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The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) is advancing food science by decoding the complex molecular composition of foods to address critical global issues in health, sustainability, and food security. At COP16 on biodiversity, PTFI leaders and partners emphasized the initiative’s transformative role in mapping nutrients and exploring edible biodiversity. The event highlighted the need for biodiversity not only

As the world recently observed World Food Day 2024 with the theme of ‘The Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future’, ongoing work to address hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity remains crucial. Despite significant global efforts, over 800 million people still face hunger, and many more suffer from malnutrition and lack access to nutritious food. World

Benin, a West African country bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, faces major climate challenges that threaten its socio-economic development. Climate change is evident through increased average temperatures, greater variability in rainfall, and a higher frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts and floods. These phenomena have direct repercussions on agriculture, which is the backbone of the Beninese economy, employing

Mesoamerica is home to five forest ecosystems vital to the planet: the ‘Five Great Forests of Mesoamerica’. These territories not only provide habitat for native species such as the Central American tapir, but also provide a home and source of livelihoods for millions of people, mainly Indigenous communities. However, these great green lungs are under threat. What challenges and opportunities

In the midst of an industry-wide disease threat to cassava, researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT have found that farmers in Laos and Cambodia are willing to pay higher prices for disease-free, high-yielding seeds. Cassava is a key starchy crop in Laos (where it is known as “Man Ton“), making up $345 million in exports in 2022,

Results from TerraBio’s first two monitoring cycles show a mixed impact on biodiversity from the projects that received funding from the Amazon Biodiversity Fund (ABF). The ABF is a private fund, advised by Impact Earth, whose purpose is to invest in projects and companies with a social and environmental impact in the Legal Amazon (find out more here). Despite only

ABF is a private fund investing in projects and businesses with social and environmental impact in the Brazilian Legal Amazon. It provides venture finance for sustainable enterprises that have a transformational impact on biodiversity and communities, structured around four investment pillars: conservation, reforestation and community livelihoods; smallholder value chains; sustainable agriculture; and innovation in technology, financing and services. In the

This tool includes a dashboard and an interactive map, summarizing CSA projects implemented across Ghana from 1971 to 2023. It provides detailed information such as project titles, implementing organizations, timelines, sponsors, geolocations, summaries, beneficiaries, technologies, thematic areas and contact persons. Enhanced with features such as Venn diagrams, network analysis, and density maps, the tool streamlines access to information and fosters