Search Results - "Global South"

Bundling social technical innovations for a diversification, inclusive and resilient agri-food system in Kenya by Nchanji, Eileen, Waswa, Boaz Shaban, Ooro, Patrick, Karanja, David

“…On the other hand, The Gender Equality Initiative (HER+) initiative tackles gender inequality in agri-food systems to build climate change resilience in the Global South.…”
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Can Sustainable Livestock Systems and Alternative Proteins Address the Climate Crisis? Presentations by Ronchi, Loraine, Ringler, Claudia, Leroy, Jef L., Stein, Stephanie von, Flintan, Fiona

“…The livestock sector is also the fastest growing agricultural sector in Africa and other parts of the Global South, where access to healthy, affordable milk, meat, and egg remains low. …”
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Innovations in Impact Evaluation: What Have We Learned? Insights from the Gender-Sensitive Risks and Options Assessment for Decision Making (ROAD) to Support Work-in-Freedom Phase... by Ringler, Claudia, Ratna, Nazmun, Alvi, Muzna

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Necessity as a driver in bending agricultural gender norms in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia by Timsina, Pragya, Chaudhary, Anjana, Sharma, Akriti, Karki, Emma, Suri, Bhavya, Brown, Brendan

“…The majority of farmers in the rural global South continue to rely on agriculture for a living, either directly or indirectly. …”
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Human-nature interactions in the Afrotropics: experiential and cognitive connections among urban residents in southern Nigeria by Awoyemi, A.G., Ibanez-Rueda, N., Guardiola, J., Ibanez-Alamo, J.D.

“…We explored the extinction of experience among the urban populace in Nigeria, a clear Global South representative with rapidly increasing human population. …”
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The political economy of food system transformation in the European Union by Matthews, Alan, Candel, Jeroen, de Mûelenaere, Nel, Scheelbeek, Pauline

“…Furthermore, there are ongoing concerns and debates about the EU food system’s impacts on ecosystems and livelihoods outside of the continent, especially in the Global South.…”
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An assessment of India's multiple national social protection schemes in improving nutrition and health by Narayanan, Sudha, Naraparaju, Karthikeya, Gerber, Nicolas

“…Synergistic and mediating effects must be considered in future efforts to upscale social protection in the Global South in order to deliver simultaneous progress across the Sustainable Development Goals.…”
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Consumer preferences matter for transforming food systems for sustainable healthy diets: Evidence from rural Bangladesh by Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R., de Brauw, Alan, Diao, Xinshen, Talukder, Md. Ruhul Amin

“…Food system transformation strategies rely on consumer demand response for achieving sustainable healthy diets, but food consumption patterns and consumer preferences are often not well understood in many countries of the global South. This brief examines consumer demand in Bangladesh, a country in the take-off stage of agrifood system transformation, that has experienced improvements in diet quality but also an increasing incidence of overweight, with faster increases in rural than urban areas. …”
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Back to basics for the IPCC: applying lessons from AR6 to the Seventh Assessment Cycle by Slade, R., Pathak, M., Connors, S., Tignor, M., Okem, Andrew Emmanuel, Leprince-Ringuet, N.

“…Our recommendations include addressing skill and training needs, tackling barriers to participation particularly for Global South authors, and ensuring all contributors receive appropriate recognition for their efforts. …”
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A multi-platform framework for nowcasting social phenomena: A case study for food insecurity by Carneiro, Bia, Resce, Giuliano, Tucci, Giulia, Ruscica, Giosue, Caravaggio, Nicola, Fanelli, Laura, Santangelo, Agapito Emanuele, Cruciata, Pietro

