World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Food Security
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The nutrition sensitivity of food and agriculture in South Asia
Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia, a region characterized by a high level of malnutrition. The review finds that the
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Comprehensiveness of conservation of useful wild plants: An operational indicator for biodiversity and sustainable development targets
<p>Plants are essential sources of food, medicine, shelter, fuel, feed, and forage, and provide a wide range of additional ecosystem and cultural services to humanity.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/useful_wild_plants.pdf"
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Malawi: Government Combats Fall Army Worm
Lilongwe — Malawi Government says through the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has managed to eradicate the Fall Army worm outbreaks in the 2018-2019 farming season. The fall
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Climate Change Shrinks Many Fisheries Globally, Rutgers-Led Study Finds
Climate change has taken a toll on many of the world’s fisheries, and overfishing has magnified the problem, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Science today. Ocean warming led to an estimated
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Team publishes paper on 'food inequality, injustice and rights'
As the world population swells, the inequitable distribution of food around the globe is prompting profound moral questions. Is the unequal distribution of food in rich and poor countries, for instance,
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New study uses big data to analyze the international food trade
As the world population swells, the inequitable distribution of food around the globe is prompting profound moral questions. Is the unequal distribution of food in rich and poor countries, for instance,
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Waste not, want not: reducing food loss and waste in North America through life cycle-based approaches
Food loss and waste is a major challenge globally, and in North America, an estimated 30 to 40 per cent of the food available for human consumption is lost or wasted. Achieving both global and national
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South African agriculture towards 2030/50
South Africa is a major producer and exporter of agricultural products. The diversified agricultural sector produces a wide variety of agricultural commodities based on both large-scale commercial farming
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Challenges and opportunities for creating a climate-smart food system in the Philippines and Vietnam: progress report
This report documents the activities carried out under the CIP-CCAFS study on identifying opportunities and challenges for creating a climate-smart food system in the Philippines and Vietnam. Specifically,
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Food system innovations for healthier diets in low and middle-income countries
Malnutrition in all its forms is a major challenge everywhere in the world, and particularly in low and middle income countries. To reduce malnutrition, innovations in food systems are needed to both provide