Advancing a people-centred systems approach to rural transformation

Rural transformation in the Near East and North Africa is ultimately driven by people and the institutions that support them. Family farmers, rural women and youth, cooperatives and producer organizations, rural entrepreneurs and service providers are key beneficiaries and primary actors shaping the future of agrifood systems in the region. Yet, rural areas continue to […]

India and the Gulf: A NewStrategy for Water, Energy,Food, and EcosystemSecurity

Water, energy, food, and ecosystems(WEFE) are deeply interconnected,and these linkages sit at the core oftoday’s most critical global securitychallenges. With climate pressures intensifying, cities expanding,and populations growing, the interconnections among agrifoodsystem transformation, energy transition, integrated watermanagement, and land governance are not parallel agendas.They shape each other’s risks and opportunities in ways thatdetermine whether communities move […]