and agribusiness development in the Pacific :
2nd PACIFIC AGRIBUSINESS FORUM
"Linking the agrifood sector to the local markets for economic growth and improved food and nutrition security"
Organised by PIPSO, CTA, IFAD, SPC and SPTO
Tanoa Tusitala Hotel, Apia, Samoa, 29th August -1st September 2016
The maize mixed farming system: Highlights of characteristics, trends and dev...FMNR Hub
The presentation summarizes the characteristics, trends, and development priorities of the maize mixed farming system in Africa. It discusses key characteristics such as maize being the dominant crop while livelihoods also depend on other crops, livestock, and off-farm work. It also defines nine sub-systems within the maize mixed system and notes trends such as population growth, declining farm sizes, and soil fertility decline posing challenges. The presentation concludes by providing examples of strategic interventions needed across areas like natural resources management, energy, markets, and policies to improve the sustainability and resilience of the maize mixed farming system.
This document discusses a breakout session on the role of "future crops" in subsistence farming and market-oriented agriculture. It focuses on examples like pearl millet, which tolerates high temperatures, and bambara nut, which grows in sandy soils. These "future crops" provide nutrition, climate resilience, and can be profitable for farmers in certain contexts. The session addressed how opportunities to improve productivity for crops like pulses, millets, tef, fonio, and quinoa have increased incomes in places where they are well-suited to local conditions and diets.
Determinants of commercial mixed farming on small farms in kenyaAlexander Decker
- The document discusses a study on the determinants of commercial mixed farming on small farms in Kenya. A survey of 388 small farms in Thika, Kenya was conducted.
- The results showed that farm size, gender of the farmer, availability of electricity and running water on the farm were the main determinants of engaging in commercial mixed farming.
- The study recommends policies to discourage subdivision of farmland into uneconomical sizes and intensifying rural electrification and farmer training programs to enable more commercial farming.
This document discusses sustainable food systems and community food security. It defines sustainability and explains why it is important for food security, community health, and economic stability. Models of sustainable food systems are presented, including Cuba's transformation to organic agriculture after trade embargoes. While complete self-sufficiency is unrealistic and compromising, integrated systems using small farms, soil management, staple and bulk crops, along with local distribution and markets can nourish communities for the future.
The document discusses creating entrepreneurial programs to foster sustainable food systems through agricultural education and production. It notes that Arkansas has high rates of food insecurity, obesity, and poverty, while locally grown sustainable diets benefit personal and public health. However, the average age of Arkansas farmers is 58, most farmland is used to grow commodity crops for export, and new farmers face barriers. The proposed Future Farmer Program would provide resources like land access, training, and market connections to make new and beginning farmers more productive and profitable while increasing local sustainable food access. The overall goal is to build a healthy, sustainable local food system.
Family farms are the predominant form of agriculture worldwide. They account for over 500 million of the 570 million total farms globally. While most farms are small in size, large farms control most of the world's agricultural land. Family farms are important for food security as they produce much of the world's food, especially for certain commodities. However, they need support through innovation and investment in research to increase yields sustainably and raise incomes. The document discusses policies and initiatives to strengthen family farms, including through defining them, improving access to resources and markets, and including family farms in the post-2015 development agenda.
Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in Sub Saharan AfricaWorld Agroforestry (ICRAF)
The document discusses fostering sustainability and resilience for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. It notes that the region's population is projected to reach 2 billion in the next 30 years, but currently 24% of people are undernourished with cereal yields half the world average. Current agricultural intensification focuses on high fertilizer and seeds but risks compromising sustainability. The Global Environment Facility proposes a pilot program to strengthen natural resource management and ecosystem services to achieve intensification that is sustainable and resilient. The $120 million program aims to generate $1 billion in co-financing to benefit millions of smallholder farmers across dryland regions in Africa.
Transformational Opportunities in Landscape Regeneration in Southern Africa: ...FMNR Hub
This document discusses the alarming trend of land degradation in Southern Africa and the challenges it poses. It proposes adopting sustainable land use practices like agroforestry, farmer managed natural regeneration, and conservation agriculture to restore degraded land. These approaches integrate trees into agricultural systems, improving soil fertility, microclimate buffering, and food security. The document calls for commitments to scale up these climate-smart agricultural practices across Africa to restore degraded farmland and meet development goals.
