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Highlights : The report comes up with 8 recommendations for donor coordination for food systems transformation and rural development . Develop national food systems transformation pathways...

This paper examines to what extent, and how, donor approaches in agriculture, rural development and food systems have changed over the past 20 years, what are...

Highlights: The Decade of Family Farming provides an extraordinary opportunity for the United Nations to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an inclusive, collaborative and coherent way. Putting...

Healthy diets are a cornerstone of good health, while unhealthy diets can lead to reduced immune responses, impaired physical and mental development, Non-Communicable Diseases...

Overweight and obesity rates across low and middle income countries (LMICs) are approaching levels found in higher-income countries, with prevalence on the rise in urban and rural areas...

Global evidence base versus practice in five country examples Overweight and obesity rates across low- and middle-income countries are approaching levels in high-income countries...

China has experienced rapid rural transformation in the past four decades, accompanied by a rise in rural household income and a fall in rural poverty. This paper examines provincial...

The IFAD Indigenous Peoples Awards help promote best practices, share knowledge and identify opportunities to replicate and scale-up results.

Highlight Amid rising challenges posed by climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic shocks, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) doubled down...

Creating a policy landscape that aligns rural poverty alleviation with food systems transformation requires a better understanding of: the wide set of inequalities and vulnerabilities affecting...