Tag: World Bank
Priorities for Food Safety in Emerging Economies
Northern America: CEO of International Development Strategies discusses the steps that must be taken to ensure the food supply chain is safe for all.
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The Rise of Home Grown School Feeding: Five Ways to Make it Work
: This week, Farming First attended a panel event hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development at the Houses of Parliament. The event explored recent developments in research, policy and programming for Home Grown School Feeding projects in the developing world. “When the drumbeat changes, the dance must also change”. […]
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Rachel Kyte: What Next for Climate-Smart Agriculture?
: In this guest post, Rachel Kyte, Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank, reflects on the lack of progress made in getting agriculture on the agenda at the recently concluded UN climate talks, and she looks to the newly launched Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture as a possible channel for building consensus and fostering […]
Read MoreAnti-Soil Erosion Practices Help Preserve Biodiversity in Albania
Europe: Albania is gifted with a rich biodiversity, but this variety is vulnerable to climate change impacts. The coastal habitats in the Mediterranean are fragile ecosystems, and the land is under threat of coastal erosion, waterlogging and increased salinity. Inland, approximately 25% of the land suffers from natural soil erosion due to the corrosive effects of […]
Read MoreMeeting the Grade: The Case of Groundnuts in Malawi
Africa & Middle East: Work has been taking place in Malawi to enable farmers’ to achieve the grades and standards required to take part in broader markets. Whilst a lack of technical and financial capacities is often the greatest hindrance to meeting these targets, which cover food safety, quality, social and environmental standards, the ever-changing nature of the standards […]
Read MoreClimate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh
Asia: In the last two decades, an ever-increasing frequency of floods, droughts and cyclones have caused extensive economic damage and have impaired livelihoods in Bangladesh. Agriculture, a key economic sector accounting for nearly 20 per cent of GDP and 65 per cent of the labour force, is greatly at risk. Adapting to and mitigating the effects […]
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