Pests and diseases destroy between 20 and 40% of crops globally, and farmers in developing countries are especially vulnerable to that destruction because they often aren’t sure what is affecting their crops. Or they lack good advice on how to control it. Lower yields and income loss often follows and contributes to hunger or malnutrition. Helping small-scale farmers detect and
(NewsNation) — As food prices continue to soar, the conflict in Ukraine is impacting the global food supply and agricultural production, and food experts say a global food crisis is on the horizon. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute, Russia and Ukraine supply 70% of the world’s sunflower oil, 30% of the world’s wheat and 15% of the world’s corn.
Growing evidence points to gender equality playing a key role in aquatic food systems’ contributions to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG 5: Empowering all women and girls. However, despite recent progress in advancing gender equality, inequity and barriers are still persistent throughout aquatic food supply chains. In a Fish4Thought virtual event held in conjunction with International Women’s Day,
One of the biggest challenges in taking effective and sustainable climate action is the lack of linkages between policymaking, climate research and disseminating innovations for adaptation, and mitigation. To overcome this challenge and create such linkages, the International Livestock Research Institute, together with research and development partners, government agencies, private sector players and the Government of Kenya, has since 2019
Aquatic foods and food systems have long lived in the shadow in agricultural research. Last year’s award of the World Food Prize could change this. Prize recipient Shakuntala Thilsted on healthy nutrition for the poor and vulnerable, the role of progressive governments, and simple solutions with a big impact on women’s empowerment. Read more
BY CLEMENS BREISINGER, OLIVER KIRUI, PAUL DOROSH, JOSEPH GLAUBER AND DAVID LABORDE Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major food exporting regions. The war threatens to drive rising food prices still higher and create scarcity, especially for regions most dependent on wheat and other exports from Russia and Ukraine—particularly the Middle
The Biden administration on April 6 announced a fresh round of sanctions against Moscow after allegations that Russian forces committed war crimes in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, with the new measures including banning all new investment in Russia and sanctioning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters. The United States, the Group of Seven allies, and the European Union are
One book empowered an entire community. The quest began as a desire to showcase the vast agrobiodiversity of the Andean region and the environmental value of the extraordinary chain of mountains that rise along the western coast of South America. Our goal was to bring global attention to the importance of this unique center of… The post Food for Nourishment,