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Highlights: Defined as serious disruptions to the functioning of a community or society, disasters are producing unprecedented levels of damage and loss in agriculture around the world. Their increasing severity...

Most economies in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP), other than several Pacific Island Countries, have recovered from the succession of shocks since 2020 and are continuing to grow...

Rapid urbanisation in the Asia-Pacific region is associated with complex changes to urban food environments. The impact of changing food environments on food purchasing and consumption and the diets and nutritional status...

Key messages With the new programming cycle for 2021-2027 now under implementation, the seventh progress report provides an opportunity for closure with respect to the EU’s ambitious 2013 pledge...

Key findings include the following points, in particular regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on poverty and inequality: The Philippines has made significant progress in reducing poverty, but income...

This report assesses recent progress in poverty reduction in Zanzibar. It is based on Zanzibar’s last three household budget surveys and considers the period between 2009 and 2019...

IFAD’s Executive Board approved its first loan to the United Republic of Tanzania in 1978 – the second loan ever approved by the board. IFAD’s strategy in...

Resilient Food Systems (RFS) promotes a holistic approach to enhancing agricultural productivity and restoring degraded landscapes in smallholder farming systems. This report showcases the achievements and...

Agri-food sectors in the region are experiencing environmental stress and threats to sustainability. A long-standing emphasis on raising production, coupled with constraints on land and water, has had negative...

This paper draws upon the findings of the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa Programme (APRA), which began its research activities in 2016 to study the consequences of different pathways...