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2018 Africa regional overview of food security and nutrition : addressing the threat from climate variability and extremes for food security and nutrition /
- Title
- 2018 Africa regional overview of food security and nutrition : addressing the threat from climate variability and extremes for food security and nutrition / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [and] United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
- Publication
- Accra : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Description
- xiii, 102 pages : colour illustrations; 30 cm
- Summary
- The worsening trend in Africa is due to difficult global economic and worsening environmental conditions and, in many countries, conflict and climate variability and extremes, sometimes combined. Economic growth slowed in 2016 due to weak commodity prices, in particular for oil and minerals. Food insecurity has worsened in countries affected by conflict, often exacerbated by drought or floods. For example, in Southern and Eastern Africa, many countries suffered from drought.The deterioration of the food security situation and the lack of progress towards the WHO global nutrition targets makes it imperative for countries to step up their efforts, if they are to achieve a world without hunger and malnutrition by 2030. The call for greater action remains true even as the economic and climatic situation improves, offering hope of renewed progress in reducing food insecurity and malnutrition on the continent.The need for greater efforts also emerges clearly from the findings of the inaugural biennial review of progress in implementing the goals of the Malabo Declaration. The evidence presented in the review indicates that countries committed to the values and principles of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), and that implement their National Agriculture Investment Plans, perform better. It is therefore imperative to strengthen commitments to the CAADP goals and to accelerate efforts toward formulating and implementing National and Regional Agricultural Investment Plans. This year's Regional Overview also presents evidence from a number of countries that have successfully reduced food insecurity and malnutrition. Their experience shows that policies, when appropriately designed, and effectively coordinated and implemented, are important drivers of progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2, i.e. end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. In addition to specific food security and nutrition policies, this year's report reviews four important cross-cutting topics, namely, youth employment, remittances, intraregional trade, and climate change. It highlights their interplay with the food system and their role in food security and nutrition.--
- Alternative Title
- Addressing the threat from climate variability and extremes for food security and nutrition
- Regional overview of food security and nutrition 2018
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9789251311578
- 9251311579
- OCLC
- on1236844718
- 1236844718
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library