Agriculture & Nutrition
Look beyond maize to ensure food security
HIVOS Zambia says a recent study indicates that Zambia’s food system is not delivering enough affordable nutritious food for most of the populace with maize dependency greatly contributing to problems of poverty, malnutrition, vulnerability to drought, pests and diseases....
Growing Food From Air in Nigeria
A group of farmers in Nigeria is using a technology-based method to grow crops from moisture in the air. The method, known as aeroponics, does not involve soil. Instead, plant roots hang in the air. The roots take in a nutrient solution from a watery mist....
We are leaving so much food on farms to just rot in the field
Santa Clara University researchers found that, in California, 33% of food that’s grown is either unharvested or left behind in the fields....
Natalie’s Everyday Heroes: Hunger Task Force Farm director Matt King
The Hunger Task Force is well-known in the Milwaukee area for feeding people in need. But beyond the canned goods and non-perishable food items, the Hunger Task Force runs a farm in Franklin to make sure people also have access to fresh fruits and vegetables....
Why soil is disappearing from farms
The dirt beneath our feet is getting poorer and on many farms worldwide, there is less and less of it....
To Survive in a Wetter World, Raise Ducks, Not Chickens
Farmers in Bangladesh are raising ducks as part of an effort to adapt to climate change....
Graça Machel calls for disrupting the agricultural sector to achieve Zero Hunger
Delivering the McDougall Memorial Lecture on food security at the opening of the 41st Session of the FAO Conference on the challenges and opportunities of reaching Zero Hunger, Graça Machel - an international advocate for children's and women's rights - condemned "the shameful failure of global...
Climate Change Is Intensifying Food Shocks
From rain-soaked fields in the Corn Belt to drowned livestock, food shocks—abrupt disruptions to food production—are becoming more common as a result of extreme weather....
Netherlands vegetable seed developer wins World Food Prize
A seed developer from the Netherlands credited with introducing high quality disease-resistant vegetable seeds to more than 60 countries including the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia was awarded the 2019 World Food Prize on Monday....
Replace soil with foam to solve global food security crisis, say scientists
Specially developed foams could help avert a global food security crisis by replacing fast-degrading soils, according to scientists. Experts from the new Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield have found that crops plan...
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