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Devex Dish: A thank you to the Devex Dish community
over 2 years ago // Devex Dish
In this week's edition: A change in the Devex Dish team, how community-based water management boosts food production, and how U.K. aid cuts have hindered the fight against global malnutrition.
Devex Dish: Aid agencies bracing themselves for the impact of El Niño
over 2 years ago // Devex Dish
In this week's edition: Aid agencies are bracing themselves for the impact of El Niño, the World Food Programme attempts to leverage food aid in Yemen, and Gaza faces food shortages amid the Israel-Hamas war.
'In for surprises': Aid orgs brace for El Niño's food security impact
over 2 years ago // Food Systems
A strong El Niño felt around the world will push additional people into food insecurity next year, experts warn, as too much rain in some areas while not enough in others will disrupt agricultural production and livelihoods.
Devex Dish: WFP resumes refugee food assistance in Ethiopia
over 2 years ago // Devex Dish
In this week’s edition: WFP resumes food aid to refugees in Ethiopia after developing safeguarding tools, a food crisis in Gaza, and hopeful news for herders in Somaliland.
Devex Dish: Nigeria’s multifaceted poultry problem
over 2 years ago // Devex Dish
In this week's edition: Nigerian poultry farmers are struggling with maize shortage, Digital Green uses AI tools to help combat food insecurity in India, and chaos in the U.S. Congress may mean further delay for food aid.
Devex Dish: Can fish farming in Lake Victoria bring more food security?
over 2 years ago // Devex Dish
In this week's edition: how cage fish farming can improve food security in East Africa, bad news on the U.S. Farm Bill, and an UNGA 78 roundup.
Cage fish farming could be the future in East Africa
over 2 years ago // Food Systems
A combination of overfishing, illegal fishing, overzealous enforcement of fishing laws, and invasive species threaten the ability of small-scale fishermen to earn a livelihood, but cage fish farming provides new possibilities.
Devex Dish: Displaced Somalis extorted out of US-funded aid
over 2 years ago // Devex Dish
In this week's edition: pay-for-aid scam uncovered in Somalia, how conflicts and climate change are affecting food price inflation, and a look at how beans are being used to tackle malnutrition in Africa.
Devex Dish: What lawmakers’ return to Washington means for US farm bill
over 2 years ago // Devex Dish
In this week's edition: U.S. farm bill, which governs food assistance programs, unlikely to be passed before Sept. 30 deadline; what USAID needs to do on climate change and agriculture; and food system gender imbalances.
$1T US farm bill authorizing foreign food aid unlikely by deadline
over 2 years ago // The future of US aid
As U.S. lawmakers return to Washington with just weeks to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, passing a farm bill by the Sept. 30 deadline is looking all but impossible.