Insight / Right to Food and Agriculture
In 2007/2008 and 2011, the world experienced unprecedented volatility in global agricultural commodities prices, leading to an unprecedented 1.02 billion people suffering from hunger. We are now facing the third food price crisis in 15 years. The sudden surge in food, fuel, and fertilizer prices, triggered by the Ukraine war,…
Insight / Climate Justice
Even the most ardent climate change denialists would have been stumped by the extraordinary weather patterns across Europe, the Americas, and Asia in July. It is now in the history books that July 2023 was the hottest month since records began. As global temperatures increase, the United Nations has warned that…
Blog Post / Right to Food and Agriculture
I was really impressed by this article by the Agroecology Fund and the Global Greengrants Fund about their partnership and approach to fostering agroecology through direct support to grassroots movements and Indigenous Peoples. This is the kind of support I would love to see predominant in philanthropy because it embeds…
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The recent launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report confirms the alarming reality of increased hunger in some regions of the world, namely the Caribbean, Western Asia, and all regions of Africa, with women and people living in rural areas being the groups…
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The leaders of development agencies and big donors, such as the EU and the United States, gathered today to comment on the Global Report on Food Crises 2023, which is dramatically alarming. In the words of the World Bank Director during the launch: “food crises, once exceptional, are becoming the…
Insight / Right to Food and Agriculture
One year after the outbreak of the Ukraine war and its impacts on global food, energy, and fertilizer prices, the situation of hunger across the world is getting worse. Despite commodity prices declining for a 12th consecutive month, higher fertilizers prices combined with the impact of climate change on food…
Blog Post / Right to Food and Agriculture
As our world faces an unprecedented crisis, the number of food-insecure people is expected to double from what it was in 2019, placing 49 countries at risk of famine. The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), which was created to help low-income countries build sustainable and resilient agriculture and…
Blog Post / Right to Food and Agriculture
The day after the closure of the 50th Committee on World Food Security (CFS), I’m not sure if I’m more angry or depressed. While millions of people are starving due to climate disasters, inflation, and conflicts, governments gathered at the CFS 50 expecting to coordinate a response to the global…
Blog Post / Politics & Economics
The 26th of September was a sad day for me. I woke up to the news that the right-wing coalition led by the “Brothers of Italy” party, directly descended from the Mussolini fascist party, won the election. This win means that Italy now has the most conservative right-wing government we…
Blog Post / Right to Food and Agriculture
In a statement on Monday, Martin Griffiths, head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said that “famine was at the door” and was likely to occur in south-central Somalia between October and December this year. But the alarm is not just for Somalia. Many countries are suffering from…
