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Highlights: Food insecurity in Haiti has been worsening since 2018 due to economic setbacks and below‑average agricultural production, exacerbated by escalating violence. Heightened violence has...

The annual FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) was conducted from 3 to 14 December 2023 to estimate the annual cereal production during 2023...

Agriculture is the mainstay of Sri Lanka’s rural economy and employs about 26.5 percent of the country’s total employed population, rural and urban (Department of Census and Statistics [DCS]...

A simplified balance sheet to estimate apparent consumption of apples, crops, dairy products, meat, milk, olive oil, oranges and wine, at Member State level. It...

Review of market applications of new genomic techniques (NGTs). For the purposes of this study, NGTs are defined as ‘techniques that are able to alter the genetic material of an organism, developed...

Highlights: The Draft Nairobi Declaration on Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit outlines commitments to enhance agricultural productivity, soil health, and sustainability across Africa. Key...

Growth is projected to stabilize at 6.2% between 2024 and 2026, averaging 3.5% per capita, driven by investment and the expansion of the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ). Fiscal consolidation efforts...

Bhutan’s economy has recovered from the series of shocks resulting from the COVID-19pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After experiencing contractions of 2.5 percent and3.3 percent in FY19/20 and FY20/21...

Background Food insecurity and hunger are global concerns further exacerbated by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need to understand the depth of this impact, especially among smallholder...

Climate change continues to affect food production and farmers incur additional costs to adopt appropriate adaptation strategies to combat its effects and attain food security...