Highlights A Food Silk Road is emerging as part of China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). BRI countries have been prioritized in China's global agricultural...

This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the WFP China Office and covers the ‘Impact Evaluation of the Preschool Nutrition Pilot in Selected Counties of Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, PR China’...

The brief focuses on the achievements of the following three global biodiversity targets from the CBD post-2020 framework (CBD/WG2020/3/3), by 2030 and 2050: Enhance the integrity of all ecosystems, “with an...

Highlights Climate change impacts on China's agriculture are assessed via two equilibrium economic models. Domestic markets contribute to buffering climate change impacts...

Highlights Mitigation of food waste is key to attaining global environmental goals. Global pattern of food waste is evolving rapidly. Households’ uneaten calories have leveled...

This e-book builds upon the lessons presented in our earlier volume, COVID-19 & Global Food Security (2020). In that book, we documented the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic...

KEY MESSAGES Centering food systems transformation within climate change action is critical to cutting emissions and delivering on the target to limit global warming to 1.5°C...

International grain prices experienced a sharp increase during the 2020/2021 marketing season, most likely due to the unprecedented increase of imported grains by China. What would...

People in rural areas of China, the first region affected by COVID-19, had an extremely challenging year in 2020. The pandemic posed a potential threat to their lives, well-being...

Paddy rice agriculture plays an important role in food security and has a considerable influence on natural systems. In the context of climate change, understanding the nature and drivers of shifts...