Thematic Presentation on "Family farming"Amit Yadav
Welcome to the Thematic Presentation on “Family Farming”. We the MSW II year student of School of Social Work Roshni Nilaya select this topic for thematic presentation because 2014 is The”International Year of Family Farming”. Through this presentation our focus is to inform about the family farming, importance of family farming, what is International Year of Family Farming, 2014, Objectives of family farming and so on.
Presentation by Mark W. Rosegrant, Nicostrato Perez, Angga Pradesha, Timothy S. Thomas, and Mercedita A. Sombilla at the Global Landscapes Forum on December 5, 2015 in Paris, France
By: Suresh Babu
The structural adjustments of the 1980s and 1990s led to drastic fiscal cuts in financing of public extension systems causing their near collapse in many developing countries. Several new players tried to enter and fill the vacuum, including the private sector. Yet it is not clear how much and how well the private sector is able to fill the gap left by the dysfunctional public systems. This seminar is based on a recent book titled Knowledge Driven Development: Global Lessons from Private Extension (2015, Elsevier), a collection of case studies evaluating 10 private extension models in seven developing countries. The book assesses the functioning of private sector extension systems in various contextual settings. Common knowledge is that most private sector extension models are implemented for, and seem to work well for farmers selling high value commodities. But for staple commodity growers (such as cereal growers), with a small market surplus and little scope for contract farming, these systems may not be sustainable due to cost factors. Some of the case studies challenges this conventional wisdom. Lessons drawn from the cases could be important in giving direction to future development, research and policy on private extension systems. It is observed that private companies have created shared value for farmers across all cases. Integrated services provided as part of private extension programs were a major contributing factor for their success. Private extension programs also help in the effective use of technology for increasing farmer productivity. Additionally, they provide assured market access and price to contracted farmers, thereby reducing the uncertainty of demand to a great extent. Extension programs implemented by private companies lead to inclusive innovation by engaging farmers in development of technical and market solutions. They also reduce barriers to accessing quality inputs. Further, they tend to induce collective action amongst farmer groups, increasing solidarity. Private extension is demand driven, directly addresses information needs of contract farmers, and under certain conditions can fill the gap left by public extension systems in developing countries.
Reshaping the Food System for Food Security & NutritionExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/en/
This presentation was presented during the Eurasian Soil Partnership workshop that was held on 29 February - 02 March 2016 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and it was made by Shenggen Fan.
The document discusses strategies to enhance smallholder profitability in Africa. It notes that smallholders make up the majority of poor and hungry people in Africa but face many challenges. Key strategies discussed include promoting land rights and markets, agricultural research to increase productivity, supporting efficient food value chains, addressing gender gaps, developing young farmers, and scaling up cross-sector social safety nets. The director argues that smallholders need support to either move up to more profitable farming or move out of agriculture into other sectors.
This document discusses strategies for sustainable agriculture and food security. It outlines five policy priorities: 1) investing in public agricultural research and extension, 2) embracing and disseminating science-based technologies, 3) establishing smart, science-based regulatory systems, 4) enhancing private sector involvement in agriculture and infrastructure, and 5) expanding regional and global trade. The goal is to use these strategies to productively manage agricultural cycles, meet growing global food demand, and mitigate climate change through increased productivity.
Ghana has experienced various phases of agro-processing development from pre-independence small cottage industries to current proliferation of factories and food imports. Key challenges include low productivity, poor quality crops, and infrastructure issues. However, opportunities exist due to urbanization, income growth, and diet changes. A study found over 1,700 unique processed foods in Ghanaian cities, with imports dominating rice and tomato paste but many domestic products available, showing potential to expand local processing.
The new book from CTA and Cgiar Research Program on Climate Change & Food Security, "Evidence of impact: Climate-smart agriculture in Africa", showcases many innovative climate-smart agriculture practices with the capacity to increase productivity and build resilience in Africa
While small scale family farmers grow food, and produce 70% of the food in this region, we remain to be poorest, hungriest, mostmalnourished? Why ? First because many of us do not have adequate access , control or ownership of the basic natural resources needed to do farming: land, waters, forests, seeds. Without land rights, we cannot decide what to plant, when to plant, where to market the produce, and in many cases, get only a 30% share of the produce of the farm. Without water rights, the fishes we could have captured in our seas and waters are first captured by big commercial trawlers, leaving so little for the many of us who would like to fish. Without forestry rights, we lose our forests to big mining and logging companies. Without rights to breed, conserve, save and exchange seeds, we will be dependent on the seeds of big and multi-national seed companies..
