Blog for People, Food and Nature

Moving from the wet, rice-producing regions of Madagascar to the dry sub-Saharan African mainland, today's post discusses a range of options available to tackle land degradation and maintain long-term soil fertility. World Resources Institute's annual World Resources Report is focused this year on 'Creating a Sustain…

Last week, World Food Day emphasized 'sustainable' in agriculture and food systems. One interesting element of the day was how the discussion spread beyond the development community, in many cases demonstrating how necessary breaking down silos really is. Case in point, Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Co-Organiz…

On Wednesday, the Landscapes Blog focused on the right to food in honor of World Food Day and Blog Action Day. While hunger, nutrition, and food security is often discussed in relation to rural communities, it is a very central issue in many urban areas. Today's post by Emily Salshutz was originally on the Food Tank we…

By Kedar Mankad, EcoAgriculture Partners, Washington, DC. This year, World Food Day and Blog Action Day fall on October 16th. World Food Day is focusing on “Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition”, while Blog Action day has narrowed in on the topic of Human Rights. These two themes, in fact, compl…

This week marks the 33rd year of World Food Day observations, which also celebrates the 68th anniversary of the UN Food and Agriculture's (FAO) founding. Over this time, both have served to build awareness around hunger and malnutrition, and tried to alleviate those strains on society. As one of the most recent framew…

By Chisomo Kamchacha, Evaluation Specialist, Kusamala Institute of Agriculture & Ecology, Malawi Rhoda lives with her mother and sister near Lilongwe, Malawi, and grows a diverse range of vegetables for consumption and for sale. Selling vegetables is an additional income source for her and it has helped to improve …