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Mauritius Charts Future for Sustainable Food Systems

15Mar

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Mauritius Charts Future for Sustainable Food Systems

UNDP Mauritius and Seychelles/ Jean-Yan Norbert The Indian Ocean Island of Mauritius will host a two-day symposium this week to chart pathways to a sustainable food system for the country. Hosted by the Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security and the Economic Development Board, the 16-20 March meeting aims to discuss achieving self-sufficiency in key agricultural products and strengthening the export potential of agro-processed products. The forum will be held at the Cote d'Or National Sports Complex and officially opened by the President of Mauritius, Pradeep Roopun. The event will include presentations on various agricultural themes, and an exhibition of agricultural products, techniques, technologies and equipment. The COVID-19 pandemic, the war in...

Review of Global Food Systems Transformation Set for July

20Feb

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Review of Global Food Systems Transformation Set for July

Women from the Mbini Self-Help Group showing off the fields. ©McKay Savage/ Wikimedia Commons Countries will review progress towards strengthening the sustainability, resilience and productivity of global food systems at a three-day meeting in Rome this July. The UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment, scheduled for 24 – 26 July, will be the first follow-up to the Food Systems Summit the UN Secretary-General António Guterres convened in September 2021 to discuss changing how the world produces, consumes and thinks about food. The virtual meeting brought together 50,000 people, including 77 world leaders. Italy will host the July meeting in collaboration with United Nations agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for...

Best African Countries for Indoor Vertical Farming

9Feb

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Best African Countries for Indoor Vertical Farming

Indoor farm in Japan. Photo © Satoshi KINOKUNI/ Wikimedia Commons A new paper has identified nine African countries most suitable for indoor vertical farming, a climate-resilient and resource-efficient method of boosting food production. The study published in the journal 'Nature' found South Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Cape Verde, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Nigeria to be “very favorable” for vertical farms. These farms use stacked shelves, artificial lighting and soilless cultivation to deliver food all year round. They can consume up to 95% less water, and produce 100 times more per square foot of land than traditional farms. They employ no or reduced pesticides and chemicals. They can be built within or next to cities, delivering fresh and local food with less ...

New Initiative to Boost Sustainable Food Systems in Africa

1Feb

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New Initiative to Boost Sustainable Food Systems in Africa

The President of IFAD, Alvaro Lario, and the President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, sign a letter of intent in support of the pan-African Mission 1 for 200 (M1-200) - a joint initiative created to reduce Africa’s food import dependency and build sustainable, inclusive and climate-adapted food systems. The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have teamed up to mobilize investments to help 40 million African farmers boost production amid one of the worst food crises on the continent. Last week on the sidelines of the Africa Food Summit in Dakar, Senegal, the two organizations signed a letter of intent in support of an initiative dubbed Mission 1 for 200 (M1-200) to facilitate the produc...

Report Unveils Roadmap for Ethiopia’s Food Systems Transformation

31Jan

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Report Unveils Roadmap for Ethiopia’s Food Systems Transformation

Photo © Alliance for Science Ethiopia needs an additional USD 4.6 billion per year between now and 2030 to successfully boost the sustainability and resilience of its strained food systems, says a new report. The report, Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis: Ethiopia, notes that the investment would end hunger, make diets healthier and more affordable for 108 million people, double the incomes of 11.7 million small-scale producers, and mitigate and adapt to climate change. Published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the report says that without filling the funding gap, significant levels of hunger, malnutrition, and poverty will persist after 2030. T...