Second, our yields are low, of inferior quality, and we do not have the money to buy necessary inputs such as seeds, fertilizers or even farm tools or put up needed services such as irrigation, electricity.
The document discusses the links between population growth and food production. It notes that population growth has increased demand for food, resulting in more farmland and water usage. Food production depends on limited resources like cropland and water that are under strain from rising populations. The document recommends strategies like improving crop yields, using resources more efficiently, shifting diets to require fewer agricultural resources, and reducing food waste to help address global food security challenges in the face of population growth.
Environmental sustainability of family farming can be obtained by helping family farms to conserve and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources on their farms, namely water, land and biodiversity.
This document summarizes the progress being made towards increasing food production in sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses how cereal yields have risen 50% between 2005-2013 after stagnating for decades below 1 metric tonne per hectare. Interventions across the agricultural value chain, including improved seeds and fertilizers, extension services, storage, processing, markets and financing, have contributed to this rise. Continued efforts to address inputs, production practices, and market access could help lift yields to 3 metric tonnes per hectare across the region and eventually to 5 metric tonnes, though significant challenges remain.
Promoting regional trade and agribusiness development in the Pacific :
2nd PACIFIC AGRIBUSINESS FORUM
"Linking the agrifood sector to the local markets for economic growth and improved food and nutrition security"
Organised by PIPSO, CTA, IFAD, SPC and SPTO
Tanoa Tusitala Hotel, Apia, Samoa, 29th August -1st September 2016
The maize mixed farming system: Highlights of characteristics, trends and dev...FMNR Hub
The presentation summarizes the characteristics, trends, and development priorities of the maize mixed farming system in Africa. It discusses key characteristics such as maize being the dominant crop while livelihoods also depend on other crops, livestock, and off-farm work. It also defines nine sub-systems within the maize mixed system and notes trends such as population growth, declining farm sizes, and soil fertility decline posing challenges. The presentation concludes by providing examples of strategic interventions needed across areas like natural resources management, energy, markets, and policies to improve the sustainability and resilience of the maize mixed farming system.
This document discusses a breakout session on the role of "future crops" in subsistence farming and market-oriented agriculture. It focuses on examples like pearl millet, which tolerates high temperatures, and bambara nut, which grows in sandy soils. These "future crops" provide nutrition, climate resilience, and can be profitable for farmers in certain contexts. The session addressed how opportunities to improve productivity for crops like pulses, millets, tef, fonio, and quinoa have increased incomes in places where they are well-suited to local conditions and diets.
Determinants of commercial mixed farming on small farms in kenyaAlexander Decker
- The document discusses a study on the determinants of commercial mixed farming on small farms in Kenya. A survey of 388 small farms in Thika, Kenya was conducted.
- The results showed that farm size, gender of the farmer, availability of electricity and running water on the farm were the main determinants of engaging in commercial mixed farming.
- The study recommends policies to discourage subdivision of farmland into uneconomical sizes and intensifying rural electrification and farmer training programs to enable more commercial farming.
This document discusses sustainable food systems and community food security. It defines sustainability and explains why it is important for food security, community health, and economic stability. Models of sustainable food systems are presented, including Cuba's transformation to organic agriculture after trade embargoes. While complete self-sufficiency is unrealistic and compromising, integrated systems using small farms, soil management, staple and bulk crops, along with local distribution and markets can nourish communities for the future.
The document discusses creating entrepreneurial programs to foster sustainable food systems through agricultural education and production. It notes that Arkansas has high rates of food insecurity, obesity, and poverty, while locally grown sustainable diets benefit personal and public health. However, the average age of Arkansas farmers is 58, most farmland is used to grow commodity crops for export, and new farmers face barriers. The proposed Future Farmer Program would provide resources like land access, training, and market connections to make new and beginning farmers more productive and profitable while increasing local sustainable food access. The overall goal is to build a healthy, sustainable local food system.
