Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

Published estimates of 2050 food demand exhibit an enormous range of values. This paper projects a 50–60 percent increase in total global food demand between 2019...

Foodborne diseases are a significant problem in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa. Country-specific estimates of the economic costs related to foodborne diseases caused by different hazards...

The poultry and pig production subsectors are facing significant financial stress, primarily due to a combination of increasing production costs and declining consumer demand. Among the challenges...

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on smallholder farming households includes increased poverty, and loss of livelihoods. Provision of livestock to smallholder farming households is a helpful intervention to mitigate this impact...

Given the high prevalence of child undernutrition in Bangladesh, multi-sectoral approaches involving livelihood promotion have potential to mitigate the burden of undernutrition. This study examined the impact of an economic...

Sub-Saharan Africa has a growing demand for poultry, but productivity in the sector has not increased to meet this demand. One major constraints in the sector is diseases. Many farmers...

Highlights: COVID-19 pandemic declines the regular Practices for poultry farming. Some problem faced in poultry farming due to outbreak of COVID-19. Most of the poultry...

A study published in Antibiotics (May 2023) has analysed the distribution and use of antibiotics, a type of antimicrobial, in peri-urban smallholder poultry systems in Kajiado and Machakos counties in Kenya...

Highlights: We evaluated the impact of a gender-sensitive poultry marketing intervention on women's empowerment. Despite reaching and providing some benefits to women, there was no program...

Resource from our World in Data related to the share of livestock, human, and wild mammals in world’s mammal biomass.