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Enhancing farm productivity and rural livelihoods through ICT interventions in Malawi

Stories & Blogs IFPRIJul 10, 2024(Blog )

Agriculture is central to Malawi’s economy, employing much of the population and contributing substantially to GDP. However, agricultural productivity and earnings have stagnated and chronic food insecurity is a serious problem.

Agrarian AI – The Future of Agriculture in Zambia

Stories & Blogs UNDPJul 01, 2024(Story )

How the UNDP Accelerator Lab in Zambia and Mukuba UniPod is supporting Nchimunya on his journey to transform small-holder farming with AI and data-driven technology.

Sudan food emergency: Unpacking the scale of the disaster and the actions needed

Stories & Blogs IFPRIJun 14, 2024(Blog )

The United Nations recently warned of the risk of famine in Sudan. Around 18 million people are already acutely hungry, including 3.6 million children who are acutely malnourished.

New study emphasizes tradeoffs between arresting groundwater depletion and food security

Stories & Blogs IFPRIJun 14, 2024(News )

A study by authors from IFPRI published in Nature Sustainability, reaffirms the world’s growing dependence on depleting groundwater systems.

New Study: Urgent action to enhance food aid and revitalize agriculture critical to averting looming famine in Sudan

Stories & Blogs IFPRIApr 12, 2024(Press Release )

Port Sudan - Pervasive severe food insecurity in Sudan necessitates urgent and extensive interventions to enhance food aid, revitalize agricultural systems, and restore supply chains, to mitigate the food crisis and prevent further escalation.

Advancing Biodiversity Conservation: 10th Africa Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Finance.

Stories & Blogs UNDPApr 04, 2024(Press Release )

Blantyre,– Planet Earth requires approximately US$ 950 billion annually for the restoration and protection of its imperiled ecosystems, vital for sustaining livelihoods.

Abundant, sustainable energy resources in the Sahel can transform the fortunes of over 340 million people and spur green industrialisation

Stories & Blogs UNDPFeb 16, 2024(Press Release )

Given its significant renewable energy resource potential, the Sahel can become the first African region to pioneer and champion an industrial revolution fuelled by renewable energy investments that go beyond domestic use, by establishing and leveraging g

Six big ideas to advance food systems resilience in Nigeria: Bringing CGIAR Initiatives together to foster collaboration and policy coherence.

Stories & Blogs IFPRISep 13, 2023(Blog post )

Two CGIAR initiatives—Fragility, Conflict and Migration (FCM) and National Policies and Strategies (NPS)—brought together policymakers, researchers, and representatives from the private sector and civil society to discuss how to advance food systems resil

UNDP Statement on the launch of the new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund

Stories & Blogs UNDPAug 24, 2023(Speech )

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) commends the Global Environment Facility for the swift creation of a dedicated financing mechanism for worldwide nature conservation, the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund.

Enhancing groundwater governance through experimental games in Ghana

Stories & Blogs IFPRIAug 22, 2023(Blog )

Some of the key challenges that irrigators are dealing with are declining groundwater tables and insufficient freshwater during the peak of the dry season (February-March).