What bold choices and scalable changes can we make to potentially meet the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 2: End Hunger? Today’s lessons from Ukraine and worldwide shed light on our global dual reality: There is hope — and the stakes have never been higher.
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When economically empowered, women reinvest in their communities — leading to greater self-reliance, prosperity, and food security. To support these outcomes, the development community should adopt high-impact initiatives for female entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector.
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In Moldova, agricultural producers are diversifying their markets, while brokering new relationships and harnessing innovative technologies. Cynthia Steen discusses challenges and successes in this venture.
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From incorporating women effectively to choosing the right time to introduce mechanization, Harvey Schartup shares advice from the USAID MARKETS II project in Nigeria.
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Peace and stability expert Michele Piercey offers three approaches to respond to food security emergencies in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen.
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To address dietary deficiencies in Tajikistan, farmers are looking at an old crop in a new way.
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Smallholder farmers produce about 80 percent of food in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Don't they deserve a voice in policy development?
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How can humanitarians deliver food aid to South Sudan's Unity State with limited population data? FEWS NET is turning to thousands of users on crowdsourcing platform Tomnod.
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Urban food consumption may be a $1 trillion market opportunity by 2030. How can local entrepreneurs meet the needs of these consumers?
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Chris Hillbruner discusses the causes of crises in South Sudan and other countries, and how governments make difficult decisions about emergency food assistance.
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Proposed Sustainable Development Goal 2 explicitly addresses hunger, food security, and — for the first time — sustainable agriculture.
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