Two decades after the Bean Atlas’ first publication, a new digital version has arrived. The Team behind this edition explains how it evolved to meet current needs and knowledge gaps on bean research.
Around 35 percent of food harvested from the world’s aquatic food systems—fisheries and aquaculture and associated supply chains—is lost or wasted. Fish and other aquatic foods lost and wasted due to poor harvesting practices or spoiled during processing and transportation result in less income in the pockets of aquatic food workers and less nutritious foods on plates. Read more
While the world already produces 1.5 times the amount of food required to feed the global population, more than 500 million people remain undernourished. Food is often wasted or spoiled before it can reach consumers in low- and middle-income countries. Strengthening aquatic food supply chains with more efficient practices and new innovations can help ensure nutrient-rich aquatic foods can reach those most vulnerable to malnutrition. Read more
The EU-funded H2020 ‘Activated Genebank Network (AGENT)’ project aims to transform genebanks from passive seed libraries into advanced bio-informatics resource centers.
Citing the relationship between climate change and global food security, the European Commission, the Netherlands and Belgium made multimillion-dollar pledges to CGIAR at the Global Citizen Live event on Sept. 25. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a €140 million pledge to CGIAR, while Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, announced a €75 million pledge, and Meryame
The urgency of agroecological transformation of agrifood systems linked to SDGs will be one of the game changers discussed at the UN World Food Systems Summit this year. Clearly the diversity of agriculture on this planet heralds the way to a variety of agroecological transition pathways (different baselines, input usage levels, socioeconomic contexts and particularly different labour costs and availability),
Hoping against hope of decent harvests, farmers in the semi-arid and arid regions of eastern Kenya have always planted their traditional and favourite food crops – pigeonpea, green gram, sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, cowpea, and maize – at the onset of long or short rains. But it is a ritual that has been driven by impulse. For year in
Around the world, small-scale fisheries and aquaculture have an outsized impact on human health and the economy. Although smaller than industrial operations when considered separately, they produce the majority of aquatic foods intended for human consumption and land over half of the world’s fish catch. The diversity of people, production and harvesting methods, processing pathways and trade corridors are integral