Key Messages: Directing resources towards early warning systems and community sensitization mitigates the impact of natural disasters on vulnerable communities, prioritizing proactive measures over...
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Global Food 50/50 Report 2023/2024: Analysis of family-friendly workplace policies and gender equality in 51 global food system organizations
This report shines a light on the progress, or lack thereof, made by food system organizations in promoting diversity and equality in career opportunities, including at leadership and decision-making...
From Climate Risk to Resilience: Unpacking the Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Mozambique, November 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mozambique is already vulnerable to extreme weather events and climate change is projected to exacerbate their frequency and intensity. The occurrence of cyclones and flooding has...
From Climate Risk to Resilience: Unpacking the Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Kenya, November 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Substantial model variability exists regarding the likely meteorological impact of climate change on Kenya, particularly with respect to future precipitation levels. Significant...
From Climate Risk to Resilience: Unpacking the Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Malawi, November 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Climate change is not projected to materially alter Malawi’s climate profile. Instead, it is likely to exacerbate existing climate vulnerabilities by increasing the frequency and...
From Climate Risk to Resilience: Unpacking the Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Zambia, November 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Climate change is projected to cause an increase in average temperatures in Zambia and a decline in rainfall, particularly in the southern and western regions. The country...
Feasibility of implementing a Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC) program in Zambia: Stakeholder engagement
Anne G. Timu, Apurba Shee, and Liangzhi You Background Changes in frequency and intensity of climate and weather events are a key challenge to agricultural production among farmers in Zambia. Climate...
Peru + 3 more
Social Protection Pathways to Nutrition Synthesis report (August 2023)
Summary and recommendations This report summarises and synthesises the outcomes of a project designed to improve nutritional outcomes that can be achieved through social protection systems in the...
Algeria + 5 more
Addressing Irregular Migration through Principled Programmatic Approaches: Examining the West Africa Route and WFP Operations
Executive Summary The World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) collaborated on research analysing the drivers, profile, and risks of irregular migration...
Burkina Faso + 4 more
Les programmes de résilience du PAM au sahel servent de rempart contre l'instabilité et favorisent la paix et la cohésion sociale - selon une étude
DAKAR - Les efforts du Programme Alimentaire Mondial (PAM) des Nations Unies pour renforcer la résilience aux chocs climatiques et aux facteurs de stress d'origine humaine ont permis de stimuler la...
Burkina Faso + 1 more
Sahel Social Cohesion Research in Burkina Faso and Niger
Executive Summary Intervention Context: WFP’s activities in Burkina Faso and Niger focus on fragile agrarian communities in the Sahel, where cyclical floods and droughts combine with decreasing soil...
2023 Global Food Policy Report: Rethinking Food Crisis Responses
The report explores a growing body of evidence on how diverse policy responses can reduce both the immediate and longer-term impacts of food crises, and improve livelihoods, incomes, and food...
Ethiopia + 2 more
Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis: Summary Report
Ceres2030 Deep Dives into the Nexus of Food Systems, Climate Change, and Diets This report summarizes the evidence-based and costed country roadmaps for effective public interventions to transform...
Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis: Ethiopia
Executive Summary Ethiopia is not on track to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, with poverty and hunger levels projected to be higher in 2030 than they are today. This...
Regional variations and trends in the composition and vulnerability of rural livelihoods, March 2023
INTRODUCTION The regional context in which rural livelihoods in Myanmar are embedded varies widely, in terms of physical geography, climate and agroecology, local resource base, agrarian structure,...
Conflict and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Myanmar strategy support program | Working paper 30 (February 2023)
ABSTRACT Evidence is scarce on how conflict affects technology adoption and consequent agricultural productivity in fragile states, an important topic given the high share of the extreme poor living...
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in Myanmar: Findings from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey 2021-2022
In this research note, we provide an overview of the state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar using a recently collected household dataset. We examine food security using a household hunger...
Monitoring the Agri-food System in Myanmar - Rice Millers - August 2022 survey round
In August 2022, we surveyed 467 active rice millers from 13 states and regions across Myanmar to learn more about the impacts of the current political and COVID-19 crises. This report presents the...
The precarious situation of agricultural wage laborers in Myanmar
To understand the effects of COVID-19, the political crisis, and other shocks on Myanmar’s agricultural wage laborers (those workers relying on casual labor in agriculture), we rely on data from...
Monitoring the Agri-food System in Myanmar - Agricultural Crop Traders - August 2022 survey
To capture disruptions and coping strategies in Myanmar’s crops trade sector, a phone survey was conducted in August 2022 with a sample of 359 commodity traders in 14 states and regions. Key Findings ...