Only 15% of countries in Paris Climate Agreement commit to action on soil carbon in NDCs, new analysis finds
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Climate Bonds Launches Green Criteria for Agriculture Investments: Now Including Livestock
Agri-Criteria continues further expansion of green definitions under Climate Bonds Standard The complete Agriculture Criteria of the Climate Bonds Standard has been formally launched today, marking a major...
Three Priority Intervention Areas to Provide West Africans with Sufficient, Affordable, and Nutritious Food in the Long Term
— According to the Food Crisis Prevention Network, a record 18.6 million people are currently in need of food assistance in West Africa. While urgent...
AGRA Re-affirms Support to Malawi in Achieving an Inclusive Agricultural Transformation
LILONGWE, April 03, 2021: – The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, former...
Kenya Secures $250 Million to Help 500,000 Smallholder Farmers Enhance Value Addition and Access Markets.
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2021—The World Bank has approved a $250 million International Development Association (IDA*) credit for a new National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project...
Advancing research on climate change: World Bank grants $60 million to help strengthen the resilience of the agricultural sector in Africa
This piece was originally published on the World Bank’s website. WASHINGTON – The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a $60 million International Development Association...
Tech innovation not silver bullet for addressing climate change or delivering sustainable food systems, says Cornell-led report
WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS – We must combine social and technological innovation to make the world’s agri-food systems healthy, equitable, resilient and sustainable, according to a new...
Identifying climate adaptation measures for Latin American farmers
An assessment in four Latin American countries identifies the main vulnerabilities and threats of climate change to the region’s agricultural systems. CALI, COLOMBIA – Smallholder...
As COVID-19 fractures food systems, global experts issue roadmap to avert post-pandemic food shocks caused by climate change
Influential voices from six continents present path to climate-smart, food-secure future in wake of new UN report warning climate stress contributing to COVID “food emergency”...
Game-changing technologies to transform our food systems
A pipeline of disruptive technologies could transform our food systems, ecosystems and human health, but attention to the enabling environment is needed to realize their...