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Water is life, water is food: Leave no one behind
Oct 16, 2023

Water is life, water is food: Leave no one behind

Only by recognising the intrinsic value of water and its central role in our existence can we hope to build a more resilient and food-secure world for

Pathways to Food Self-Sufficiency in Africa
Dec 11, 2024

Pathways to Food Self-Sufficiency in Africa

Africa is experiencing a food crisis on an unprecedented scale. More than 150 million people in the continent are anticipated to be in danger of increased levels of hunger in the immediate future because of the impacts of the conflict in Ukraine, compounded by climate-related variability and extremes, economic slowdowns, and the lingering consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within this context, social and gender disparities are increasing, wit

Securing Local Food Systems and Ensuring Access to Nutritious Food in Rural Africa and India: The Promise of Regenerative Agriculture
Mar 06, 2025

Securing Local Food Systems and Ensuring Access to Nutritious Food in Rural Africa and India: The Promise of Regenerative Agriculture

The lack of agricultural biodiversity in farming systems threatens nutritional security for the nearly 3 billion people of India and Africa. Around 600 million smallholder farmers—most of them in these two regions and who produce more than a third of the world’s food—are key to maintaining biodiversity and ensuring food and nutrition security for all. However, the homogenising effects of globalisation threaten their economic viability and c