On 23 September 2021, the Food Systems Summit convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, was held. Latin America and the Caribbean played an essential role...

WFP is making climate risk insurance solutions work for food insecure populations. In 2021, WFP protected over 2.7 million people in 19 countries with climate...

This compendium is organized in 5 sections: Section 1 discusses the broader meaning of evidence, the power and politics that shape and infuse our understanding of evidence, what counts as...

WFP Cuba is adopting an integrated approach to reduce the vulnerability of farmers to drought and climate change impacts by promoting innovation on three fronts: i.) “preventive” insurance and disaster...

Food systems and the need for their transformation were already being debated before preparations were underway for the UN Summit addressing this issue. But do we all mean...

With climate variability and change being key drivers of hunger, the World Food Programme is building the capacities of communities and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to adapt to the growing challenges...

Among the emerging fungal diseases threatening food security, the Pseudocercospora fijiensis fungus causing black leaf streak disease of banana is one of the most marked examples...

The report represents the initial effort, carried out in the frame of the EC Knowledge Centre on Global Food and Nutrition Security, to structure existing knowledge about agroecology as farming...

This compilation of Countries Factsheets 2017 provides a country-based overview, aimed at facilitating the Directorate General for Development and Cooperation (DG DEVCO) and Delegations to quickly identify a state of vulnerability...