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In Africa, agriculture is vital for employment and food security. Despite women contributing 40 percent of agricultural labor, they face barriers leading to significant gender gaps...

The Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC) 2024 estimated that about 281.6 million people in 59 food crisis countries and territories faced high levels of acute...

In 2022, 258 million people faced high levels of acute food insecurity, in 58 countries/territories, with available data. This was up from 193 million in 53 countries in 2021...

Highlights: Global food insecurity remains at worrying levels and the outlook for 2024 is bleak. This report aims to accomplish several objectives. Firstly , to raise awareness and provide...

Agriculture in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is dominated by subsistence farming. Households grow food mainly for their own consumption and sell only when they have...

Over 1.1 million children aged 6 to 59 months and approximately 605,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women (PBW) are facing/expected to face elevated levels of acute...

Highlights: By applying multivariate probit combination, sorting organic from inorganic waste and using organic waste as compost had contributed to success in engagement in circular bio economy...

The objectives of the present report are threefold. Firstly, to provide information on the situation in a set of 21 countries and regions considered of maximum concern from a food security perspective. Secondly...

Highlights: Chapter 3.2 deals with increasing agriculture productivity and improving water management to enhance resilience. Chapter 4.3 deals with the implications for poverty, inequality and social...

A WFP study looking at gendered barriers affecting populations seeking humanitarian assistance in five countries. It identifies barriers emerging before, during and after assistance...