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This report brings together powerful and effective case studies from across IFAD. By highlighting the impacts of climate change, environmental degradation, disease, pollution and inequality, it illustrates...

This report presents the main outcomes of the PARM engagement in Ethiopia, including capacity building and knowledge sharing workshops in agricultural risk management. It also provides an executive...

Smallholder farmers urgently need innovative solutions to face challenges in food security. This latest report is a collaboration between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food...

Key Findings: In Benin, undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies are prevalent, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing. Diets in Benin have declined in quality over time, particularly...

This paper seeks to bring concepts from economic geography and human geography into closer dialogue and apply them to the analysis of food systems. We analyze temporal and spatial patterns...

Academic and policy debates on agriculture emphasize a bimodal typology of ‘small-scale’ and ‘large-scale’ farms. In this article, we draw attention to the role and distinct characteristics of medium-scale monogastric livestock...

Salt water intrusion and rising soil salnity are threatening food and livelihood security of paddy farmers in coastal Bangladesh. Visible manifestations of these challenges are...

This paper explores the pathways to transforming food systems in Africa, focusing on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. It examines the current state of food systems, highlighting issues...

PREDISAN Venezuela es una sistema de monitoreo y predicción de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Venezuela.

PREDISAN Sahel is a project monitoring and prediction system for humanitarian vulnerability of pastoral and agro-pastoral populations in the Western Sahel, based on GIS analysis and artificial intelligence.