FORESTS FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION AND FOOD SECURITY
It is often the very poorest who are most dependent on forests. Households living on the margins of poverty are exposed to food insecurity at certain times of the year, when income levels drop. This...
View ArticleLes forets au service de la nutrition et de la sécurité alimentaire
Les forêts, les arbres et les systèmes agroforestiers contribuent à la sécurité alimentaire et à la nutrition de maintes façons, mais ces contributions occupent normalement une place limitée dans les...
View ArticleLos bosques para una mejor nutrición y seguridad alimenataria
Los bosques, los árboles y los sistemas agroforestales contribuyen a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de muchas maneras, pero estas contribuciones generalmente se reflejan muy poco en las...
View ArticleHanci 2012 Infographic
The Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI), published by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), examines the political commitment of 45 developing countries to evaluate their policies and...
View ArticleBiodiversity
Over the past hundred years, the variety of seeds planted has dwindled from hundreds to just a handful. Animal diversity is suffering a similar fate. Large commercial farms that focus on specific...
View ArticleLand for sale
This map from Food: An Atlas uses data from the Land Matrix, a public online database of land deals around the world, to track commercial land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the global land...
View ArticleCollecting Food Surplus in Italy
This map charts the efforts of the Fondazione Banco Alimentare (Italian Food Bank) in redistributing food surplus to more than 300 charity organizations in northeastern Italy. In 2011 alone, the Banco...
View ArticleHarvesting the world
It is jaw dropping to see how much agriculture has expanded in the past 300 years. Back in the 18th century, there was hardly enough agriculture to plot on a map in many parts of the world. Today,...
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