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
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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 East and North Africa. Sudan faces a uniquely difficult set of circumstances as these
(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,
Future Seeds is the first ever genebank building in the world built with the goal of obtaining a platinum-level LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. LEED is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. It provides a framework or healthy, highly efficient, and cost-saving green buildings. Future Seeds was designed to: Meet employee health
At a High Level KIADPAI/CGIAR side-event during the 7th International Date Palm Conference in Abu Dhabi in 2022, regional ministers, NARS representatives and key stakeholders gave a thumbs up to the ICARDA-led Integrated Desert Farming Innovation Platform. The event was carried out under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates,
The Initiative, Transformational Agroecology across Food, Land, and Water Systems, will work with small-scale farmers across seven nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America This March, CGIAR kicked off a science-for-innovation Initiative in agroecology. The aim is to demonstrate the applicability – and promote the investment and uptake – of agroecology by food system actors, including small-scale farmers, in low-income