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The list of the world’s largest 500 companies by turnover contains a huge number of firms engaged in agriculture and food: firms that have carved up big chunks of the sector among themselves. At the same time, the sector is the basis of the livelihoods for many millions of farmers and farm workers who are among the poorest people in the world. The trend continues towards a further concentration…

Sustainable management of the natural resource base is a fundamental issue to support global environmental benefits provided by ecosystem services, and to ensure agricultural production and ultimately food security and livelihoods. Assessing Land degradation is a major component of effective sustainable land management particularly in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Land…

Migration is at the forefront of international discussions on social and economic development. Food and agriculture are central to people’s well-being and linked to why many people migrate, especially where existing hardship is compounded by climate-related impacts. However, the connections between migration, agriculture and climate change are often overlooked or ignored. The Food and…

Features *Addresses the three pillars of an integrated approach to drought risk reduction: monitoring and early warning and information delivery systems; vulnerability and impact assessment; and mitigation and response. *Provides sound analyses of the growing challenges presented by drought events and the shortcomings and opportunities for drought policy and preparedness in the…

In adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders agreed that a global Indicator framework was necessary to measure, monitor and report progress towards the 17 transformational Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 associated Targets. They also recognised the critical importance of “transparent and accountable scaling-up of appropriate public-private cooperation to…

On 11 May 2012, the Committee on World Food Security endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (the Guidelines). By promoting secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests, the Guidelines aim to contribute to the global and national efforts towards the eradication of…