Updates for many countries have made it possible to estimate hunger in the world with greater accuracy this year. In particular, newly accessible data enabled the revision of the entire series of undernourishment estimates for China back to 2000, resulting [...]

This webinar is organized jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Register here. Traditional and innovative information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer unprecedented opportunities for accelerating agricultural development towards more sustainable and integrated [...]

A conference organised by Elsevier, Montpellier University of Excellence and Wageningen University & Research, and supported by Agropolis International, CGIAR: Science for humanity's greatest challenges, CIRAD Agricultural Research for Development, INRA Science and Impact and The French National Research Institute for Development [...]

Food markets will face many more months of uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, while most markets are braced for a major global economic downturn, the agri-food sector is likely to display more resilience to the crisis than other [...]

Key messages: Humanitarian agencies have been making the case for taking action before crises hit, but it is long-term actors (such as governments and service providers) who have responsibility for most anticipatory actions. ‘Anticipatory action’ is usually used to refer to an [...]