Food Security Evidence and Guidance
Co-benefits of Marine Protected Areas for Nature and People
This research uses a statistical matching approach to examine whether marine protected areas are associated with co-benefits or trade-offs between reef fish abundances and measures of human well-being, including income, diet and food security in the Mesoamerican region.
USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (USAID SEA) Project
The primary objectives of the USAID SEA Project are to support enhanced conservation and sustainable use of marine resources by reforming fisheries management and promoting marine protected areas to enhance fisheries productivity, food security, and sustainable livelihoods within the target areas; and support strengthening of the leadership role and capacity of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and local governments to promote conservation and sustainable fishing.
Insect Farming For Multiple Global Development Outcomes
Farming insects for animal feed and human use benefits local economies, strengthens food security, mitigates greenhouse gas emissions, and advances community resilience.
Women Shellfishers and Food Security Project
Addressing the need for greater attention to food security for women shellfishers and their families while improving biodiversity conservation of the ecosystems on which their livelihoods depend.
Seaweed’s Contribution to Food Security in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Benefits from Production, Processing, and Trade
This paper explores the potential of seaweed to address food insecurity and poor nutrition, alongside its potential to mitigate the carbon footprint of food systems globally.
Climate Change Impacts on Plant Pathogens, Food Security, and Paths Forward
Plant disease outbreaks pose significant risks to global food security and environmental sustainability worldwide, and result in the loss of primary productivity and biodiversity that negatively impact the environmental and socio-economic conditions of affected regions.
Aligning Conservation and Public Health Goals to Tackle Unsustainable Trade of Mammals
Unsustainable wildlife trade is a major driver of biodiversity loss and an important public health threat.
Disease Control Tools to Secure Animal and Public Health in a Densely Populated World
Animal health is a prerequisite for global health, economic development, food security, food quality, and poverty reduction, while mitigating against climate change and biodiversity loss.
Good emergency management practice: The essentials
Animal health emergencies arising from infectious diseases and other threats have a high potential to spread rapidly within a country or around the world.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Food Security and Nutrition (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, for HEARTH programs designed to improve food security, diets, and nutrition.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Food Security and Nutrition
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, for HEARTH programs designed to improve food security, diets, and nutrition.
Aquaculture at the Crossroads of Global Warming and Antimicrobial Resistance
In many developing countries, aquaculture is key to ensuring food security for millions of people.
Countering Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Fact Sheet
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a major environmental and security concern, impacting livelihoods, food security, and development.
Sustainable Marine, Coastal, and Freshwater Ecosystems and Fisheries
The sustainable management of marine, coastal, and freshwater ecosystems and fisheries is critical to biodiversity conservation and development goals such as improved livelihoods and food security.
HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit
This resource is a cross-sectoral monitoring and evaluation toolkit designed for the Health, Ecosystems, and Agriculture for Resilient, Thriving Societies (HEARTH) Global Development Alliance.
USAID Wild Meat Learning Agenda
Wild meat, also known as “bushmeat,” refers to the meat of wildlife species hunted or collected for human consumption.
Disentangling the relative effects of bushmeat availability on human nutrition in central Africa
We studied links between human malnutrition and wild meat availability within the Rainforest Biotic Zone in central Africa.
The Harvest of Tropical Wildlife for Bushmeat and Traditional Medicine
Bushmeat is not only an important source of fat, micronutrients, and macronutrients, but it also has medicinal uses.
The COVID-19 challenge: Zoonotic diseases and wildlife. Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management's four guiding principles to reduce risk from zoonotic diseases
The far-reaching impacts of COVID-19 on the entire planet have mobilized numerous calls to prevent similar pandemics in the future.
Attitudes, practices, and zoonoses awareness of community members involved in the bushmeat trade near Murchison Falls National Park, northern Uganda
The harvest of bushmeat is widespread in the tropics and sub-tropics.
