International Food Policy Research Institute

25 May 2013

05 Mar 2013

VF+: Statement by Pieter Mulder, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on the opening of the 2013 Undercover Farming Expo (05/03/2013)

STATEMENT

By the year 2050, internationally, farmers will have to have doubled food production to keep the world’s food basket full. This has to be done in the face of huge challenges such as climate...

08 Jan 2013

Blue industrialisation: Issues in aquaculture and Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

A hallmark of modernity is the mastery of nature by man to fulfil needs, and the harnessing of technology to overcome the problem of scarcity.(2) Innovations in agriculture thousands of years ago...

03 Dec 2012

Africa and the first Millennium Development Goal: A contemporary perspective

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) were adopted by the United Nations in 2001 as key targets for the developing world. These goals are also commonly accepted as a framework for measuring...

19 Sep 2012

Food insecurity and malnutrition in Africa: Current trends, causes and consequences

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Despite the general worldwide reduction in food insecurity,(2) Africa’s food security and nutrition situation is growing worse. Africa has been experiencing several episodes of acute food...

07 Aug 2012

Daily podcast – August 7, 2012.

PODCAST

Drought in the US farm belt may result in higher food prices for poor people around the world, according to the head of an agricultural think tank, who on Monday also recommended a halt to ethanol...

02 Aug 2012

Goats and reflexive modernisation: Reconciling economics, philosophy and the exigencies of Africa’s growth potential

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa’s population is growing, and will continue to grow rapidly over the coming decades, outpacing the world’s rate of population growth. The need for food is thus increasing in Africa at a...

28 May 2012

DA: Statement by Wilmot James, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry, on World Hunger Day (28/05/2012)

STATEMENT

Today is both World Hunger Day and the beginning of Child Protection Week in South Africa. This gives cause for reflection on how the children of South Africa are affected by inadequate food...

20 Jan 2012

Afforestation in South Africa: Managing forestry resources using assessment plans

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

A natural abundance of timber-producing resources is something South Africa does not have. In response to the need for timber and as a solution to fast-disappearing timber resources, the...

26 Aug 2011

Serodisclosure: Experiences, implications and impacts

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

With an estimated 33.3 million people worldwide living with HIV, it is clear that treatment, care and prevention with regard to HIV & AIDS are imperative.(2) Endeavours to control and prevent...

18 Nov 2010

Daily podcast - November 18, 2010

PODCAST

In today's podcast, China and SA sign trade and energy agreements; global farming programme to get &200-million in climate aid; and, the CDE calls for a migration policy change to bring in skilled...

11 Oct 2010

2010 Global Hunger Index: The Challenge of Hunger - Focus on the crisis of child undernutrition (October 2010)

FOOD SECURITY

This report from the International Food Policy Research Institute finds that malnutrition among children under two years of age is one of the leading challenges to reducing global hunger and can...

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