No. 47: Winter 2023/24 Agriculture for Development – Special Issue on Supporting agrifood systems in times of crisis and conflict

This special issue considers the impacts of war and violent conflict, COVID-19, climate change, and energy issues, among others, on agrifood systems and agriculture in a world in an age of poly-crisis. The years 2023 and 2024 have been characterised by new and ongoing instabilities, conflicts and crises, and these are set to continue into the medium and long terms. This will have grave consequences for people’s lives, livelihoods and development.  It challenges the very possibility of achieving inclusive agricultural development and rural transformation and undermines hopes of making substantial global progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The contributors to this special issue of Ag4Dev provide a remarkable range of evidence-based perspectives from diverse situations, which yield lessons for inclusive agricultural and rural development going forward.