Tag Archive: Food Security

Food crisis becoming the new normal

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 new normal.” In 2022, 258…

The GAFSP has opened the call for proposals for PO-led projects

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 food systems, continues to provide…

CFS 50 was completely stalled by geopolitical interests 

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 food crisis. Instead, they spent…