Food security and agriculture

Activities aimed to ensure access to and availability of adequate food supplies and the preservation of agricultural livelihoods under the pressures of climate hazards and food chains threats.

Latest Food security & agriculture additions in the Knowledge Base

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This report analyzes how warming temperatures, attributed to climate change, affected the number of days with maximum temperatures above 32oC during the main and mid-crop cycles in Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria.

Climate Central
Research briefs

Scientists have demonstrated that Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats hunt at impressive altitudes of up to 1,600 metres above ground – the altitude at which many planthoppers fly, which are dreaded insect pests of rice plants.

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
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In response to drought and extreme heat, communities in Zimbabwe are attempting to adapt while lamenting the loss of traditional ecological practices.

Dialogue Earth
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The GEOGLAM CM4EW is an international and transparent multi-source, consensus assessment of the crop growing conditions, status, and agro-climatic conditions that are likely to impact global production. This is the February 2025 report.

Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative
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Jujube tree planting helps Afghan displaced put down new roots in Nangarhar and plays a key part of a longer-term solution to climate resilience.

United Nations Development Programme - Afghanistan
Research briefs

As the 2019-2020 megafires took hold across eastern Australia, many of us reeled at the sight of animals trying and often failing to flee. Our screens filled up with images of koalas with burned paws and possums in firefighter helmets.

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In this study, river salinity monitor data were combined with fish sales records from nearby wholesale markets to evaluate the magnitude, spatial distribution, and fishing impact of salinity changes throughout 2023 in Bangladesh.

World Bank, the
A woman waters maize seedlings on a hillside farm in Tierra Blanca, Guatemala
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Changing patterns of climate variability and extreme weather events are negatively affecting all dimensions of food security and exacerbating other underlying causes of malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a new FAO report.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
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