Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

Lake Apanás, Nicaragua’s third-largest lake is an artificial water reservoir built in 1964 to generate electricity. Around 3,500 coffee farmers cultivate in the Lake Apanás basin...

Highlights The global food and agricultural market has become more resilient, but many countries remain vulnerable to trade shocks and should diversify their import sources...

Overarching concerns Will global agrifood systems sustainably nourish humanity in the future, while also meeting the non-food demand for agricultural products and the demand for required...

Chapter 3 focuses on the blue economy, in particular on the fisheries and aquaculture sector. FULLY REALIZING THE POTENTIAL OF THE BLUE ECONOMY Madagascar has the longest coastline in Africa...

The Blue Economy generated nearly US$300 billion for the African continent in 2018, creating 49 million jobs in the process. These and other crucial benefits—most notably food...

Feeding humanity puts enormous environmental pressure on our planet. These pressures are unequally distributed, yet we have piecemeal knowledge of how they...

Deforestation and forest degradation are occurring at an alarming rate, aggravating climate change and the loss of biodiversity. The main driver of deforestation and forest degradation is the expansion of agricultural land...

Transforming agriculture in Asia Evolving demand even as food insecurity persists Rising incomes and urbanization are transforming food consumption. Daily energy consumption per...

Shifting cultivation continues to be viewed as a rudimentary agricultural practice with little economic viability, a major cause of deforestation and environmental degradation, and a hurdle for development of the uplands. This view...

The Ugandan economy is recovering from a sharp contraction due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) shock that had slowed growth to its lowest pace in over three decades. Real GDP...