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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UK must be more proactive in tackling climate change
The UK is "unprepared" for climate change, an expert from the University of Surrey has concluded following an extensive study. University of Surrey academic Dr. Candice Howarth says that while the Government
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'50 X 2030' scheme to gather farming data through surveys
A $500 million data drive aims to improve the harvests of hundreds of millions of farmers worldwide as rising hunger levels threaten a global goal to end hunger by 2030, organizations involved in the initiative
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UN agency launches innovative, interactive advertisement in fight against hunger
UN agency launches innovative, interactive advertisement in fight against hunger The UN World Food Programme on Monday took its campaign to fight world hunger to a global cinema audience with an innovative,
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Burkinabe farmer wins 'alternative Nobel' for drought-fighting technique
A farmer from Burkina Faso who popularized an ancient farming technique to reverse desertification is among the winners of Sweden's "alternative Nobel prize", announced on Monday. Yacouba Sawadogo shared
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Many thousands of Kenyans facing acute food shortage: report
Despite receiving more than normal rainfall in the March to May season, which boosted food production, some parts of Kenya are still facing food crisis. Up to 700,000 Kenyans are currently facing acute
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Crop prospects and food situation- September 2018
Persistent conflicts and climate-related shocks are currently driving high levels of severe food insecurity, particularly in Southern African and Near East countries, which continue to require humanitarian
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An agro-ecological Europe: a desirable, credible option to address food and environmental challenges
Alarming signals about the need for a transition of the agricultural and food system in Europe have been accumulating for several years and social expectation for such a transition is growing. How can
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The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2018
This edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets focuses on the complex and underexplored intersection between agricultural trade, climate change and food security. The report makes an important
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A better world: life on land
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Tanzanians come up with unique, eco-friendly way to store harvests
Improved storage techniques have shown they can cut the loss of harvested maize by 10 percent in Tanzania, and help one-third fewer households go hungry in the lean season, Swiss researchers said. As