In October, the U.N Committee on World Food Security (CFS) opened its new session in Rome. CFS serves as a forum in the United Nations System for review and follow-up of policies concerning world food security, including food production and physical and economic access to food.
To coincide with CFS, Farming First organised a side-event on
A group of 19 of the world’s leading organisations (including three United Nations agencies, the World Bank, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), FANRPAN, Farming First, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) and the World Farmers’ Organisation) have jointly endorsed a letter calling
Earlier this year, we interviewed Dr. Jason Clay, Senior Vice-President of Markets at WWF, for Farming First TV. In his interview he talked to us about food security and the need for sustainability in food production – you can watch the interview here.
In his interview, he stressed that we will have to figure out how
A recent article on the Huffington Post website highlights the importance of the whole food chain, not just agricultural production, in ensuring that food reaches consumers.
The food chain – harvesting, packaging, storing, transporting, marketing and selling – can be just as vital as farming techniques in ensuring access to food. With rising global populations likely
The Ugandan Government has launched a technology adaptation and transfer scheme where local welders are to be employed to make technology to be used in agriculture, says this recent article on AllAfrica.com. This scheme is said to have started attracting youths already.
This move, coupled with the recent independence for South Sudan and the increasingly unpredictable
With global population predicted to hit 9 billion people by 2050, agriculture will need to produce more to serve basic nutritional needs. In order to achieve a global average food consumption of 3130 kcal per person per day by 2050, an additional billion tonnes of cereals and 200 million tonnes of meat would need
