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The assessment of water productivity in livestock supply chains has a critical role to play in developing productive and sustainable food production systems worldwide. In particular, the evaluation of water...

The European Union Common Agricultural Policy, accounting for 37 percent of total European Union expenditure, supports European Union farmers through a range of payment schemes...

The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2020 is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations. At 135...

Malnutrition in all its forms is a major challenge everywhere in the world, and particularly in low and middle income countries. To reduce malnutrition, innovations in food systems are needed...

At the start of CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) Phase 2 in 2017, and later during the priority-setting round in 2019, each of the PIM research areas...

FAO has developed a series of capacity development tools and processes to support the application of the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS RAI) under...

Increased investment in agriculture and food systems—from both the private and public sectors—is critical to enhance food security and nutrition, reduce poverty, and adapt to climate change. To generate...

This book consists of four chapters, with fifteen sections, and provides a guide to understand the value of data, the different types and sources of data and identify the type of services that data enables...

Up to 52% of global agricultural lands are now moderately to severely degraded. The loss of productive land, coupled with increased food demand, pushes agriculture to be the primary...