Three quarters of the world’s poor live in rural areas and are largely dependent on farming. Moreover, in developing countries, the livelihood of most people derives from agriculture, especially...

The EU is taking a comprehensive approach to supporting partner countries to eradicate poverty, hunger and malnutrition. In doing so, the EU focuses on 4 main problems: food insecurity...

The EU is the biggest development actor in food and nutrition security, providing substantial financial and political support. We help our partner countries strengthen the resilience of vulnerable...

This book provides an evaluation of measures to reduce exposure to highly toxic and carcinogenic contaminants in staple diets in Africa as well as parts of Asia and Latin America. Many of the poorest...

Agriculture monitoring, and in particular food security, requires near real time information on crop growing conditions for early detection of possible production deficits. Anomaly maps...