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In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic "may add between 83 and 132 million people to the total number of undernourished in the world by the end of 2020 depending on the economic growth scenario". [37] The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has placed a huge amount of pressure on agricultural production, disrupted global value and supply chain.
The communications agency 35-North partnered with the COVID-19 Africa Open Data Project to combat misinformation through Telegram and WhatsApp. [284] It also raised the question of public policy and trust in Africa's governments and elsewhere and challenge them in many different aspects. [285]
Getting customers to buy into local, small-scale, environmentally-sustainable farms and farmers on the front end of the process has long been the goal of community supported agriculture, or CSA.
9 April: In the 2020 Financing for Sustainable Development Report, the UN-led Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development warns that billions of people in countries on the brink of economic collapse due to COVID-19 are being threatened further by a looming debt crisis, presenting recommendations based on joint research and analysis ...
There are projections that Sub-Saharan Africa will have the highest rate of increasing poverty because it already has more populations living close to the international poverty line. [29] COVID-19 has further increased the challenges of achieving zero poverty goals as well as other SDG goals by 2030. Though many alternative measures are being ...
Sustainable agriculture is farming in sustainable ways meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs. [1] It can be based on an understanding of ecosystem services .
Farming communities that try to reduce environmental impacts through modifying their practices will adopt sustainable agriculture practices. The negative impact of agriculture is an old issue that remains a concern even as experts design innovative means to reduce destruction and enhance eco-efficiency. [2]
Agriculture makes up a significant proportion of the Gambia's economy, comprising 25% of its GDP. [1] About 75% of workers in the Gambia are employed within the agricultural industry. [ 1 ] The main cash crops produced in the country are groundnuts (also known as peanuts), millet , sorghum , mangoes , corn , sesame , palm kernel , and cashews .