Bees are one of the most hard-working creatures on earth. Bees do so much for our planet, including pollinating flowers, fruit and food crops, and even some trees. They produce the nutritious sweet syrup called honey and contribute to the earth’s biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Bees could constitute a source of livelihood for anyone who learns to keep bees for
This year’s World Biodiversity Day holds a particular significance for us at ICARDA. Just days ago, our new Morocco Genebank was inaugurated by Morocco’s Minister of Agriculture in Rabat. The state-of-the-art facility holds a unique and remarkable collection of wheat, barley, chickpea, and lentil genetic material from the region and beyond. Agrobiodiversity constitutes the building blocks of genebanks and is
New Age published an article on how there is really no true solution to the problem of global food security without bringing back the agriculture production of Ukraine and the food and fertilizer production of Russia and Belarus into world markets despite the war. Fertilizer prices were already rising, but the war has made it worse. Senior research fellow David
India Today published an article said that the food crisis will worsen by the day and costlier fertilizers will fuel it. According to IFPRI, prices for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) were up 125 percent in January from the year before. They rose another 17 percent from the beginning of the year to March. Urea prices have surpassed their 2008 peaks,
eNorth (China) published an article stating that IFPRI has released latest data based on the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war and how it is affecting countries worldwide. Under the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the new crown pneumonia epidemic, more than 20 countries around the world have implemented a “ban” on food exports. What impact does the ban on
Sohu published an article where it said that the UN is warning that mankind may face the biggest food crisis after World War II! According to IFPRI, under the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and extreme heat, more than 20 countries around the world have implemented a “ban” on food exports. (See tool, Food &
Eco-Finance Agency published an article that African countries are heavily dependent on food products exported from Russia and Ukraine, although in various proportions. If the ongoing conflict lingers, several countries on the continent may be affected by hunger. Food and fertilizers are powerful weapons if used as such by Russia. Rising protectionism might comfort some. In India, the second grain
Today’s special ceremony hosted at the American University in Beirut marked the first step in United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Goodwill Ambassador Michael Haddad’s Arctic Walk for Climate Resilience and Food Security, slated for June 7th, 2022, in Svalbard, Norway. High-level representatives and officials from UNDP, the Norwegian Embassy, ICARDA, FAO, and AUB, spoke at length about the