March 11, 2018 Tsitsi Makombe, Senior Program Manager, IFPRI; Samuel Benin, Deputy Division Director, Africa Regional Office, IFPRI. With the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) now well into its second decade, and following the adoption of the 2014 Malabo Declaration to renew the impetus of CAADP, many have wondered whether the framework has had any […]
Going digital: The Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook’s new dynamic interface
February 25, 2018 By: Rima Al-Azar, Senior Natural Resources Officer, FAO Climate-smart agriculture is an approach that helps unlock sustainable solutions in agriculture sectors impacted by climate change to ensure food security and nutrition. Originally published in 2013, the Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook underwent a two-year revision process and on the Agriculture Action Day at the COP23, FAO […]
What if We Could Bring Back Abandoned Irrigated Lands?
By: Andrew Noble, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Centre, Thailand Publicly owned and managed large-scale irrigation systems (LSIS) dominate the Middle East, West and South Asian countries. LSIS globally comprise 130 million ha out of a total global irrigated area of 320 million ha, not an insignificant asset and investment. The estimated annual economic value with […]
How Can Agriculture Contribute to Economic Development in the MENA Region?
December 05, 2017 By: José Luis Figueroa, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI Share URL The recent political events in the Middle East have centered the attention of policy makers and stakeholders on efforts to promote stability in the region. However, long-term stability is unlikely to be achieved without sensible improvements in standards of living of the population, especially the poor. Reforms […]
No Peace, No Sustainable Development: A Vicious Cycle that We Can Break
April 20, 2016 By: Khalida Bouzar, Director of the Division of Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Share URL The following text was published originally in the UN Chronicle, Implementing the 2030 Agenda: The Challenge of Conflict, April 2016. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have an intrinsic […]
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