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2024 Annual Meetings: Agriculture and Food
The global agriculture and food system can do more than just feed a growing population—it holds immense potential as a driver of growth and job creation. However, to unlock this potential for the long term, the agrifood system needs to prioritize nutrition, climate resilience, and halting environmental degradation.
This flagship event at the World Bank Annual Meetings 2024 will explore how governments and businesses can lead this transformation.
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Food Security
Latest Update – December 19, 2022
Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world. Information between August to November 2022 shows high inflation in almost all low-income and middle-income countries; 88.2% of low-income countries, 90.7% of lower-middle-income countries, and 93% of upper-middle-income countries have seen inflation levels above 5%, with many experiencing double-digit inflation. The share of high-income countries with high food price inflation has risen to 81.8%. The countries affected most are in Africa, North America, Latin America, South Asia, Europe, and Central Asia.
Download the latest brief on rising food insecurity and World Bank responses
Empower HER to address food and nutrition security in Africa
Food price inflation exceeds 
overall inflation in most countries, and at least 123 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will be in food crisis by the end of the year. This is partly due to lack of investments in domestic food production, exacerbated by climatic shocks, the COVID-19 crisis, and impacts of the war in Ukraine.
Currency Depreciations Risk Intensifying Food, Energy Crisis in Developing EconomiesFood Security: Latest Update – October 17, 2022
Elevated commodity prices could prolong inflationary pressures
WASHINGTON, October 26, 2022—The shrinking value of the currencies of most developing economies is driving up food and fuel prices in ways that could deepen the food and energy crises that many of them already face, according to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook report.
Food Security: Latest Update – October 17, 2022
Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world. Information between May to
September 2022 shows high inflation in almost all low-income and middle-income countries; 88.9% of low-income countries, 91.1% of lower-middle-income countries, and 96% of upper-middle-income countries have seen inflation levels above 5%, with many experiencing double-digit inflation. The share of high-income countries with high food price inflation has risen to 85.7%.
eC2: Agricultural specialist / Agriculture Economist (Consultant)
Deadline: 23-May-2022 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The International Finance Corporation: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries.
We apply our financial resources, technical expertise, global experience, and innovative thinking to help our partners overcome financial, operational, and other challenges. In addition to its investment work, IFC provides advisory services to a number of its clients to support them in meeting specific development goals. IFCs advisory support to the financial sector is implemented via its Financial Institutions Group and is organized around the following main themes:
Innovation/Base of Pyramid: including Microfinance, Mobile Financial Services, Housing Finance, Rural Finance.
Banking Services: SME Finance, Sustainable Energy Finance, Insurance, Agri finance, Leasing, Trade Finance, Gender, Risk Management and Corporate Governance.
Financial Infrastructure: Credit Reporting, Collateral Registries and Secured Transactions, Securities
eC2: Climate Smart Agri Value/supply chains Specialist STC
Deadline: 24-Mar-2022 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The objective of this assignment is to assist IFCs CF (FIs) in the Africa Region, to develop and grow their agri supply/value chains, cooperatives and FPOs (referred to as segment) portfolio and pipeline of eligible CSA assets.
eC2: Support Develop Operational Guidelines for an agency specializing in Public Land Monetization
Deadline: 21-Mar-2022 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The consulting firm/company will have a proven track record of providing across-the-board advisory and/or operational support to a public land and building monetization organization in India and overseas. The consulting firm/company is expected to provide intellectual leadership to the technical report and its related activities.
eC2: Analysis of energy efficient cold chains for Agriculture in Guatemala
Deadline: 
28-Feb-2022 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The objective of the study is to provide an in-depth analysis and diagnostic to identify gaps (e.g. strategy gaps, types of investments needed and agro-logistics inclusion) and opportunities in cold-chain infrastructure on the agricultural sector in Guatemala, including investment, technology and spatial gaps, energy savings and GHG reduction potential, and refrigerants used in the cold-chain, identifying opportunities to fill these gaps within the recently approved Responding to COVID-19: Modern and Resilient Agri-Food Value Chains projects. The analysis will further assess opportunities for reducing food losses through adopting improved, efficient cooling technologies, as well as for investment in improved cooling technologies, also based on national and regional policies related to cold chain logistics.
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