food security

“In Bangladesh, polders have been constructed to boost rice production, but subsequent saline water logging compelled farmers to replace rice with shrimp. Thereby, more areas were appropriated for shrimp farming with inevitable consequences on mangroves and coastal ecosystem. The overarching goal of the Mangrove-Polder project was to restore resilient livelihoods through integrated mangrove-shrimp farming, thereby »

Last year’s Food & Business Knowledge Platform’s work on Food and Nutrition Security from a food systems approach in Ghana and on measuring the Food Environment revealed a great need and huge potential for a Ghanaian Dutch multi-stakeholder coalition and further private and public sector development in the field of Urban Food Environments. This has resulted in the set-up of a Netherlands Food Partnership collective impact coalition in this field. »

Food security, climate change and environmental degradation are global challenges that require joint action by multiple organizations. That is why several donors stimulate multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs). What is known about these platforms? Do they achieve what they aim for? Do agriculture- and food-related MSPs contribute to food security, sustainable development and the position of smallholders? Edith van Ewijk and Mirjam Ros-Tonen of the University of Amsterdam dived into the literature and found positive results but also important limitations. »

This annual report 2019 of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) gives an overview of the 2019 highlights. In 2019, FTA’s research continued informing global discussions shaping the future of food security, biodiversity and climate change. »

How can technologies like geodata, crowdsourcing intelligence, and machine learning contribute to resilience of food systems and communities during and after shocks like the Covid-19 crisis? This was the central focus of the 8 October CoP meeting that provided feedback to the co-organizers The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, 52impact, and BlackShore. The online meeting took Ethiopia as a case to discuss and exchange with 24 participants. »

This annual report 2019 describes progress to date, significant achievements and successes in 2019, flagship products and tools and publications. CCAFS continues to be a key knowledge provider in climate change, agriculture and food security research. »