A new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) titled “What is the irrigation potential for Africa? A combined biophysical and socioeconomic approach” has been published.
The report argues that although irrigation in Africa has the potential to boost agricultural productivities by at least 50 per cent, food production is almost entirely sustained through
According to the recent policy brief by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on Agriculture, Food, and Water Nanotechnologies for the Poor, the field of nanotechnology – research and development that involves measuring and manipulating matter at the atomic, molecular and supra-molecular levels – could lead to the development of potentially revolutionary technologies across
Farming First have recently launched a new video on food and nutrition. Later this week, the IFPRI conference “Leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health” is taking place in Delhi (10-12 February). Our video highlights the ways that agriculture can help improve nutrition.
Food security is about not only the quantity of food that we
The 2010 Global Hunger Index (GHI) offers a useful multidimensional overview of global, regional and national hunger. The 2010 GHI shows some improvement over the 1990 GHI, falling by almost one-quarter, but overall the index for hunger in the world remains at a level characterised as serious.
The GHI is calculated on 3 dimensions: insufficient availability
This year’s Chatham House Food Security conference saw some of the most influential speakers in agricultural development coming together to discuss the current pressures and challenges faced by farmers around the world.
The two-day conference held last week, of which Farming First was a media partner, heard from IFAD’s president, Kanayo Nwanze, UN Assistant Secretary General
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has released a new paper discussing the potential for smallholder farmers to participate in carbon markets.
In just the few years since markets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions have been established, their combined value has increased to more than US$100 billion.
While agriculture accounts for an estimated 10 to