Family farms are the predominant form of agriculture worldwide. They account for over 500 million of the 570 million total farms globally. While most farms are small in size, large farms control most of the world's agricultural land. Family farms are important for food security as they produce much of the world's food, especially for certain commodities. However, they need support through innovation and investment in research to increase yields sustainably and raise incomes. The document discusses policies and initiatives to strengthen family farms, including through defining them, improving access to resources and markets, and including family farms in the post-2015 development agenda.
Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in Sub Saharan AfricaWorld Agroforestry (ICRAF)
The document discusses fostering sustainability and resilience for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. It notes that the region's population is projected to reach 2 billion in the next 30 years, but currently 24% of people are undernourished with cereal yields half the world average. Current agricultural intensification focuses on high fertilizer and seeds but risks compromising sustainability. The Global Environment Facility proposes a pilot program to strengthen natural resource management and ecosystem services to achieve intensification that is sustainable and resilient. The $120 million program aims to generate $1 billion in co-financing to benefit millions of smallholder farmers across dryland regions in Africa.
Transformational Opportunities in Landscape Regeneration in Southern Africa: ...FMNR Hub
This document discusses the alarming trend of land degradation in Southern Africa and the challenges it poses. It proposes adopting sustainable land use practices like agroforestry, farmer managed natural regeneration, and conservation agriculture to restore degraded land. These approaches integrate trees into agricultural systems, improving soil fertility, microclimate buffering, and food security. The document calls for commitments to scale up these climate-smart agricultural practices across Africa to restore degraded farmland and meet development goals.
Thematic Presentation on "Family farming"Amit Yadav
Welcome to the Thematic Presentation on “Family Farming”. We the MSW II year student of School of Social Work Roshni Nilaya select this topic for thematic presentation because 2014 is The”International Year of Family Farming”. Through this presentation our focus is to inform about the family farming, importance of family farming, what is International Year of Family Farming, 2014, Objectives of family farming and so on.
Presentation by Mark W. Rosegrant, Nicostrato Perez, Angga Pradesha, Timothy S. Thomas, and Mercedita A. Sombilla at the Global Landscapes Forum on December 5, 2015 in Paris, France
By: Suresh Babu
The structural adjustments of the 1980s and 1990s led to drastic fiscal cuts in financing of public extension systems causing their near collapse in many developing countries. Several new players tried to enter and fill the vacuum, including the private sector. Yet it is not clear how much and how well the private sector is able to fill the gap left by the dysfunctional public systems. This seminar is based on a recent book titled Knowledge Driven Development: Global Lessons from Private Extension (2015, Elsevier), a collection of case studies evaluating 10 private extension models in seven developing countries. The book assesses the functioning of private sector extension systems in various contextual settings. Common knowledge is that most private sector extension models are implemented for, and seem to work well for farmers selling high value commodities. But for staple commodity growers (such as cereal growers), with a small market surplus and little scope for contract farming, these systems may not be sustainable due to cost factors. Some of the case studies challenges this conventional wisdom. Lessons drawn from the cases could be important in giving direction to future development, research and policy on private extension systems. It is observed that private companies have created shared value for farmers across all cases. Integrated services provided as part of private extension programs were a major contributing factor for their success. Private extension programs also help in the effective use of technology for increasing farmer productivity. Additionally, they provide assured market access and price to contracted farmers, thereby reducing the uncertainty of demand to a great extent. Extension programs implemented by private companies lead to inclusive innovation by engaging farmers in development of technical and market solutions. They also reduce barriers to accessing quality inputs. Further, they tend to induce collective action amongst farmer groups, increasing solidarity. Private extension is demand driven, directly addresses information needs of contract farmers, and under certain conditions can fill the gap left by public extension systems in developing countries.
"IFPRI at 40: Looking Back, Looking Forward" Special Event held on November 18, 2015. Presentation by Marie Ruel, Director of the Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division (PHND) at IFPR.
This document contains brief notes about a map and data widget and survey. It lists "Map & Data Widget" and "Survey" as topics but does not provide any further details about them. The document also includes random text "Testing 123" that does not seem related to the listed topics.
The document discusses options for global agricultural trade after the Nairobi conference and analyzes Argentina's agricultural policies and projections. It summarizes that:
1) Argentina previously had high tax burdens on agriculture including export taxes and quotas that negatively impacted production incentives.
