Health and nutrition

Sharing a meal brings us joy, but our food systems create and deepen inequality, with negative effects on our health and nature. How to turn things around?

The pandemic is disrupting agricultural value chains in Africa and beyond, increasing poverty and food insecurity. How exactly do these effects play out? And how to prevent it from getting worse?

Read this summary of an introductory discussion on wild foods, biodiversity and livelihood arranged by one of the SIANI Expert Groups.

This video presentation uses stories from the field to demonstrate how indigenous communities value and use wild foods and highlight the key challenges they are facing.

Let the world know about your connection with indigenous food, biodiversity and livelihoods!

We seek the stories from people and organizations who harvest and consume wild foods and work with wild foods conservation, restoration and revival.

The world is focused on COVID-19, but other emergencies don’t go away. Ethiopia's remote Afar is grappling with climate change and food insecurity. And coronavirus is making matters worse.

We asked our members how COVID-19 is affecting their life and work. What information is missing? And what activities could help our members in these turbulent times?

Why banning live animal markets could elevate the risks of disease transmission? And what is the alternative? Explore this versatile biosecurity framework.