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Identifying and assessing adaptation options are key pre-requisite steps to adaptation prioritization and effective adaptation planning. In this paper, we presented a systematic approach for adaptation stocktaking...

Agriculture in West Africa faces the challenge of meeting the rising demand for food as national incomes and populations increase while production becomes more uncertain due to climate...

The Commission welcomed the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Nature Restoration Law. Once adopted and applied in the EU Member States, the law will...

This paper examines the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on grain and fertilizer supply to Kenya as the sixth largest economy in Africa using the Regression Discontinuity estimator on monthly data spanning...

Highlights: The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2023-2032 provides an assessment of the ten-year prospects for agricultural commodity and fish markets at national, regional, and global levels in a context of continued economic...

Today, the Commission adopted a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources, which will also strengthen the resilience of EU food systems and farming. A...

A French firm is breeding plants that resist climate change and need less pesticide and fertilizer.

Highlights This study assessed impact of projected climate change on maize and explored management options. Anthesis date, maturity date, grain and aboveground biomass yields...

The world faces a food crisis as major price shocks exacerbate food insecurity. A multitude of factors have contributed to growing food insecurity since 2018, including conflict...

A new report by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission on “Scientific evidence showing the impacts of nature restoration actions on food productivity” has been published recently...