2) In late 2015, Argentina removed currency controls, export taxes, and permit systems under a new administration, marking significant policy changes.
3) Projections estimate that under a new scenario without interventionist policies, Argentina's agricultural production and market share of exports, especially for corn, could increase substantially by 2024-25 compared to prior estimates.
Presented by Lee Ann Jackson, Counsellor, Agriculture and Commodities Division, World Trade Organization (WTO), at the Geneva Launch of IFPRI's 2016 Global Food Policy Report, April 12, 2016. More info: http://www.ifpri.org/event/geneva-launch-ifpris-2016-global-food-policy-report
IFPRI Policy Seminar “Beijing +20 and Beyond: How Gender Research Is Changing the Landscape of Food Policy” October 14, 2015. Presentation by Claudia Ringler, IFPRI.
The 2015 Global Hunger Index document reports that while tremendous progress has been made in reducing global hunger since 2000, severe hunger remains in many parts of the world, particularly countries affected by conflict. It finds that the level of hunger in developing countries has fallen by 27% since 2000 according to GHI scores, with 17 countries reducing scores by over 50%, yet 8 countries still have "alarming" hunger levels. It also notes that hunger levels in some of the poorest, conflict-affected countries cannot be fully assessed due to lack of data. Armed conflict is strongly associated with severe hunger, though hunger can also persist in peaceful countries. Further efforts are needed to reduce conflict and poverty to end hunger.
IFPRI Senior Research Fellow David Spielman’s presentation at the third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3). For more information, please visit: http://www.ifpri.org/event/third-global-conference-agricultural-research-development
In recent years, the world has seen unprecedented attention and political commitment to addressing malnutrition. As nutrition rapidly rises on the global agenda, guidance is urgently needed on how to design, implement, and evaluate nutrition-enhancing policies and interventions. Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition brings together the most intriguing stories about improving nutrition from the past five decades. These stories provide insight into what works in nutrition, what does not, and the factors that contribute to success.
THAILAND REDUCED CHILD undernutrition by more than half within one decade—an achievement recognized by the nutrition community as one of the best examples of a successful national nutrition program. Underweight rates among children under five decreased from more than 50 percent to less than 20 percent from 1982 to 1991, and severe and moderate underweight rates were nearly eliminated. The underweight rate was further reduced to 10 percent by 1996 and to 9 percent by 2012. Maternal care interventions were also successful. Thailand improved the reach of antenatal care—coverage increased from 35 percent in 1981 to near 95 percent in 2006. And iron-deficiency anemia prevalence among pregnant women was reduced from nearly 60 percent in the 1960s to 10 percent in 2005.
AROUND THE WORLD, more than 2 billion people are thought to be affected by an often invisible form of malnutrition: micronutrient malnutrition, commonly known as hidden hunger.1 Vitamin and mineral deficiencies—at least in mild to moderate forms—may not be as observable as wasting or obesity, but their effects are far-reaching. Globally, vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is the leading cause of blindness in children.2 Iodine deficiency causes 18 million babies to be born mentally impaired each year.3 And severe anemia caused by lack of iron is associated with the deaths of 115,000 women annually during childbirth.4 Vitamin A, iodine, and iron are classified as “the big three,” but deficiencies of other micronutrients, such as folate, zinc, vitamin B12, and vitamin D, are also important.
IFPRI Policy Seminar “Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement--A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development” held on December 3, 2015. Presentation by Alisher Mirzabaev, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn.
Transforming rural livelihoods and landscapes: Sustainable improvements to in...CIFOR-ICRAF
This document discusses approaches for sustainably improving rural livelihoods, food security, and the environment. It notes the challenges of feeding a growing global population while maintaining sustainability. Key points include:
- Integrated management approaches that increase smallholder productivity and resilience to climate change are needed.
- Governance and infrastructure support are important to provide smallholders access to markets and resources.
- Landscape approaches address complex interactions and require stakeholder involvement.
- Examples from CABI's work demonstrate improving nutrition through crop diversity and leveraging mobile technology to connect smallholders.
The document provides an overview of the CGIAR Consortium's work and priorities. It discusses:
1) New priorities for CGIAR including strengthening partnerships in Africa through agreements like the MoU with the African Union and developing an African Science Agenda.
