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Food and agriculture production systems worldwide are facing unprecedented challenges from an increasing demand for food for a growing population, rising hunger and malnutrition, adverse climate change effects, overexploitation of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, and food loss and waste. These challenges can undermine the world’s capacity to meet its food needs. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), more than 800 million people are undernourished while 2 billion are micronutrient deficient and 2 billion more people overweight or obese. At the same time, food production, transportation, processing and waste are putting unsustainable strain on environmental resources.
To be sustainable, agriculture must meet the needs of present and future generations, while ensuring profitability, environmental health, and social and economic equity. Greening the agricultural sector involves addressing poverty as well as meeting the nutritional needs of a growing global population while also minimizing the environmental degradation associated with certain agricultural practices.
Achieving these goals requires a transformation of the agriculture sector, leveraging market-based approaches through a coordinated effort by all stakeholders, including farmers, government, civil society and the private sector.
Created a Post in Agriculture
Contribution of Beef, Mutton, and Poultry Meat Production to the Agricultural Gross Domestic Product of Pakistan Using an Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bounds Testing Approach
Rural Business Hub: Framework for a New Rural Development Approach in Rain-Fed Areas of Pakistan—A Case of Punjab Province It is interesting to read something about agriculture from the angle of rural business hub
Food security and COVID-19, an interesting cross-disciplinary paper https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33053656/
Another interesting research: joint perspective on agriculture and resource management
Agriculture and COVID-19 article for share
The Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund allows urban users to invest in upstream watershed conservation efforts for the benefit of farmers, businesses and more than 9 million Kenyans who depend on the Tana River for their fresh water. Building on TNC's experience with more than 30 water funds around the world, the Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund now serves as a model for new water conservation efforts across Africa.
The 2020 World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting will feature more than 50 speakers including high-level government officials, subject matter experts, private sector leaders, and cocoa farmers to discuss cocoa sustainability and "Scaling Impact in Disruptive Times". View speaker bios and register to join the online event on November 16, 18, and 19
It turns out that only 1.7% of climate finance goes to small-scale farmers in developing countries - just a fraction of what is required. Climate Policy Initiative's latest report with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) shows that we need drastically increased efforts to support the world’s main food producers.
Created an Event in Agriculture, Climate Change, Forestry
Created an Event in Agriculture, Climate Change