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Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2015
Fiji
Solomon Islands
Papua New Guinea

Climate change projections internationally accepted as being reliable indicate that most countries in the Pacific region will suffer large-scale negative impacts from climate change. These impacts are likely to include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, increasingly unpredictable rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and intensification of extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones and El Niño-related droughts.

2016 Global Food Policy Report: Synopsis

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2016
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Asia
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas

The Global Food Policy Report is IFPRI’s flagship publication. This year’s annual report examines major food policy issues, global and regional developments, and commitments made in 2015, and presents data on key food policy indicators. The report also proposes key policy options for 2016 and beyond to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2015, the global community made major commitments on sustainable development and climate change.

Informe de políticas alimentarias mundiales 2016: Sinopsis

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2016
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Asia
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas

El año 2015 marcó un giro decisivo para la comunidad internacional del desarrollo. Si bien aún persisten retos inmensos, la culminación de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio puso de relieve los impresionantes logros alcanzados desde 1990: tanto la extrema pobreza, como la mortalidad infantil y el hambre se redujeron a casi la mitad.

Understanding compliance in programs promoting conservation agriculture: Modeling a case study in Malawi

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Southern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Malawi

Land degradation and soil erosion have emerged as serious challenges to smallholder farmers throughout southern Africa. To combat these challenges, conservation agriculture (CA) is widely promoted as a sustainable package of agricultural practices. Despite the many potential benefits of CA, however, adoption remains low. Yet relatively little is known about the decision-making process in choosing to adopt CA. This article attempts to fill this important knowledge gap by studying CA adoption in southern Malawi.

2016 Global Food Policy Report

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Asia
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas

The Global Food Policy Report is IFPRI’s flagship publication. This year’s annual report examines major food policy issues, global and regional developments, and commitments made in 2015, and presents data on key food policy indicators. The report also proposes key policy options for 2016 and beyond to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2015, the global community made major commitments on sustainable development and climate change.

2016 Global Food Policy Report: Synopsis [in Chinese]

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2016
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Asia
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas

2015年对国际社会而言是具有分水岭意义的一年。联合国千年发 展目标于2015年到期;自1990年以来,世界各国在实现千年发 展目标方面取得了重大的进展,极端贫困人口、儿童死亡率以及饥 饿人口比例均降低了约一半。然而,我们仍然面临着巨大的挑战。 《2016全球粮食政策报告》综述了影响2015年及未来的食物安全和 营养的主要趋势、事件和变化,并探讨了全球食物系统如何在为进 一步减少饥饿、营养不良和贫困做出最优贡献的同时,确保全球资 源的可持续利用。2016年是我们将新的国际和国家承诺转化为行动 的重要的一年。

2016 Global Food Policy Report: Synopsis [in Russian]

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2016
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Asia
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas

Для международного сообщества 2015 год стал поворотным моментом. Окончание срока выполнения Целей развития тысячелетия подчеркнуло поразительные успехи, достигнутые с 1990 года: доля людей, живущих в крайней нищете, уровень детской смертности и масштабы голода сократились почти вдвое. Однако по-прежнему остаются огромные проблемы.

2016 Global Food Policy Report: Synopsis [in Arabic]

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2016
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Asia
Africa
Asia
South America
Americas

كان عام 2015 لحظة فارقة لمجتمع التنمية الدولية. فلقد ابرزت نهاية الاهداف
الانمائية للألفية التقدم الملحوظ والمحقق لتلك الاهداف منذ عام 1990 ، حيث
انخفضت معدلات الجوع والفقر المدقع ووفيات الأطفال إلى النصف، ومع ذلك تظل هناك
تحديات جسيمة. يستعرض تقرير السياسة الغذائية العالمية لعام 2016 الاتجاهات والاحداث
والتغيرات الكبرى التى تؤثر على الأمن الغذائي والتغذية في عام 2015 وما بعدها؛ كما
يناقش كيف يمكن للنظام الغذائي العالمي أن يساهم فى المزيد من خفض معدلات حدة الفقر،
والجوع، وسوء التغذية مع ضمان الاستخدام المستدام لموارد العالم. وسوف يكون عام 2016