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![The Rural Corridors and Biodiversity Conservation project, financed by the GEF, is is showcasing the conservation of the melipona bees by combining the use of technology and scientific knowledge with ancestral wisdom to implement sustainable production practices. Photo: National Parks Administration of Argentina. Argentine honey bees](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/wb_argentina_honey_bees.jpeg?h=c673cd1c&itok=ej-aAfTc)
Innovative investments in nature: native honey from the Chaco forest of Argentina
In the Argentine Chaco forest, the indigenous and creole peoples of Pampa del Indio work together to produce honey from the "melipona bees," which are native stingless bees (Tetragonisca fiebrigi and Scaptotrigona jujuyensis). In a recent blog, we explain how this zone has become a sanctuary for…
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![Analysis shows that, for every dollar spent on food, society pays two in health, environmental and economic costs: $5.7 trillion (£4.33 trillion) of this huge annual economic burden is due to how food is produced and how its by-products are managed. Photo: Fotokostic/Shutterstock. Tractor spraying pesticides on vegetable field with sprayer at spring. Photo: Fotokostic/Shutterstock.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/shutterstock_pesticides_tractor_farm.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=ADS_lvBv)
Fixing the food system: how cities can truly feed the world
Urban areas can change the broken food system that causes ill-health and environmental degradation
Over half of the world’s 7.7 billion people live in towns and cities. By 2050, more than two thirds of them will do so. Materials, waste, emissions, knowledge and influence follow this population…
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![To keep the planet and people healthy, we need food systems designed to protect natural resources, absorb greenhouse gas emissions, provide nutritious and affordable food, and strengthen the resilience and prosperity of rural populations. zerohunger_blog.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/zerohunger_blog.jpg?h=35021335&itok=qB1Qg2Bz)
Zero Hunger world is within reach, but we must work together to achieve it
Today, on World Food Day, the global community is mobilizing to reach a Zero Hunger world. With a changing climate, inequality, and rapid population growth the challenges we face on the way seem insurmountable. However, with governments, private sector and individuals working together, we can…
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![Burkina Faso is currently developing a strategy to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) based on improving land use planning, securing land rights, improving management of agro-sylvo-pastoral systems, and building capacity. Photo: CAD Productions. Burkina Faso is currently developing a strategy to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) based on improving land use planning, securing land rights, improving management of agro-sylvo-pastoral systems, and building capacity. Photo: CAD Productions.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/WBblog1_870.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=9-m7N5So)
Unlocking economic growth through integrated natural resource planning and governance
Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in the West African Sahel, includes sparse and dry forests, woodlands, wooded and shrub savannas, and a large desert area to the North. The country relies heavily on agriculture, yet faces shrinking arable land and increasing soil degradation. Enhancing factors…
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![By emphasizing the critical need for integrating environmental management in the transformation of smallholder agriculture, the GEF Food Security program is creating opportunities for farmers to meet growing demand for food while protecting the important services provided by nature. Photo: Andrzej Kubik/Shutterstock. Masai shepherdess brings early morning herd of goats on pasture in Kenya. Photo: Andrzej Kubik/Shutterstock.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/IFADBlog_870.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=11gvbr3_)
How can we feed the world and keep the planet healthy? We start by making smallholder farming more sustainable
People are already consuming at a rate faster than the planet can replenish. Yet the world’s population is expected to grow from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050. This will considerably increase demand for energy, transport, buildings and food.
Agricultural production will need to increase to meet…
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![Transforming our food and land use systems could generate $2.3tn a year, and create 80m jobs by 2030. Aerial view of farm with tractor making lines in tall plants on right side](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/PolmanBlog_870.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=SwAGJIk_)
Our food system is broken: we must repair it
Let’s start with the good news. Humankind is living longer than ever before. Fewer of us are going to bed hungry. Improvements in diets and modern medicine have contributed to a 20-year increase in the average global life expectancy since 1960. The number of undernourished people has fallen from 1…