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Global: The World Food Prize Foundation has launched its first-ever Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP) List celebrating changemakers in global food systems.

Farm productivity and nutrition improved through the VACS initiative

News: Food Security & Nutrition

The VACS Initiative: A new Global Partnership to Build Resilient Agrifood Systems

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Global: FAO and CIMMYT team up to build resilient agrifood systems through the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) initiative.

Stronger regulatory frameworks for veterinary medicines can unlock private investment in veterinary medicines that can solve diseases affecting livestock.

Opinion: Food Security & Nutrition

Stronger Regulations Would Bolster Food Security and Livelihoods in Africa

Lois Muraguri

Africa & Middle East: Improved regulatory systems can unlock private investments in innovations and veterinary medicines that can solve Africa's food insecurity.

UNCTAD proves how policy dialogue is central to addressing global trade challenges through its 2010 international cocoa agreement.

Case Study: Climate, Food Security & Nutrition

The International Cocoa Agreement: Enhancing Cooperation and Dialogue along Global Value Chains

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Global: UNCTAD proves how policy dialogue is central to addressing global trade challenges through its 2010 international cocoa agreement.

Food security can be achieved by ensuring the availability of quality seed

News: Climate, Food Security & Nutrition

Quality Seed as a Starting Point for Sustainable Agriculture

International Seed Federation

Global: Celebrating their centenary, ISF and ISTA reinforce their commitment to ensuring the availability of quality seed for global food and nutritional security.

Tech-savvy youth could transform agriculture with the right opportunities to grow

Opinion: Food Security & Nutrition

Three Ways to Help Tech-Savvy Youth Transform Agriculture

Changgil Kim, Noriko Sato & Ryotaro Hayashi

Global: Global agriculture needs to be revamped to enable tech-savvy youth become successful agripreneurs focused on maximising food production.

Fridah Mutua, one of the trained extension officers using VarScout digital app to measure the area of the potato field, Turi Ward, Nakuru County.

Case Study: Food Security & Nutrition

VarScout: A Digital Ecosystem to Visualise Crop Varietal Data

International Potato Centre

Africa & Middle East: VarScout, a digital ecosystem, is enhancing farmers' understanding of the geographical distribution of crop varieties, ensuring food security.

Achieving food security and nutrition beyond SOFI 2024 report.

Opinion: Food Security & Nutrition

Beyond SOFI 2024: Five Innovative Ideas to Finance Food Security and Nutrition

Carin Smaller, Oshani Perera & Francine Picard

Global: The UN’s SOFI 2024 report confirmed that hunger and malnutrition continue to rise. Five innovative areas can be explored as solutions.

Opinion: Food Security & Nutrition

Combating Malnutrition with Small Pelagic Marine Fish in Bangladesh

Samiul Islam

Asia: A shift from quantity to quality dietary intake of fish is important to tackle the current high malnutrition burden in Bangladesh.

News: Food Security & Nutrition

SOFI Report: Hunger Numbers Stubbornly High for Three Consecutive Years

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Global: As global crises deepen, the United Nations SOFI report discloses that around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023.

News: Environment

Invasive Alien Species is a Threat to Biodiversity in the Caribbean

Wayne Coles

Latin America & the Caribbean: Invasive alien species, including rats and monkeys, is a threat to crop and livestock production in the Caribbean says a CABI-published book.