2) The Dublin Process to enhance alignment between CAADP and CGIAR through joint planning and priority setting.
3) CGIAR's research agenda organized around themes like genes and varieties, policies and institutions, livestock, and climate change agriculture.
4) Progress made through CGIAR reforms including united funding, research programs, and a shared research agenda to deliver greater development outcomes and impact.
CIAT is a CGIAR research center focused on reducing hunger and poverty in the tropics through agricultural research. It faces the challenges of feeding a growing population with less land and water and a changing climate. CIAT conducts research to increase crop productivity, improve natural resource management, and inform policies, with a focus on beans, cassava, rice and forages. It works across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to deliver impacts at scale through partnerships.
The 2018 UN International Year highlighted millets, which are a smart food that is good for nutrition, the environment, and farmers. Millets were traditionally staple crops in Africa and Asia. Mainstreaming millets again as a staple crop could help tackle issues of malnutrition, climate change, and rural poverty. The International Year aimed to increase consumer demand and connect millet farmers to markets to improve incomes and livelihoods.
Climate change and sustainable intensification ILRI
Presented by Fentahun Mengistu (EIAR) at a Consultative Meeting on Strengthening CGIAR - EARS partnerships for effective agricultural transformation in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 4–5 December 2014
Research Outputs and Approaches to Enhance Food Security and Improve Livelih...ICARDA
The document summarizes research outputs and approaches from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) to enhance food security and improve livelihoods. It discusses constraints like drought, desertification, and climate change leading to food insecurity. ICARDA's strategic plan focuses on risk management, integrated water and land management, and diversification to improve nutrition and incomes. Technologies developed include improved crop varieties tolerant to abiotic stresses and diseases, as well as seed production approaches to cope with drought.
The document summarizes constraints to food security and poverty in dry areas, and discusses ICARDA's research approaches and outputs to enhance food security and livelihoods. It outlines challenges including climate change, water scarcity, and population growth. ICARDA's strategic plan focuses on risk management, integrated water and land management, diversification, and capacity building. The organization develops improved crop varieties and management practices to intensify sustainable production and increase resilience to stresses.
This document discusses food security and the work of the CGIAR. It provides definitions of food security and its four pillars: availability, access, utilization, and stability. It then outlines 11 intermediate development outcomes measured by CGIAR that influence the different pillars of food security. The rest of the document highlights achievements and challenges in averting food production losses, increasing food security through system intensification, improving supply under drought conditions, the comparative advantage and challenges of CGIAR, feedback received, and the need to invest in solutions for future global food security challenges.
The 2014 GAP Report® uncovers both challenging and promising trends that impact global food security. Our findings indicate that productivity in agriculture is not accelerating fast enough to meet the expected agricultural demand by 2050 through sustainable practices. This serves as a call to action to invest in proven strategies that boost productivity and conserve the natural resource base.
The report also highlights the rise of promising new global revolutions in agriculture and provides a spotlight on the special case of India. Some 50 years after the Green Revolution began, India has made tremendous progress, becoming self-sufficient in food grains and initiating the “White Revolution” in dairy production. New revolutions in horticulture, aquaculture, poultry and dairy production, data and innovation, extension, and especially in gender and women’s rights, are beginning to bear fruit. The 2014 GAP Report® traces the path of India’s agricultural successes, highlights new agricultural challenges the nation faces and discusses the policies and investments needed to continue and expand the story of success.
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1. Papua New Guinea has a population of 8.5 million that is growing at 2.7% annually. Agriculture makes up 23% of GDP but productivity is low. 28% of the population lives below the poverty line.
2. Climate change poses serious threats to PNG's agricultural systems through increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, and more extreme weather events. Crop suitability is changing, which impacts food security.
3. Responses are needed to help smallholders adapt, including technologies to increase resilience, understanding and responding to changes in pests and diseases, crop diversity, and efficient harvesting and storage. Making transitions requires developing adapted seed varieties and crops, assessing options for intensification, and strengthening local institutions
1) The document discusses the challenges of sustainably increasing food production to meet growing demand by 2050 while adapting to climate change and depleting resources.
