Social safety nets are crucial during the #COVID19 pandemic: Check out the blog post from @IFPRI https://www.ifpri.org/blog/social-safety-nets-are-crucial-covid-19-response-some-lessons-boost-their-effectiveness …
India is home to about 120 million smallholder farmers who contribute over 40% of the country’s grain production, and over half of its fruits, vegetables, oilseeds and other crops. Much of the global share of food staples such as rice and wheat come from India, and almost half of the population in India depends on agriculture for their livelihood. Read more >>>>>
𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ‘𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧’ 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠-𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. As part of this webinar series will discuss issues on rural development and how climate change still a looming concern for farming communities world-wide we must preserve the environment consciously and sustainably. Given the thin thread that our ecosystem hangs off and the vision to uplift and empower smallholder farmers, organisations must strive to drive sustainable practices and adopt agtech innovations to address the real threat of imperiled food security and realise the massive economic gains of a data-driven, sustainable agriculture.🌱🌳
Food security and Canada’s agricultural system challenged by COVID-19 by B. James Deaton & Brady J. Deaton:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cjag.12227
Food and #climatechange are deeply interlinked, but #food emissions need to be tracked beyond the “farm gate,” says authors of a new paper. See infographic on global #greenhousegas emissions from the #foodsystem: @IPCC_CH @UNFCCC @CGIARclimate