I was really impressed by this article by the Agroecology Fund and the Global Greengrants Fund about their partnership and approach to fostering agroecology through direct support to grassroots movements and Indigenous Peoples. This is the kind of support I would love to see predominant in philanthropy because it embeds all the principles I believe…
The recent launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report confirms the alarming reality of increased hunger in some regions of the world, namely the Caribbean, Western Asia, and all regions of Africa, with women and people living in rural areas being the groups most affected. This is not…
The leaders of development agencies and big donors, such as the EU and the United States, gathered today to comment on the Global Report on Food Crises 2023, which is dramatically alarming. In the words of the World Bank Director during the launch: “food crises, once exceptional, are becoming the new normal.” In 2022, 258…
When global hunger was estimated to be 792 million people back in the year 2000, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) wrote in the 2000 State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI) report: “In a world of unprecedented wealth, these levels of need are disgraceful.” Ten years later, in the 2010 SOFI…
As our world faces an unprecedented crisis, the number of food-insecure people is expected to double from what it was in 2019, placing 49 countries at risk of famine. The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), which was created to help low-income countries build sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems, continues to provide…
The day after the closure of the 50th Committee on World Food Security (CFS), I’m not sure if I’m more angry or depressed. While millions of people are starving due to climate disasters, inflation, and conflicts, governments gathered at the CFS 50 expecting to coordinate a response to the global food crisis. Instead, they spent…
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