2) Some of the key challenges outlined are feeding a growing population projected to reach 9 billion by 2050, fluctuating food prices, water scarcity, disease epidemics in major crops, restrictions on germplasm exchange, and climate change impacts.
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1. The document discusses challenges facing the global food system such as drought, volatile food prices, and conflict, as well as opportunities for economic transformation in Africa through agricultural growth.
2. It emphasizes the need to focus on smallholder farmers in Africa, link agricultural growth to improved nutrition and health, and build resilience against shocks.
3. The outlook calls for building resilience of food systems and the poor, advancing integrated approaches to agriculture, nutrition, and related sectors, and fulfilling commitments to end hunger by 2025 through country-led processes.
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The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
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accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
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diverse human activities.
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crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
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2. Strong advances against hunger and
poverty
Hunger is decreasing…
…as is extreme poverty
Steady GDP growth
201419%
11%
1990 2014
Advanced
economies
LICs & MICs
4.4%
1.8%
700 million
people
209 million
people
36%
16%
1990 2010
Lowest staple food prices
since 2010
118
161
201
160
188
230
202
180
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
FAO Food
Price Index
3. Food policy in 2014
Mixed results
PROGRESS VULNERABILITIES HOPE
Higher priority for nutrition
Greater understanding of
role of WASH
New commitments on trade
and climate
Increased attention to
resilience
Focus on family farming
! Persistent conflicts
! Re-emerging zoonotic
diseases (e.g. Ebola, Avian flu)
! Continued extreme
weather shocks
(e.g. Typhoon Hagupit)
! Rising food safety
scandals
! Higher prices of
nutritious foods
SDGs—refining goals
China-US climate deal—
making real advances
Lima GHG accord—realizing
more progress in Paris
Global Alliance for CSA—
driving greener production
ICN2 sequel—sustaining
action on nutrition
Compact2025—pushing
knowledge frontier
4. Regional and national developments
• High food inflation; intense climatic risk
• New schemes of financial inclusion for the
poor
• Reduced fuel subsidies
• Built strategic grain reserves
• Recommitted to CAADP (Malabo Declaration)
• Pledged to reduce child malnutrition by 2025
(5 more SUN countries)
• Renewed commitment to food security and
food safety (Beijing Declaration)
• Reforms of agric. and social protection policies
• Remained food production powerhouse
• New South-South learning initiatives
e.g. Brazil’s Zero Hunger
Africa
South
Asia
MENA
LAC
East
Asia
5. Food security and nutrition in Africa
Smallholders are key
Source: FAO 2014
% of agric. holdings less than 2 haFarmland cultivated by small family
farmers in Africa
Source: Fan, Brzeska, and Olofinbiyi 2015
Smallholders make up majority of
poor and hungry in Africa 0 10 20 30 40
Guinea
Mozambique
Lesotho
Namibia
Uganda
Ethiopia
Burkina Faso
Guinea-Bissau
Senegal
Malawi
Côte d’Ivoire
DR Congo
6. Differences exist on
• Their potential to commercialize
• Soft constraints
— E.g. access to info and financial capital
• Hard constraints
― E.g. high population density and low quality soil
• Stage of economic transformation
• Level of productivity in and outside of agriculture
• Economic diversification and growth
But not all smallholders are the same
Agriculture-
based
Transforming Transformed
7. Smallholders should be supported to
move up or move out
• MOVE UP
• Smallholders with profit potential move from subsistence
farming to profitable farming systems
• Already profitable smallholders scale-up commercial
activities
OR
• MOVE OUT
• Smallholders with no profit potential move out of
agriculture for non-farm employment
8. • Limited farm size
• Limited access to financial
services
• Inadequate access to modern
markets
• Food price spikes and volatility
• Climate change
Challenges hinder
smallholder profitability
Picture source: IFPRI
9. • Promote land rights and efficient land
markets
• Invest in agric. R&D to produce more
with less
• Support efficient and inclusive food
value chains
• Close gender gaps; develop young
farmers
• Scale up productive, cross-sector
