| Title: |
Investing in innovative food systems solutions in challenging contexts |
| Authors: |
World Food Programme; African Development Bank; International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Source: |
World Food Programme; African Development Bank; and International Food Policy Research Institute. 2025. Investing in innovative food systems solutions in challenging contexts. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177183 |
| Publisher Information: |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
CGIAR CGSpace (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) |
| Subject Terms: |
investment; innovation; food systems; fragility |
| Description: |
Humanitarian agencies are in a race against time to save lives in contexts where economies have collapsed as hunger is aggravated by conflicts and extreme weather, among other factors. Take Nigeria, for example. Across the country lives and livelihoods are being shattered by conflict and climate shocks – once a breadbasket, the northern regions now rely heavily on humanitarian food assistance. The numbers speak for themselves: 30.6 million people are food insecure – 10 million people in three northern states; 17 million children are malnourished – the highest number in Africa, second highest globally after India. Farmers are cut off from their fields. Traders struggle to move goods through dangerous or impassable roads. Millions are displaced. And yet amid this fragility pockets of resilience are emerging in areas where conflict has subsided such that some farmers can return to their farms. |
| Document Type: |
manuscript |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177184; https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177183 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177183 |
| Rights: |
Open Access |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.6CCC6F0C |
| Database: |
BASE |