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☘️ Learn how Transboundary plant pests and diseases (TPPDs) 🦗 Team amplifies FAO’s efforts to promotes sustainable and ecological approaches to prevent and control the potential impact of TPPDs through continuous: 1️⃣ monitoring, early warning, and 2️⃣ promotion of innovative and environmentally friendly preventive control strategies. Explore our thematic areas on #DesertLocust, Locusts in CCA, #FallArmyworm, #WheatRusts #FusariumWiltTR4, #RedPalmWeevil, plus News, multimedia & publications. https://lnkd.in/dp_djRWs #PlantHealth

Spotlight on Track 2: Climate Impacts on Crop Pests and Disease Outbreaks🌾  We’re continuing our deep dive into the tracks of the Adaptation Atlas Data Storytelling Challenge, and this week, we’re exploring Track 2, developed in partnership with Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI). Can you tell powerful data stories about how climate change is driving crop pests and disease outbreaks across Africa? 🌍 This track investigates how shifting weather patterns influence the spread and severity of agricultural threats like fall armyworm, locusts, and rusts. By connecting climate data with pest and crop exposure, your insights can support early warning systems and resilient farm management to protect food security. Key questions to explore include: ✨Which crops are most vulnerable to climate-driven pest and disease pressures? ✨How are changing weather patterns altering pest distribution and intensity? ✨Where are new risks emerging as pest habitats expand or seasons shift? ✨How have these patterns evolved over the past two decades—and what might the future hold? Show how data storytelling can strengthen Africa’s climate resilience and food security. 💪 Join Track 2👉https://bit.ly/42CMtEN #AdaptationAtlas #DataStorytelling #ClimateChange #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #DataForGood #CGIAR #AIforClimate CGIAR Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT DataDotOrg RCMRD- Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development Africa Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ANAPRI) #AfricaAgricultureAdaptationAtlas

In a recent paper co-published on September 24, Asadullah Jawid, a STEM professor at AUAF, examines how farmers' risk preferences in Afghanistan's Central Highlands are influenced by climate-driven extreme weather. This study offers a critical viewpoint on decision-making and resilience in the face of change. https://lnkd.in/gX3xymPn

It's #DRRday! Find out the critical link between #agriculture and disaster resilience. In low- and middle-income countries, 63% of damages from disasters between 2008-2018 hit the agricultural sector, according to FAO. While some nations are integrating DRR plans specifically for agriculture, there's an urgent need for global alignment to safeguard #FoodSecurity and rural livelihoods. Hear from Nhilce Esquivel, Research Associate at SEI – Stockholm Environment Institute. https://buff.ly/3Sa5MgW

Every five years, FAO takes a global snapshot of the world’s forests, collecting data for 236 countries and territories for the Global Forest Resources Assessment. This year, there’s some good news for forests. ’FAOs Anssi Pekkarinen explains more: https://lnkd.in/dmhEvbv5 #FRA2025

Rome Water Dialogue advocates for concrete solutions to the global water crisis. FAO Director-General QU Dongyu underlined the centrality of water to FAO’s mandate and to global food security, noting that “the food we eat depends on water, and agriculture alone uses more than 70 percent of global freshwater withdrawals". https://lnkd.in/eKctJpyw Picture ©FAO/Pier Paolo Cito

Ifeanyi Obinefo, a Ross-Lynn Scholar and agricultural economist at Purdue University, has sounded the alarm over Africa’s worsening food insecurity, attributing it to two major threats, skyrocketing fertilizer prices and recurring climate shocks. At the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Obinefo cautioned that climate disruptions are striking faster than farmers can recover, leaving millions of smallholders in an increasingly precarious position. He explained that across Sub-Saharan Africa, farmers are battling the combined weight of inflation, poor soil health, and unpredictable rainfall patterns, a mix that continues to undermine productivity and livelihoods. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g_N99mnx #agronigeria #foodsecurity #climate

Globally, 1.20 billion hectares of forests (29 percent of the total forest area) is managed primarily to produce wood and non-wood forest products Get more data on the world’s forests in @FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 👉 bit.ly/GFRA2025 #FRA2025 FAO

As climate extremes intensify, rice cultivation faces growing risks. A recent study co-authored by ISB Professor Ashwini Chhatre shows that reallocating harvested areas from rice to alternate cereals like millets, maize, and sorghum can reduce climate-induced production losses and raise farmers’ net incomes. In this article on ISB Discover, we break down the study’s key findings through five questions that explore its broader implications for agricultural resilience, farmer welfare, and food security. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/grFZ5u_g #ISB #ISBFaculty #ResearchAtISB #ClimateChange

Explore how climate-resilient cropping can boost farmer incomes. Insights from Professor Ashwini Chhatre, Associate Professor & Executive Director, Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business, are featured on ISB Discover. Read the full breakdown here: https://lnkd.in/grFZ5u_g