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FROM THE AFRICAP PROGRAMME TEAM

Welcome to the second edition of the GCRF-AFRICAP newsletter aimed at keeping you, as our key stakeholders, updated on developments relating to the Programme.

The world’s food systems face two great challenges today: (i) to produce enough food to nourish a global population of seven billion people without harming the environment; and (ii) to make sure food systems deliver nutrition to everyone, particularly the world’s poorest, many

Launched at COP24 by FAO’s Deputy Director General Ms. Maria Helena Semedo.

Based on the already existing impacts of climate change, agro-ecological systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are the most vulnerable.

This publication explores concepts, evidence and options for a climate smart approach to improving the performance of irrigated cropping systems.

Link: http://www.fao.org/3/CA1726EN/ca1726en.pdf

Promoting youth engagement in agriculture policy processes  

Substantial post-harvest losses in cereals and other staple food crops contribute significantly to food, income and nutrition insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, grains and legumes are considered important crops by farmers and rural households for personal and commercial use (Oluoch-Kosura, 2013). However, unacceptable levels of food loss continue to occur throughout the continent.

Attainment of food, income and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa remains curtailed by the inability of food producers, consumers, their national governments and other food value chain players to prevent staple food losses after harvest.

Featured in this issue:
1. ATONU end-line evaluation
2. ATONU stories of change
3. Web-based framework for selecting Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions
4. Upcoming Events
1. ATONU end-line evaluation

Featured in this issue:
1. The ATONU reflection and learning meeting
2. AGRIDEAL volume 4
3. Upcoming events
1. ATONU reflection and learning meeting

This Policy Brief on Gender Roles, Relationships and Social Equity in Post-Harvest Management of Grains in Mozambique addresses the following issues: (i) A summary of the gender roles and relationships and social equity practices related to Post-harvest Management (PHM) of gra

Amid global concerns over rising food and fuel prices, changing diets and climate change, irrigated agriculture plays an important role in increasing food production in an uncertain and resource-constrained world.

South Africa should do more to boost its local poultry production capacity

From an increase of 38.7% in the second quarter, the Agricultural Industry continued to power ahead, expanding by 44.2% during the third quarter. This is the largest quarterly jump in agriculture production since the second quarter of 1996.

http://www.icrisat.org/groundnut-immunity-to-aflatoxin/

WHITE MAIZE (2017/18 Season) Supply:

The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) with support from the MasterCard Foundation convened a policy training session on the 27th of November 2017 for youth working in Climate Smart Agriculture on the sidelines of the 4th Global Science C

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On 3 February 2015, the Financial and Fiscal Commission (the Commission) tabled at Parliament a report on Climate Change, Household Vulnerability and Climate Smart Agriculture: The Case of Two South African Provinces.

The "no agriculture, no deal" campaign’s first steps can be traced to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Climate change and agriculture

Under the Competitive Research Fund (CRF) and Incentive Fund (IF) PAEPARD is supporting 4 research projects:

Research at the global level has shown that halving losses and waste along the food value-chain would save food resources equivalent to 25% of current agricultural production.