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As the world's population increases by almost 100 million
people each year during the next two to three decades-the largest annual
population increase in history- agricultural intensification, i.e.
production of more food on land already being cultivated, is a must.
There is little scope for increasing cultivated land in Asia, North
Africa, and Central America, while in Sub-Saharan Africa and South
America, physical and technological constraints are likely to restrain
large-scale conversion of potentially cultivable land [Dram and Hojjati
(1994)]. Agricultural intensification is already the main source of
increased food production. I Intensive use of chemical fertilizers,
pesticides, and irrigation technology, in combination with
higher-yielding crop varieties, has led to enough food being produced in
the world such that if it were evenly distributed, no one would go
hungry. Global food production per capita increased from about 260
kilograms (kgs) in 1950 to about 350 kgs in the early 1990s [FAD
(1992)]. In developing countries the corresponding increase was from 170
kgs to 250 kgs.

Despite continuing food crises in the developing world, agricultural development assistance from major governments and international institutions has declined since the early 1980s. Aid to Agriculture: Reversing the Decline, an IFPRI Food Policy Report by Joachim von Braun, Raymond F. Hopkins, Detlev Puetz, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch, addresses the economic, political, and bureaucratic causes of this downward trend and the reasons why reversing this trend is of critical importance for many of the world's poorest countries. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI1; Economic Reforms, Aid, Governance and Strategy

Agriculture's vast potential to improve nutrition is just beginning to be tapped. New ideas, research, and initiatives developed over the past decade have created an opportunity for reimagining and redesigning agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition. To support this transformation, the book reviews the latest findings, results from on-the-ground programs and interventions, and recent policy experiences from countries around the world that are bringing the agriculture and nutrition sectors closer together. Drawing on IFPRI's own work and that of the growing agriculture-nutrition community, this book strengthens the evidence base for, and expands our vision of, how agriculture can contribute to nutrition. Chapters cover an array of issues that link agriculture and nutrition, including food value chains, nutrition-sensitive programs and policies, government policies, and private sector investments. By highlighting both achievements and setbacks, Agriculture for Improved Nutrition seeks to inspire those who want to scale up successes that can transform food systems and improve the nutrition of billions of people. ; Chapter 1 Seizing the momentum to reshape agriculture for nutrition Chapter 2 Agriculture for nutrition: Direct and indirect effects Chapter 3 Food value chains for nutrition Chapter 4 Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition Chapter 5 Improving nutrition through biofortification Chapter 6 Women in agriculture and the implications for nutrition Chapter 7 Nutritional ecology: Understanding the intersection of climate/environmental change, food systems and health Chapter 8 Reshaping agriculture to reduce obesity Chapter 9 New evidence on nutrition-sensitive agricultural programs Chapter 10 Safety nets for agriculture and nutrition Chapter 11 How can businesses operating in the food system accelerate improvement in nutrition? Chapter 12 Governance and leadership in agri-food systems and nutrition Chapter 13 Building capacity to link agriculture and nutrition Chapter 14 Big data in agriculture and nutrition Chapter 15 Diversifying rice-centric agriculture and diets: The Bangladesh experience Chapter 16 Moving toward nutrition-sensitive agriculture strategies and programming in Ethiopia Chapter 17 Unraveling India's malnutrition dilemma: A path toward nutrition-sensitive agriculture Chapter 18 Moving beyond maize: The evolution of Malawi's agriculture-nutrition policy dialogue Chapter 19 Agriculture and nutrition in China Chapter 20 The way forward for nutrition-driven agriculture ; PR ; IFPRI2; UNFSS ; DGO; CPA

Economic shocks including food price shocks, environmental shocks, social shocks, political shocks, health shocks, and many other types of shocks hit poor people and communities around the world, compromising their efforts to improve their well-being. As shocks evolve and become more frequent or intense, they further threaten people's food and nutrition security and their livelihoods. How do we help people and communities to become more resilient, to not only bounce back from shocks but to also to get ahead of them and improve their well-being so that they are less vulnerable to the next shock? How do we get better at coping with—and even thriving—in the presence of shocks? ; PR ; IFPRI1; 2020; CRP2; CRP4; E Building Resilience; G Cross-cutting gender theme ; DGO; PIM; A4NH; DSGD; PHND; MTID; PIC ; CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM); CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Improving houshold food security is an issue of supreme importance to many millions of people worldwide who are suffering from persistent hunger and undernutrition, and to others who are at risk of doing so in the future, including coming generations. Food securityis a widely debated and much-confused issue. the objective of this report is to clarify the issue and thereby contribute to rationalizing the debate over appropriate food security policies. ; PR ; IFPRI1; Food Security, Hunger, Famine, and Crises; Poverty and Equity

This lecture discusses six actions essential to meeting global food needs without damaging the natural environment: selectively strengthening the capacity of the governments of developing countries, investing in the poor, accelerating agricultural productivity, assuring the sound management of natural resources, and expanding and realigning international development assistance. Two scenarios are used to illustrate the impacts of different courses of action taken to mitigate threats to sustainable food security. ; 2020; IFPRI5 ; DGO ; Non-PR ; iii, 18 p. : ill., 1 table ; 21 cm.