AIDA is innovative and easy to use — government officials, analysts, researchers, and investors design a package of investments and AIDA reports how the choices affect a country’s economy and population. As such, AIDA will help governments, donors, and other partners to take agricultural investment decisions and to strengthen policy dialogues. This high-level event will launch AIDA for a set of four countries: Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, and Yemen. The event will take place as part of the inauguration of the new IFAD Innovation Talks, a platform aiming to advance innovation through mutual learning and partnerships.
COVID-19 and Developing Country Responses (Virtual Event): October 15, 2:00 – 3:00 PM (CLT)
An official side event of the World Food Prize 2020 Borlaug Dialogue
The Structuring and Good Governance of the Pulses Sector in Morocco: Results from an e-Delphi Survey
Larbi Toumi - Agro-socio-economist and General Affairs Manager, the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, Waters and Forests, Rabat (Morocco)
Food security is on the political agenda of both developing and developed countries and materialized in the action of public authorities who see food governance as a lever to meet the multiple challenges of sustainability. Among the crops that respond to these challenges, pulses are taking an increasingly important role in the agricultural policies of many countries. This choice stems from environmental and economic challenges that push public policies to move towards more sustainable food systems, where pulses [...]
Will COVID-19 cause another food crisis? An early review
Johan Swinnen - Director General, the International Food Policy Research Institute
COVID-19 is disrupting economies around the world, but will it cause a food crisis? IFPRI Director General Jo Swinnen says it depends whether you are rich or poor. Jo synthesizes insights from several blog posts in this series to make the case that governments must emphasize policies and programs that target the immediate needs of their poorest citizens. [...]
A Doughnut for Policy-Makers: A Framework for Monitoring Food Security in the Arab region
Reem Nejdawi - Chief of Section, The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Rami Zurayk - Chairperson and Professor, The American University of Beirut
Fidele Byiringiro - Economic Affairs Officer, The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Minerva Sadek - Research Assistant, The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
In 2017, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia (ESCWA) published the “Arab Horizon 2030: Prospects for Enhancing Food Security in the Arab Region,” which highlighted the region’s rising plight of the triple burden of malnutrition, i.e., undernutrition, overnutrition and nutrient deficiency, and called for a comprehensive monitoring of food security. ESCWA proceeded with [...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- …
- 19
- Next Page »
