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Food
Africa
Insights
June 11, 2020

Africa’s Restoration Entrepreneurs Aid in COVID-19 Response

  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • forest restoration
  • restoration
A man working on a farm.
  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • forest restoration
  • restoration
Forests
Africa
Insights
July 9, 2019

Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Water
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Water Security
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
Women model the handmade baskets they use every day in Malolo 2, Republic of Congo.
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Water
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Water Security
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
Africa
Africa
Insights
July 28, 2015

How Ethiopia Went from Famine Crisis to Green Revolution

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Water
  • degraded lands
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • food security
  • poverty
  • re-greening
  • restoration
Ethiopia is now greener than it has been in the last 145 years. Photo by Chris Reij/WRI
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Water
  • degraded lands
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • food security
  • poverty
  • re-greening
  • restoration
Food
Africa
Insights
July 2, 2015

Why Africa Needs to Look to Its Cities to End Hunger

  • Cities
  • Africa
  • Food
  • food security
  • Urban Development
A street market in St. Lucia, South Africa. With the continent rapidly urbanizing, it’s critical that city leaders address urban food loss and waste in order to ensure sustainable development and end food insecurity. Photo by Steve Slater/Flickr.
  • Cities
  • Africa
  • Food
  • food security
  • Urban Development
Climate
Africa
Insights
August 20, 2014

Securing Rights for People and the Climate in Africa

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Governance
  • Finance
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Cameroon
  • carbon
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
Way back to Lukolela View on the way back to Lukolela, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo by Ollivier Girard for CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Governance
  • Finance
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Cameroon
  • carbon
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
Climate
Africa
Insights
August 19, 2014

Food Security and Climate Change in Africa: A Question of Political Will

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • food security
One-quarter of Africa’s projected food gap can be addressed by supporting a drive to achieve replacement level fertility by 2050. Better food security could be achieved by reducing food loss and waste. Photo Credit: Mark Jordahl/Flickr
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • food security
Food
Africa Asia North America
News
June 4, 2014

RELEASE: Farmed Fish Production Must More than Double by 2050, New Analysis Finds

  • aquaculture
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • Food
  • food security
  • aquaculture
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • Food
  • food security
Food
Africa
Insights
February 12, 2014

Improving Food Security in the Sahel Is Difficult, but Achievable

  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • re-greening
  • water
A local farmer in Burkina Faso, Yacouba Sawadogo, innovates. Photo Credit: Chris Reij, WRI
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • re-greening
  • water
Food
Africa Asia Europe North America Latin America
News
December 3, 2013

New Report Offers Menu of Solutions to Close the Global Food Gap

  • creating a sustainable food future
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • degraded lands
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • degraded lands
Climate
Africa Asia
Research
November 11, 2013

Weaving the Net

Food
Africa Europe Asia
News
October 21, 2013

RELEASE: New Effort Launched to Measure and Monitor Global Food Loss and Waste

  • creating a sustainable food future
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
Food
Africa
Insights
October 16, 2013

Farmer Innovation: Improving Africa’s Food Security through Land and Water Management

  • creating a sustainable food future
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Food
  • food security
  • re-greening
Yacouba Sawadogo, a farmer, digs planting pits to restore degraded land. Photo credit: Chris Reij, WRI
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Food
  • food security
  • re-greening
Governance
Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America
Insights
September 23, 2013

Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

  • Climate
  • Food
  • climate change
  • equity
  • governance
  • millennium development goals
  • poverty
  • sustainable development
  • sustainable development goals
  • united nations
This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
  • Climate
  • Food
  • climate change
  • equity
  • governance
  • millennium development goals
  • poverty
  • sustainable development
  • sustainable development goals
  • united nations
Food
Africa
Insights
August 15, 2013

Burkina Faso Farmers Lead the Way on Food Security and Climate Change Resilience

  • adaptation
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Food
  • food security
  • re-greening
  • adaptation
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Food
  • food security
  • re-greening
Food
Africa
Insights
July 31, 2013

3 Unexpected Ways to Improve Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • creating a sustainable food future
  • Africa
  • climate change
  • Food
  • food security
  • Gender
  • poverty
  • world resources report
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • Africa
  • climate change
  • Food
  • food security
  • Gender
  • poverty
  • world resources report
Food
Africa
Insights
June 27, 2013

Learning from African Farmers: How “Re-greening” Boosts Food Security; Curbs Climate Change

  • Forests
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Food
  • food security
  • forest restoration
  • re-greening
  • Forests
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Food
  • food security
  • forest restoration
  • re-greening
Food
Africa Europe North America
Insights
June 6, 2013

10 Ways to Cut Global Food Loss and Waste

  • creating a sustainable food future
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • natural resources
  • sustainable development
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • natural resources
  • sustainable development

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