“…Given the growing significance of internet-based information flows, this research proposes a conceptual framework that integrates digital platforms to nowcast social phenomena, applied to the context of food security monitoring in the Global South. Building on the foundations of Digital Methods and online issue mapping, our research objective is to establish a multi-modal, multi-media model that monitors events from different perspectives to identify potential early warning signals arising from the data, ultimately informing policy actors and supporting early action. …”
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Strengthening multilateralism, climate action, and sustainable food systems through agricultural technology transfer by Steele, Megan, Menza, Gianpiero, Dowling, Kevin, Akinbo, Olalekan, Seke, Lukovi, Trento do Nascimento, Daniel

“…The journey from innovation to impact, especially in the Global South, is often hindered by a critical bottleneck—inadequate technology transfer mechanisms. …”
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Cultivating nutrition: a survey of viewpoints on integrating agriculture and nutrition by Levin, Carol E., Long, Jennifer, Simler, Kenneth R., Johnson-Welch, Charlotte

“…Over the past decade, donor-funded policies and programs designed to address undernutrition in the Global South have shifted away from agriculture-based strategies toward nutrient supplementation and food fortification programs. …”
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How much is enough? A Spatial Bioeconomic Model for Agroecology (SpBiMA) trade-off assessments by Mkondiwa, Maxwell, Ngoma, Hambulo

“…Agroecology is gaining traction across the global south as part of the potential solutions to food insecurity, soil health loss and degradation and for managing climatic stresses. …”
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Landscape of agroecology financing by Wanyama, Rosina, Chege, Christine Kiria

“…Like other countries in the Global South, Kenya faces significant challenges because of unsustainable food systems. …”
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Governing Groundwater Irrigation in Bangladesh: Reviewing the Past and Looking Ahead for the Future by Sarkar, Anindita, Mukherji, Aditi, Mainuddin, M.

“…Groundwater governance in intensively irrigated agricultural regions of global south is receiving increased attention due to its growing complexities in responding to multifaceted challenges, of rapidly growing populations, demand for food production, increasing pressure on land and water resources, escalating energy use and cost of irrigation and uncertain climate futures. …”
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New and improved varieties for everyone? Gendered patterns of wheat varietal turnover among social groups in the Indian state of Bihar by Herforth, Nico, Gartaula, Hom Nath

“…For smallholder farmers in the Global South, rapid varietal turnover is an important means of coping with the risks arising from the spread of pests or diseases and for increasing crop yields. …”
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MyFarmTrees: 6000 empowered Kenyan and Cameroonian farmers restoring 2800 hectares, expanding towards global scale-up by Chiriboga Arroyo, Fidel, Eitzinger, Anton, Ekue, Marius, Elias, Marlene, Feil, Christian, Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia, Jalonen, Riina, Krishnan, Smitha, Oduor, Francis, Vinceti, Barbara, Kettle, Christopher

“…MyFarmTrees scales across the Global South, attracting partnerships and investments.…”
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Advancing forest-based carbon trading in Nepal: Policy challenges and agroforestry opportunities by Chaudhary, Arbind, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…In this policy note, we use carbon trading in the forestry sector as a case study to illustrate broader policy challenges and opportunities in Nepal and other Global South countries. Trading is a market-based mechanism that incentivizes the offset of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through credits for CO2 sequestration.. …”
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Cropland expansion links climate extremes and diets in Nigeria by Khan, B., Mehta, P., Wei, D., Ali, H., Adeluyi, O., Alabi, T.R., Olayide, O., Uponi, J.I., Davis, K.F.

“…Climate change threatens smallholder agriculture and food security in the Global South. While cropland expansion is often used to counter adverse climate effects despite ecological trade-offs, the benefits for diets and nutrition remain unclear. …”
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Effects of recurrent rainfall shocks on poverty and income distribution in rural Ecuador by Llerena Pinto, Maria Cristhina, Mirzabaev, Alisher, Qaim, Matin

“…Climate change is associated with an increasing frequency of extreme weather events, which can severely reduce people’s welfare, especially in the Global South. Here, we analyze the impacts of rainfall shocks – including droughts and excessive rains – on economic and social outcomes, using micro-level panel data from rural Ecuador. …”
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