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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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The mission of the African Development Bank is to help foster economic development and social progress within its regional member countries. This development and progress is encouraged through Bank Groups resources for investments and by offering policy advice and technical assistance to members. Some of their goals include ending poverty, achieving gender equality, and reducing inequality within countries.

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Building community resilience for food security in a shock-prone country

2024Ulimwengu, John M; Collins, Julia; Tefera, Wondwosen; Kurtz, Julie
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Building community resilience for food security in a shock-prone country

In a world rocked by environmental, political, and economic shocks, achieving resilience has emerged as a goal because it captures the essence of well-being over time despite the inevitable ups and downs captured in snapshots of present circumstances. After decades of conflict and environmental shocks in South Sudan, including the eruption of civil war in 2013 shortly after its independence in 2011, communities there lack stability and suffer from exorbitantly high rates of food insecurity, poor health indicators, and low educational and livelihood opportunities. International development agencies have sought to support South Sudan, but years of financial investment have failed to alleviate recurrent humanitarian crises. This paper outlines a general framework for resilience and resilience measurement, assesses initial baseline data collected from South Sudan, and builds a novel quantitative and qualitative methodology for measuring community resilience in countries like South Sudan burdened by shocks and weak institutions.

Year published

2024

Authors

Ulimwengu, John M; Collins, Julia; Tefera, Wondwosen; Kurtz, Julie

Citation

Ulimwengu, John M.; Collins, Julia; Tefera, Wondwosen; and Kurtz, Julie. 2024. Building community resilience for food security in a shock-prone country. AKADEMIYA2063 Working Paper Series 9. AKADEMIYA2063

Keywords

South Sudan; Africa; Shock; Resilience; Civil Conflict; Food Security

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English

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Open Access

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https://doi.org/10.54067/awps.009 Source record

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Working Paper

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Report

From climate risk to resilience: Unpacking the economic impacts of climate change in Malawi

2023Detelinova, Iva; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hammond, Wole; Arndt, Channing; Mukashov, Askar
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From climate risk to resilience: Unpacking the economic impacts of climate change in Malawi

Climate change is not projected to materially alter Malawi’s climate profile. Instead, it is likely to exacerbate existing climate vulnerabilities by increasing the frequency and intensity of cyclones, floods, and droughts. This is largely due to increased uncertainty around future precipitation levels. These adverse effects have already started to materialize and are expected to increase substantially over the next decades, particularly if efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by high emitting countries are insufficient. Climate change is also projected to increase average annual temperatures across the country. Climate change is expected to significantly affect Malawi’s economy, mainly because of its dependence on climate-sensitive economic sectors and its low capacity to take adaptation measures due to preexisting macroeconomic vulnerabilities. Malawi’s sensitivity to climate shocks is underpinned by significant environmental degradation, in particular deforestation, watershed degradation, and poor soil management. The two main impact channels are likely to be agriculture and road infrastructure. In agriculture, the increased uncertainty around future precipitation levels in Malawi will likely result in higher variability in crop yields. Climate change is projected to exacerbate preexisting environmental degradation challenges, including soil erosion. These effects are particularly problematic due to Malawi’s high poverty rate, lack of economic diversification (the agriculture sector represents one-third of the economy and employs over 70 percent of the workforce), and significant dependence on rainfed production (about 80 percent of the population). Climate change is likely to significantly impact Malawi’s road infrastructure, mainly due to increased risk of flooding, which would have broader economic and social knock-on impacts.

Year published

2023

Authors

Detelinova, Iva; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hammond, Wole; Arndt, Channing; Mukashov, Askar

Citation

Detelinova, Iva; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hammond, Wole; Arndt, Channing; and Mukashov, Askar. 2023. From climate risk to resilience: Unpacking the economic impacts of climate change in Malawi. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute; Cape Town: The African Climate Foundation.

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Malawi

Keywords

Southern Africa; Climate Change; Extreme Weather Events; Environmental Degradation; Agriculture; Infrastructure; Poverty; Economic Aspects

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136955 Source record

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Foresight

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Report

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Brief

Identifying nutrient gaps and priority foods in Senegal

2023Domgho, Léa Magne; Collins, Julia; Ulimwengu, John M.; Badiane, Ousmane
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Identifying nutrient gaps and priority foods in Senegal

Micronutrient deficiencies, sometimes referred to as “hidden hunger,” are often less visible than other forms of undernutrition but nevertheless constitute a major cause of severe health issues. In Senegal, micronutrient deficiencies are recognized as an important public health issue despite limited data on their extent and distribution. Senegal’s Strategic Multisectoral Nutrition Plan 2017–2021 (PSMN) (Government of Senegal, 2017) highlights micronutrient deficiencies as a major issue in Senegal’s nutrition landscape. The plan’s second major intervention axis focuses on alleviating micronutrient deficiencies, including for iron, folic acid, iodine, zinc, and Vitamin A. Two of the plan’s strategic goals focus on micronutrients, pledging to reduce the prevalence of anemia among vulnerable groups by 25 percent and to reduce the prevalence of iodine, zinc and Vitamin A deficiencies by 20 percent. Meeting these goals requires detailed evidence on the distribution of micronutrient deficiencies as well as exploration of different intervention avenues. This brief presents initial results of a study undertaken to estimate micronutrient adequacy among Senegalese households at a geographically disaggregated level. The work is part of a larger analysis carried out through the Nutrient Smart Processing and Trade (NSPT) project led by AKADEMIYA2063 in collaboration with Senegal’s Conseil National de Développement de la Nutrition with funding from the United States Agency of International Development (USAID) to identify priority avenues and interventions for addressing micronutrient deficiencies in Senegal. The NSPT analysis is based on the identification of three types of micronutrient adequacy levels and their distribution throughout the country: Nutrient Production Adequacy (NPA), Nutrient Market Adequacy (NMA), and Nutrient Household Adequacy (NHA). The three types of adequacy measures provide information on the production of micronutrients, the overall availability of micronutrients for consumption, and the adequacy of consumption at the household level

Year published

2023

Authors

Domgho, Léa Magne; Collins, Julia; Ulimwengu, John M.; Badiane, Ousmane

Citation

Domgho, Léa Magne; Collins, Julia; Ulimwengu, John; and Badiane, Ousmane. 2023. Identifying nutrient gaps and priority foods in Senegal. AKADEMIYA2063 Brief, Nutrient Smart Processing and Trade (NSPT) Series, No. 002. https://doi.org/10.54067/nspt.002

Country/Region

Senegal

Keywords

Africa; Western Africa; Folic Acid; Households; Iodine; Iron; Micronutrient Deficiencies; Nutrients; Vitamin a Deficiency; Zinc

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open Access

Links

https://doi.org/10.54067/nspt.002 Source record

Project

Agroecology

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Brief

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Science Forum 2018
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Science Forum 2018

IFPRI researchers and their case studies contribute to discussions on substantial interactions between the Sustainable Development Goals, the role of agricultural research in augmenting synergies, and managing trade-offs.

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Farmers’ responses to warming early in growing seasons can affect yields
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Farmers’ responses to warming early in growing seasons can affect yields

By Yanyan Liu and Emily Wu

Decisions on fertilizer and pesticide use impact crops and finances.