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Nutrition

At the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, the international community made ambitious commitments to tackle the challenge of malnutrition in all its forms.

Finance

Nine African delegations analysed long-term experiences and handed over their conclusions to the AU's Kampala CAADP process.

Cocoa production

Grafting can increase cocoa yields, while preventing agricultural production areas from expanding into tropical forests.

Livestock

The highly pathogenic avian influenza brings losses of hundreds of millions of poultry world-wide, with increased spillover into mammals. As a transboundary issue this requires a global, coordinated response, FAO says,…

Agribusiness

Although Africa accounts for more than a third of the area under cultivation world-wide, the continent is responsible for a mere ten per cent of global agricultural production. Ways to achieve a more balanced ratio in…

Climate change

Good news, but not an all-clear – the Amazon would continue to produce rainfall even if were completely deforested, according to new research, contradicting the previous assumption that the Amazon is moving towards a…

The enormous financial power of public development banks can play a crucial role in transforming global food systems towards greater sustainability and food security.

Biodiversity

The COP16 negotiations that were not concluded in November 2024 have now been finalised. A strategy for resource mobilisation has been adopted, a new fund has been launched, and the monitoring framework has been…

Land degradation

Land restoration can promote stability. According to the UNCCD, degraded land threatens security, and cooperation and sustainable measures are crucial for peace, as it stressed at MSC2025.

Agriculture

Tree crops play a crucial role in tackling climate change and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, they often remain overlooked in policies.

Finance

A new, free global data platform aims to capture remittances for rural development. Remittances are a vital component of the global economy, providing an essential financial lifeline to millions of families world-wide.

Desertification

Drylands expanded significantly during the last decades. A total of 2.3 billion people lived in drylands in 2020, a doubling from 1990, projected to more than double again by 2100 under a worst-case climate change…

Food prices

Food systems function very differently across regions, and impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation policies on consumers therefore vary across the world. Low-income countries face greater challenges in managing food price…

Desertification

COP16 advanced global efforts to address desertification, with new funding and initiatives unveiled, but critical hurdles in land restoration and drought preparedness persist.

Food systems

A new initiative focuses on promoting sustainable and resilient crops, commodities, livestock and aquaculture systems across 32 countries.