International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) recently published a report titled ‘The Nutrition Advantage Harnessing nutrition co-benefits of climate-resilient agriculture’. This report examines how investments in climate-resilient agriculture can be leveraged not only to deliver benefits to secure food security under a changing climate but also to contribute to efforts to eradicate malnutrition. To access […]
Integrating and Strengthening Nutrition in Agriculture and Maternal and Child Health Programs in Guatemala
The FANTA Project released "Integrating and Strengthening Nutrition in Agriculture and Maternal and Child Health Programs in Guatemala: A Report on FANTA Activities from 2011 to 2017." Engaging the Government of Guatemala and partners in multisectoral efforts to integrate and strengthen nutrition in health and agriculture interventions, particularly those targeting women and children in the […]
Building climate resilient policies
A new report by World Bank Group titled ‘Unbreakable: Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters’ underscores the urgency for climate-smart policies that protect countries facing regular natural disasters. The report charts out a roadmap to help countries to adapt better adapt to climate change, and boost the resilience and prosperity of their […]
Gender and climate smart agriculture
FAO recently published a training module titled ‘How to integrate gender issues in climate-smart agriculture projects’. The purpose of the module is to provide learners with a better understanding of what the gender roles in climate-smart agriculture are, and their critical impact on project outcomes and sustainability. It presents different methods and tools to identify, formulate, […]
Rural Development Report 2016
The data for IFAD’s ‘Rural Development Report 2016’ is available online. The data covers the period of 1990 to 2014, with key variables, including, the share of non-agriculture in GDP (structural transformation); agriculture value added per worker (rural transformation); and the rural poverty headcount at the country poverty line and the extreme rural poverty headcount […]