Food

By Janet Ranganathan The world is projected to hold a whopping 9.6 billion people by 2050. Figuring out how to feed all these people — while also advancing rural development, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting valuable ecosystems — is one of the greatest challenges of our era. So what’s causing the global food challenge, and how can the […]

In Zambia, the weather is changing — the rainy season begins later in the year than it once did, and its duration is now unpredictable, creating confusion about the best time for planting, a U.S.-based farmer told delegates during a presentation delivered on the sidelines of the recent U.N. climate talks in Warsaw, Poland. By […]

View session details here This presentation by Dr Agata Cieszweska from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences focuses on greenbelts and greenbelt research, their different functions which also differ from city to city and what conclusions can be drawn from the analysis of those greenbelts.

View session details here This presentation by The World Food Programme explains the cycles of livelihood decline, the R4 Rural Resilience Model and lessons learned from practice.

View session details here This presentation by Anthony Nyong from the African Development Bank shows the challenges, key policy and strategy issues in the Sahel zone, how to strengthen institutional capacities, how people can access financing, what the opportunities are and what can be concluded from all that.

View session details here This presentation shows explains what climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is and answers 3 questions: 1. Climate smart agriculture: is this the right direction to follow? 2. What is the common understanding of both adaptation and mitigation efforts, can synergies support food security? 3. What choices, investments, conditions to be made by farmers […]