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  Despite positive and ongoing gains in economic development in many African countries, hunger is on the rise, impacting some 246 million people. The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the cracks in the continent’s food systems, already under strain from climate change, conflict and pests. Increased investments and expanded partnerships are urgently needed to promote Africa’s agricultural transformation through technology and innovation. The African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Res...

Feeding Africa: Leadership to Scale up Successful Innovations Date The African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the CGIAR System Organization, will co-host a high-level dialogue: Feeding Africa: leadership to scale up successful innovations. Forum participants will identify ways to expand activities, financing and partnerships that promote Africa’s agricultural transformation through technology and innovation. The online forum will bring together African ...

/ Quotes: Global Citizen Launches a 'Recovery Plan for the World' - a Campaign to End COVID-19 for All and Kickstart a Global Recovery Published 02-23-21 Submitted by Global Citizen NEW YORK, GENÈVE, Switzerland, and BRUSSELS, February 23, 2021 /CSRwire/– International advocacy organization Global Citizen today launched a Recovery Plan for the World - a campaign to end COVID-19 for all and kickstart a global recovery. The Recovery Plan for the World is a year-long campaign and series of events that aims to: 1) end COVID-19 for all; 2) end the hunger crisis; 3) resume learning everywhere;...

CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger From Share this to : The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid the pandemic recovery, the climate crisis and the threat of instability. “This partnership will help us carry on saving lives and changing lives so more people have the opportunity to prosper and be self-sufficient.” The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research network, CGIAR, has united effort with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to help tackle hunger and malnutrition in the...

Global agricultural research network CGIAR joins forces with World Food Programme to tackle post-pandemic hunger Format 26 Jan 2021 The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid the pandemic recovery, the climate crisis and the threat of instability. January 26, Montpellier, FRANCE -- The world's largest publicly-funded agricultural research network, CGIAR, has united effort with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to help tackle hunger and malnutrition in the pandemic recovery. CGIAR and WFP, winner of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, signed a Memorandum ...