ESSP Working Paper 120, by Michael L. Mann, James M. Warner, and Arun S. Malik. Abstract: Timely and accurate agricultural impact assessments for droughts are critical for designing appropriate interventions and policy. These assessments are often ad hoc, late, or spatially imprecise, with reporting at the zonal or regional level. This is problematic as we find >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Knowledge Lab on Climate Resilient Food Systems
Food systems fundamentally influence the environment of the planet, the livelihoods of billions of people (including most of the world’s poor), and the nutrition of every human being. Robust food systems can serve as catalysts for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, but their current weaknesses are a major source of vulnerability to a variable and changing climate. IFPRI’s Knowledge […] Source: IFPRI Climate Change
Resilience of Smallholders Should Be Key Theme in Sendai
The following post was originally published on the Farming First Website. As part of our ongoing series that explores the state of the negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals, we asked Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Sivan Yosef, and Laura Zselecz... Source: Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security
IFPRI Seeking Senior Researcher to Lead Resilience Research
Following the 2020 conference on “Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security” and the identification of “Building Resilience” as one of six research areas in IFPRI’s 2013-2018 Strategy, IFPRI aims to develop an integrated resilience research p... Source: Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security
Pakistan Resilience Conference Convenes Stakeholders to Chart Way Forward
The IFPRI-led Pakistan Strategy Support Program (PSSP) and the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) jointly organized a conference on “Resilience for Agricultural Growth, Food Security, Nutrition and Rural Development in Pakistan” on December ... Source: Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security