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Rising conflict, weather extremes, and economic instability aggravated by the lingering impacts of COVID-19 and the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are among the key drivers. The number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide is expected to continue to rise precipitously, as the food crisis tightens its grip on 19 ‘hunger hotspots’ – driven by rising conflict, weather extremes…

Climat : l’Afrique source de solutions ? (Climate: Africa a source of solutions?) Par Ibrahim Thiaw Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations unies et Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention des Nations unies sur la lutte contre la désertification (CNULCD) Très vulnérable au changement climatique, l’Afrique a besoin du soutien financier des pays riches, c’est un fait. Mais elle dispose…

The first conference of its kind in half a century brought together hundreds of anti-hunger advocates, nutritionists, researchers, farmers, and policymakers to hammer out a set of shared goals. Here’s what people were saying on the ground. “I experienced firsthand the impacts of poverty, hunger, and homelessness on my mind, my body, and my soul,” Jimmieka Mills, the co-founder of Equitable…

The employment scheme will work in tandem with the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana to help take up treatment of about 30% more land than feasible with the current scheme size With limited funds to deal with the gargantuan task of restoring degraded land and reversing desertification in the country, the government is now planning to bring convergence between the Mahatma Gandhi…

Original language : French Aux côtés de l’UNCCD et du CARI, l’Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel coorganise la session 2022 du sommet Désertif’Actions. Les débats y portent sur des solutions possibles, tirant profit de l’agroécologie et émanant de recommandations recueillies à l’échelle globale auprès d’acteurs de la société civile. La COP 15 avait abouti à des décisions, en faveur de la…

The Coordination Unit of the North Western Sahara Aquifer System Consultation Mechanism (NWSAS-CM), organized, on September 21-22, in partnership with the GMES&Africa project - OSS-North Africa Consortium, the second online training workshop on Earth Observation for water management and the use of the MISBAR platform as a monitoring tool for irrigated areas. This workshop targeted…