social safety nets
Enhancing smallholder
profitability is crucial
Picture source: IFPRI
10. 1. Promote land rights and efficient
land markets
• Facilitate efficient transfers of land
• Certification of land rights
• Well-functioning land rental markets
• Fairer compensation for land requisition
• Encourage transfers to smallholders with more
interest and resources
• Lift restrictions on min/max land ownership or land rental
markets
• Secure property rights
11. 2. Invest in agric. R&D to produce more
with less
• Expand smallholder-friendly agric. R&D for
• Breeding high-nutrient crop and livestock varieties
• Increasing resource-use efficiency e.g. water, energy
• Promoting climate-smart practices e.g. “triple win”
strategies for adaptation/mitigation and productivity
Solar-powered drip
irrigation
Orange-flesh sweet
potato
Vitamin A cassava Iron-rich beans
Picture sources: IITA; HarvestPlus; IRRI
12. Producing more with less
Biofortification: Orange-fleshed sweet potato
Source: HarvestPlus 2012
13. Producing more with less
Climate-smart practices: “triple wins”
CROP MANAGEMENT
PRACTICE
PRODUCTIVITY
IMPACTS
ADAPTATION BENEFITS
GHG MITIGATION
POTENTIAL
Improved crop
varieties or types
Increased crop yields &
reduced yield variability
Increased resilience
against climate change
Increased soil carbon
storage
Improved crop
rotation/fallowing/
rotation with legumes
Increased soil fertility &
yields due to nitrogen
fixing in soils
Improved soil fertility &
water holding capacity
increases resilience to
climate change
High mitigation potential,
esp. crop rotation with
legumes
Use of cover crops Increased yields due to
erosion control &
reduced nutrient
leaching
Improved soil fertility &
water holding capacity
increases resilience
High mitigation potential
through increased soil
carbon sequestration
Appropriate use of
fertilizer and manure
Higher yields Improved productivity
increases resilience to
climate change
High mitigation potential,
esp. where fertilizer has
been underutilized
Source: Bryan et al. 2011
Synergies between productivity, climate change adaptation, and GHG mitigation, Kenya
14. • Promote smallholder-friendly
innovations
• Improve postharvest
handling
• Enhance food safety and
quality standards
• Invest in rural infrastructure
3. Support efficient and
inclusive food value chains
Picture source: IFPRI
15. • Offers weather-indexed insurance—smallholders can
obtain credit and purchase better inputs
• Partners with int’l organizations, MFIs, NGOs, reinsurers,
etc.
• Beneficiaries
• Malawi: 2,500
• Rwanda: 500
• Tanzania: 300
• Increased yields, e.g. by 300% in Malawi
Promote smallholder-friendly innovations
MicroEnsure, Africa
Source: Hess and Hazell 2010; Leftley 2010
Picture source: Dignited
16. Gender equality in
agriculture leads to
• Higher agricultural output;
productivity gains
• Reduced hunger and malnutrition,
esp. for next generation
• Improved rural livelihoods
Picture source: FAO
4. Close gender gaps…
Urban & peri-urban horticulture
project, DR Congo
• 150,000 tons of vegetables produced
/ year in 5 cities
• Produced by 5,000 small-scale
gardeners on 1,000 ha land
• Income generation for over 60,000
people along the value chain, esp.
women
Source: FAO 2010
Linking agriculture, nutrition
and gender
17. • Land, capital, and skill-building are crucial to develop next
generation of farmers
• Improve rural infrastructure to increase access to services, goods,
jobs, and leisure
• Young people + opportunity = “Youth dividend”
Source: Brooks, Zorya, and Gautam 2012
…and develop young farmers
Population aged 15-24 (billions) Agriculture in Africa
• Main employer of Africa’s young
people, likely to remain so in future
• Often offers best opportunity to
move out of poverty
• BUT not seen as attractive option
Source: UN 2012
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0.5
1
1.5
2000 2025 2050 2075 2100
World Africa
18. 5. Scale up productive and cross-sector
social safety nets
• Promote better-targeted and more productive social
protection policies
• Short-term cushion for coping with livelihood shocks
• Long-term productivity-enhancing opportunities for smallholders
• Design cross-sectoral social protection to reach poor more
effectively e.g.
• Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program
• Access to both safety nets and ag. support improves food security,
livelihoods more than stand-alone programs (Berhane et al. 2014)
• Bangladesh’s Vulnerable Group Development Program
• Food security and nutrition interventions with income-generating
activities that target women (Ahmed et al. 2009)