Agriculture & Nutrition
Launch of 2016 Global Nutrition Report
Few challenges facing the global community today match the scale of malnutrition, a condition that directly affects one in three people. The 2016 Global Nutrition Report is a comprehensive stocktake of the state of the world’s nutrition, from child stunting to adult obesity. The report finds that,...
FROM UNIFORMITY TO DIVERSITY: A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems
The report ‘From Uniformity to Diversity: A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems’ written by International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food System (IPES-FOOD) was launched at the Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity on 2 June 2016. The comprehe...
Asia-Pacific region aims at hunger-free goal
Poor countries in the region including Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, and Cambodia have some of the highest levels of food insecurity in the world....
Food waste spotlight
Articles on food waste by Thompson Reuters writers....
New protocol aims to cut trillion-dollar food waste bill
There is the start of new global mechanism called the Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard to map the extent and the reasons for food loss and food waste across the world....
As populations swell and water becomes scarce, food prices could double: report
Climate change is affecting production while land and water grow more scarce....
Farmers hold keys to ending poverty, hunger, FAO says
With recent data showing that 793 million people still go to bed hungry, ending hunger and poverty in 15 years is the next development challenge that world leaders have set for themselves....
Diabetes was once a problem of the rich. Now it belongs to the poor.
Poverty is an important factor, as people in poorer countries have a harder time accessing healthy foods. ...
30 indigenous crops promoting health and contributing to food security
According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), just twelve crops provide 75 percent of the world’s food. Three of these crops, rice, maize, and wheat contribute to nearly 60 percent of the protein and calories obtained by humans from plants. Since the beginning of the 20th century,...
Tiny forage fish at bottom of marine food web get new protections
Sardines, herring and other small fish species are the foundation of the marine food web — they're essential food for birds, marine mammals and other fish....
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