2022 global report on food crises
<p>The number of people facing acute food insecurity, requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livelihood support, continues to grow at an alarming rate, according to this new joint UN report.</p>
Food Prices
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Global report on food crises: joint analysis for better decisions, September 2021 Update
The annual Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) provides a consensus-based overview of the world’s food crises. It focuses on crises where the local capacities to respond are insufficient, prompting a request
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2021 China and global food policy report: rethinking agrifood systems for the post-COVID world
During the past several decades, significant progress has been made in reducing global hunger and malnutrition. The number of people suffering malnutrition, however, is rising again. The hidden costs and
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2021 global report on food crises: regional focus on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states
The IGAD region continues to host large populations of IDPs and refugees with limited coping mechanisms and fewer livelihood opportunities, exposing them to disproportionately high levels of acute food
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Zimbabwe- food security and markets monitoring report, August 2021
The month of July saw the greatest increase in COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country since the start of the pandemic, however the number of confirmed new cases steadily declined during August from a
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A multi-billion-dollar opportunity: repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems
Global support to producers in the agricultural sector amounts to $540 billion per year, making up 15 percent of total agricultural production value. By 2030, this is projected to soar up more than three
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Income versus prices: how does the business cycle affect food (in)-security?
The aim of this paper is to fill the gap of rigorous evidence on the short-term variations of food (in)security in response to business cycle fluctuations and explore the role of relevant policy instruments
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Procuring food stocks under World Trade Organization farm subsidy rules: finding a permanent solution
This report identifies options that negotiators and policy-makers could pursue in order to reach a permanent solution at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the problems some developing countries say
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Between hunger and the virus: the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people living in poverty in Lagos, Nigeria
The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the plight of families living in poverty in Lagos State, Nigeria and left many people struggling to afford food and meet other basic needs, Human
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OECD‑FAO Agricultural Outlook 2021‑2030
With less than 10 years until the 2030 deadline for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), governments need to step up their efforts to meet global food security and environmental targets,
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Food systems in conflict and peacebuilding settings: pathways and interconnections
The objectives of this three-part policy paper series are to emphasize the urgency of addressing the relationship between conflict and food insecurity and to point out existing opportunities to do so.