Food security

A Hunger Alliance report on unlocking the potential of smallholder farmers to achieve zero hunger

This joint agency report outlines how the UK government can take action to start ending hunger

This joint agency report outlines how the UK government can take action to start ending hunger

A 4 page briefing paper on finding new sources of funding for smallholder farmers and herders to adapt to climate change by putting a levy on the shipping industry.

This report looks the promising changes since the 2005 food crisis and what still failed in the response to the 2010 food crisis, with strong recommendations on how to follow the 'pathways to resilience'.

Le rapport analyse les changements positives depuis la crise alimentaire en 2005, les défaillances et défis de la réponse en 2010, ainsi que des recommandations forts pour suivre 'les chemins de la résilience.'

This Hunger Alliance briefing paper looks at the impact of high global food prices on communities around the world, and policy recommendations for the G20 to improve the situation.

This study examines the vulnerability of farmers and herders in agro-pastoral and pastoral areas in Ethiopia and Mali, and shows how they are adapting to climate variability and change.

This is a poster, summarizing the key findings and recommendations of the full report Investing in Communities: the benefits and costs of building resilience for food security in Malawi.

This report shows the qualitative benefits and financial returns of investing in projects to reduce the risk of farmers facing drought.  A cost benefit analysis was done at the community level with a Tearfund partner in northern Malawi.

This is a poster, summarizing the key findings and recommendations of the full report Changing Climates Changing Lives, about farmers and herders adapting to climate change in Mali and Ethiopia.

This study examines the vulnerability of farmers and herders in agro-pastoral and pastoral areas in Ethiopia and Mali, and shows how they are adapting to climate variability and change.

This paper outlines Tearfund’s policy approach to Biofuels. Tearfund believes that the increased use of agricultural crops to produce biofuels is causing more harm than good. Although there is the need for urgent action to tackle climate change, biof...

Policy Analysis of High Level Meeting on Food Security For All, Madrid, 26-27 Jan 09 The High Level Meeting on Food Security For All in Madrid 26-27 January 2009 was convened by the Government of Spain and the UN, and it gathered 62 Ministers from m...

This report was commissioned by 10 British NGOs that are part of the Sahel Working Group, which was concerned that chronic vulnerability persists in the Sahel.  It examines how vulnerability is understood and addressed by development agencies and gov...

This report highlights ways to prevent food crises, reduce their impact and ensure that communities are prepared in Niger and Burkina Faso, the Sahel region of West Africa.  It identifies disaster risk reduction approaches to build on the resilience ...