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Reducing Food Loss and Waste by Improving Smallholder Storage

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Reducing postharvest losses by half would result in enough food to feed a billion people, increase smallholder income levels and minimize pressure on natural resources.

A farmer rides a tractor through a crop while harvesting
Jed Owen
Food and Agriculture

Systems Thinking at Work in South Asia's Food Production

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

How can we achieve food and nutritional security in ways that also enhance rural livelihoods, reduce environmental degradation, and boost agriculture’s resilience?

A farmer rides a tractor through a crop while harvesting
Jed Owen
Food and Agriculture

Resilience+: How & Why Risk Management Innovations Reduce Poverty and Spur Agricultural Growth

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Global Food for Thought by Michael Carter

​A growing body of research shows that resilience in itself may only be part of a of greater opportunity when the risk of weather-related disasters is what holds people back.

People carry food and supplies up stairs during a flood in Southeast Asia
Ny Menghor
Food and Agriculture

The Beauty of the Bottom Up: Making Crop Improvement Work for National Programs

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Global Food for Thought by Hale Tufan

Each year donors spend billions of dollars on agricultural research initiatives in developing countries in the fight to end hunger. Yet do these well-meaning efforts have the unintended consequence of imposing solutions from the top down?

A farmer rides a tractor through a crop while harvesting
Jed Owen
Food and Agriculture

A European Perspective on the Journey to a Regenerative Agriculture System

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Global Food for Thought by Mark Titterington

There appears to be a dawning realization that the agriculture sector may be part of the solution to climate change, rather than a problem to be solved, by drawing down and storing carbon in farmland.

Agroforesty system utilizing contour planning Food and Agriculture

The Gendered Burden of Water

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Global Food for Thought by Michael Tiboris

Humans all need water for roughly the same things and in roughly the same amounts. And yet, water insecurity has profoundly disproportionate effects on women.

South Sudanese carry water containers on their heads
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

​​Brokering Research Crucial for Climate-Proofing Drylands

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Global Food for Thought by Peter Carberry

This blog post from our "Field Notes" series explains smallholder farmers in the drylands, and why they are among the most affected in a warming world.

People walk in the distance across drylands
Michael Swan
Food and Agriculture

Food Safety Research is Foundational to Food Security

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

In this blog post from our "Field Notes" series, the authors underscore the point that foods can be nutritious, sufficient, and available—but if those foods are unsafe, there is no food security.

A scientist working in a food and environmental testing laboratory
IAEA Imagebank
Food and Agriculture

Reducing Post-Harvest Losses in Nigeria's Aquaculture Sector Contributes to Sustainable Development

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

This blog post from our "Field Notes" series explains that although Nigeria is a major global economic hub, many obstacles—like food insecurity, overfishing, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and economic inequality—stand in its way of success.

An aerial view of Lagos, Nigeria at sunset
Namnso Ukpanah
Food and Agriculture

The Critical Role of Women in Transforming the Food System

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Global Food for Thought by Chelsea Reinberg

Women "agropreneurs" all over the world are key players in transforming food systems.

A young female farmer in Ethiopia Food and Agriculture