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Book (stand-alone)Technical reportReport of the First External Review of the Water and Food Challenge Program - CGIAR 2008
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No results found.The CPWF is an international, multi dimensional, research for development initiative. Its overarching goal is to contribute to the efforts by the global community to increase food production to achieve internationally adopted food security and poverty eradication targets by 2015, while simultaneously ensuring that the global diversions to agriculture are maintained at the level of the year 2000. It emphasizes south south and north south cooperation, partnership and knowledge exchange. Led by a consortium of 18 institutions, the CPWF is working with a broad range of over 200 institutions in research and development, bringing together natural and social scientists, development specialists and river basin communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Over 60 percent of the research funding is disbursed through a competitive grant scheme. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportReport of the First External Review of the HarvestPlusChallenge Program - CGIAR 2008
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No results found.The goal of HarvestPlus CP is to reduce micronutrient malnutrition among poor populations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, by breeding and disseminating nutrient‐dense staple food crops thereby improving food and nutrition security in vulnerable populations. HarvestPlus focuses on iron, zinc, and vitamin A; these nutrients are widely recognized by the UN system, multi‐ and bilateral development agencies as the key micronutrients given the high prevalence of deficiency and their impa ct on population health and well being. The causal web for this form of malnutrition includes inadequate access to food of sufficient quality or quantity, limited access to health and inappropriate caring practices; affecting close to 2 billion people, especially women of reproductive age and preschool children. The impact of these deficiencies in terms of the burden of death and disability is staggering; with direct impact on human capital formation, restricting economic growth, human and social development. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportReport of the Second External Review of the Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program (SSA-CP) 2011
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BookletCorporate general interestRecent developments in biotechnologies relevant to the characterization, sustainable use and conservation of genetic resources for food and agriculture 2022
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No results found.Over the past 15 years, there have been rapid and ever-increasing advances in science and technology, institutional and human capacities and infrastructure in the field of gene sequencing and in the associated bioinformatics (the application of information technology and computer science to the field of molecular biology) and high-performance computing. This publication provides an update on recent developments in biotechnologies relevant to the characterization, sustainable use and conservation of genetic resources for food and agriculture. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI) 2014
Strengthening the enabling environment for food security and nutrition
2014The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. A stock-taking of where we stand on reducing hunger and malnutrition shows that progress in hunger reduction at the global level and in many countries has continued but that substantial additional effort is needed in others. The 2014 report also presents further insights into the suite of food security indicators introduced in 2013 and analyses in greater depth the dimensions of food security – availability, access, stability and utilization. By measuring food security across these dimensions, the suite of indicators can provide a detailed picture of the food security and nutrition challenges in a country, thus assisting in the design of targeted food security and nutrition interventions. Sustained political commitment at the highest level is a prerequisite for hunger eradication. It entails placing food security and nutrition at the top of the political agenda and creating an enabling environment for improving food security and nutrition. This year’s report examines the diverse experiences of seven countries, with a specific focus on the enabling environment for food security and nutrition that reflects commitment and capacities across four dimensions: policies, programmes and legal frameworks; mobilization of human and financial resources; coordination mechanisms and partnerships; and evidence-based decision-making. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportCFS 2019/46/Inf.17 - Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition. A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
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Food systems and agriculture are at a crossroads and a profound transformation is needed at all scales, not only to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) to “end hunger and all forms of malnutrition” by 2030 but also to address Agenda 2030 in its entirety, including human and environmental health, climate change, equity and social stability. Current trends, such as the new increase, since 2014, in the number of undernourished people and the alarming rate of all forms of malnutrition in all countries, and related tensions will be exacerbated if we fail to design and implement, in a very near future, food systems that ensure food security and nutrition while addressing all sustainability challenges. Agroecological and other innovative approaches in agriculture are increasingly praised for their potential contribution to reach these crucial goals. This report adopts a dynamic perspective, centred on the key concepts of transition and transformation. Ultimately, this rich and comprehensive report aims to fuel an exciting policy convergence process and help remove the lock-ins by developing a common understanding of these matters, so that concrete transition pathways can be implemented at all relevant scales, from farm, community and landscape to national, regional and global levels.