Growing enough food for our rapidly increasing global population while mitigating climate change and its impact on landscapes and natural habitats are two urgent, often competing challenges many…

Ayat Soliman |

Nationally representative longitudinal surveys – if done well – can positively impact development policies.

Akuffo Amankwah, Darcey Johnson, Josephine Ofori Adofo, Maryam Gul, Rob Swinkels, Amparo Palacios-Lopez |

At the 2022 Biodiversity COP 15, the government of Guinea committed to protecting its natural capital by preserving nearly 30% of its natural resources by 2030. By doing so, Guinea recognized the…

Idriss Deffry, Ellysar Baroudy |

The Pink Sheet is a monthly report that monitors commodity price movements.

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |

To support her family, Anissa Cheik Abdoulkader opened a restaurant overlooking National Road 1, which is very popular with Ethiopian truck drivers and the inhabitants of Mouloud in the southern…

Mohamed-Amin Mahdi, Rabia Houssein Aden, Caroline Cerruti |

Food insecurity continues to threaten the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world today. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the number of…

Samuel Paul Fraiberger |

As the dust settles on the road to the Dawki Integrated Check Post (ICP) in Meghalaya, near the India-Bangladesh border, a winding queue of some 750 trucks can be seen lined up on the side. The…

Cecile Fruman |

A central commitment to the SDGs, including SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation for all) is to “leave no one behind.” The Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) seeks to promote a…

Ellen Hagerman |

One year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the surge in global food prices that the war triggered has subsided. But there are still reasons for worry: Prices remain elevated, and new shocks…

Nadia Rocha, Alvaro Espitia |

It is commonly thought that a shock affecting agricultural production will translate into food insecurity a few months later––during the next lean season. However, high-frequency data from the…

Emma Frankham, Jonas Heirman, Marcus Holmlund, Patrick Premand, Jennifer Waidler |