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ProjectTechnical Support to Develop Forecasting/Predictive Techniques to Assist Vulnerable Farmers and Planners at District and State Level to Make Informed Decisions on Crop Choices and Plans for Rainfed Agriculture - TCP/IND/3805 2024
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No results found.Agriculture in India is extremely diverse among regions in terms of climate, soils, growing season and cropping patterns, and is dependent upon rain. The rainfed agricultural system prevails in 52 percent of the country's net sown area, contributing nearly 40 percent of the total food production and supporting about two thirds of the livestock population. Moreover, small and marginal farmers constitute more than 86 percent of the total farmers in the country, with less than 50 percent of the land under cultivation. Currently, seasonal climate variability is a key factor in defining agricultural performance, considering that rainfed areas are extremely vulnerable to climate change due to their poor capacity to cope with extreme water and weather shocks. Even though the government developed some support strategies and agencies, such as the Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) to apply space and geospatial technology in various aspects of agriculture and support the farmers’ resilience, poor market linkages and infrastructure constraints contribute to undermining farmers’ incomes and economic resilience. Additionally, the lack of weather consultants and proper soil testing resources have hindered the effective management of agriculture, while the absence of extension services in villages has deprived farmers of crucial support, emphasizing the existing gaps and deficiencies. -
ProjectEnhancing National Capacities to Support the Adoption, Production, and Use of Food Security and Nutrition Indicators - GCP/GLO/043/EC 2023
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No results found.After a steady decline over the past few decades, world hunger has again been on the rise in the last two years. The increase in global hunger has now stalled, and in 2022, there were about 3.8 million fewer people suffering from hunger than in 2021. Nonetheless, the world is not on track to reach the global targets for food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture established by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Conflict, climate variability and extremes, economic downturns, and inequality are among the key factors causing this reversal. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 2.1 (by 2030 end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round) will not be achieved unless significant efforts are devoted to address the many factors behind the recently revealed sad truth that more than 2 billion people worldwide may be facing moderate or severe food insecurity. Against this background, policy-makers need better, more disaggregated, reliable and timely information to guide policies aimed at promoting food security. This European-Union funded project aimed to enhance national capacities to support the adoption, production, interpretation, and use of food security and nutrition indicators in countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, the Near East, and Central Asia. -
ProjectSupporting Investments in Low Carbon and Resilient Livestock Development in Africa - GCP/GLO/362/WBK 2023
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No results found.By 2050, the world’s population is projected to reach 9.8 billion, representing an increase of nearly one-third more than today’s population. Over half of this projected population growth is expected to take place in Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan countries. Much of the world’s additional food demand will originate in these areas, with demand for animal source foods driven by growing urban populations with increasing incomes. Livestock help to combat hunger and malnourishment in areas where higher infant mortality correlates with greater protein and critical micro-nutrient deficiencies. At the same time, livestock are both a driver of, and vulnerable to, climate change. The contribution of the region to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is relatively limited; however, in many sub-Saharan countries, livestock is among the sectors with most GHG emissions. Sub-Saharan Africa is also one of the regions where livestock production is most vulnerable to climate change. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach to managing landscapes, agroprocessing and food supply chains that enables the food system to meet both the climate challenge and deliver climate solutions. Large-scale World Bank (WB) investments targeted at the livestock sector provide an opportunity to make transformative changes for climate-smart and sustainable livestock development. The aim of the project was thus to provide technical assistance, training and tools to World Bank project teams to enable them to enhance and assess the contribution of selected country operations to the three climate-smart livestock (CSL) ‘pillars’: productivity, climate change adaptation and climate change mitigation.
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