The escalating rate of competition over natural resources has reached important levels. Data on leases and acquisitions of large tracts of land varies across sources. According to the High Level Panel of Experts of the...

A large part of the urban population in Bangladesh, particularly from the lower income groups, meets a substantial part of its dietary and nutritional needs through meals and beverages offered by outdoor vendors. Such “street...

This policy brief is prepared based on the findings of the recently concluded food security related sectoral policy review work which was supported by the Sudan Institutional Capacity Programe: Food Security Information for Action Project...

Safety net programmes have proved to be a useful instrument to tackle hunger and malnutrition in Bangladesh. However, insufficient co-ordination between the manifold initiatives causes inefficiencies and limits coverage of poor households suffering from hunger....

Bangladesh has made significant progress in boosting national food production. However, a large part of the population still lacks access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. In light of renewed and increasing donor commitments to...

As in many South Asian countries, diabetes is an important and growing health problem in Bangladesh. To a large degree, this development is driven by people’s unhealthy diets. The food and agriculture sectors, in collaboration...

On the road to Copenhagen, agriculture emerged as a key area for mitigation action, particularly in developing countries. A dedicated drafting group was eventually established to negotiate a draft text on “Cooperative sectoral approaches and...

This article argues that there is a gap in current Mexican rural development policy that could be filled by a smallholder-targeted programme. The gap exists because agricultural programmes tend to benefit better-off farmers, while social...

This policy brief seeks to inform negotiators where agriculture is situated in the current negotiations and provides some proposals on how it might be addressed in a global climate change agreement. It builds on the...

When emergency situations continue for years or even decades achieving food security becomes an overwhelming challenge. This policy brief aims at sharing insights, based on concrete evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia...