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Ag GeoSpatial Data Explorer (AgGeo): A Web-Based Tool for exploring Agricultural, Geospatial, and Climate Data
In 2023, approximately 282 million people across 59 countries faced severe food insecurity, an increase of 24 million from the previous year. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bears a disproportionate burden of this crisis. Climate change is already reducing cereal production across the region, with projections showing a further 20% decline by 2030. Food import bills in…
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How Well Does Machine Learning Predict Food Insufficiency? A Case Study from Malawi
The World Food Programme estimates (pdf) that approximately 3.5 million Malawians are chronically food insecure. That number rises, and hunger becomes more acute, in the lean season between harvests. Seasonal hunger is further aggravated by limited storage options and extreme weather events, such as the recent weak rains that rendered 25% of the population acutely…
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CRIFS Technical Brief: Who is a small-scale producer? A proposed operational definition
EPAR TECHNICAL BRIEF #396B Fri, 08/15/2025 AUTHORS: Didier Yelognisse Alia, Becca Toole, Federico Trindade and C. Leigh Anderson ABSTRACT: Agricultural producers in food systems face differential climate risks given heterogeneity in land size, farming systems, labor endowments, proximity to markets, and other socio-economic characteristics. While there is broad agreement that small-scale producers (SSPs) are the…