Financial toll of climate crisis hitting women harder, UN says Rural households led by women lose about 8% more income to heat stress than male-led families, data shows The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024
Criteria UN Will Use To Declare Expected 'Famine' In Gaza The UN, which has warned of "almost inevitable" widespread starvation in northern Gaza, uses strict criteria to declare a famine. International Business Times · Feb 29, 2024
Food Prices Plummet Despite Global Food Insecurity Challenges In a surprising turn of events, global food commodity prices fell last year, despite the difficult circumstances surrounding food security worldwide. The U... Top News · Jan 5, 2024
Global food prices declined from record highs in 2022, the UN says. Except for these two staples The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oil fell last year from record highs in 2022 The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024
How Mexico City's biggest wholesale market is combating food waste Since 2020, the 800-acre Central de Abastos market has reduced daily food waste by 24% and delivered almost 800 tons of unsold food to soup kitchens. WEKU · Jan 2, 2024
Kenyan farmers battle toxic legacy of locust plague three years on Experts say multiple errors were made in a UN-coordinated campaign to tackle the locust invasion in Kenya. Al Jazeera · Jan 1, 2024
‘Food is finally on the table’: Cop28 addressed agriculture in a real way Roughly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions are due to food systems, but Cop had avoided agreements until now The Guardian - US · Dec 17, 2023
Our "roadmap" needs more, says experts “Industrial food systems are locked into fossil-fuel dependency" Salon · Dec 14, 2023
Call me all the names you want – I won’t stop telling the truth about livestock farming I’ve been accused of being a ‘soyboy’ and ‘in the pay of Big Lettuce’ by one of the most destructive industries on Earth, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023
Food insecurity, the forgotten crisis of COP28 When it comes to climate change, the world’s food system is a double-edged sword. Food production is both one of the biggest emitters of global greenhouse gases and one of the sectors hardest hit by the effects of climate change. To reconcile these two issues, the UN’s Food and Agriculture… France 24 · Dec 12, 2023
Asia lags behind pre-pandemic levels of food security, UN food agency says The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization says that hunger remains a chronic problem in Asia The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023
Is urgent reform of world's food system still a side dish at climate talks? The indivisible link between climate and nutrition was a pivotal subject at Cop28 on Sunday as campaigners carried on their fight for food systems – responsible for a third of greenhouse gas emissions – to be included in the summit’s final and critical global stocktake on climate policy. Radio France Internationale · Dec 10, 2023
UN sets out roadmap to combat global hunger amid climate crisis Targets include cutting methane emissions from livestock by 25%, halving food waste and managing fisheries sustainably by 2030 The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023
Cop28: ‘failure is not an option,’ says summit president – as it happened Sultan Al Jaber calls for countries to come together amid disagreements over the future of climate action The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2023 Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions This year’s global climate summit in Dubai set aside Sunday to spotlight food and agriculture, a sector that accounts for about a third of the world’s emission
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023 Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 after fraught negotiations Climate activists likely to be concerned by another fossil fuel-reliant country taking over summit presidency
The Hindu · Dec 1, 2023 Feeding humans has trapped the world in debt, degradation: FAO report | Explained A UN FAO report has revealed a staggering hidden cost of agrifood systems surpassing $10 trillion. In India, this manifests as poverty, environmental harm, and health-related issues. To transform these systems, multi-cropping systems can protect farmers, improve nutrition, and positively impact ecology. India's Green Revolution led to monoculture, undermining seed…
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2023 Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia Sugar prices are soaring in many places
The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2023 Global health and environmental costs of food industry are $10tn a year – UN ‘Price tag’ of non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, poverty and harm to planet is 10% of global GDP, says UN food agency
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023 ‘The anti-livestock people are a pest’: how UN food body played down role of farming in climate change Ex-officials at the Food and Agriculture Organization say its leadership censored and undermined them when they highlighted how livestock methane is a major greenhouse gas
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023 Ex-officials at UN farming body say work on methane emissions was censored Pressure from agriculture lobbies led to role of cattle in rising global temperatures being underplayed by FAO, claim sources
The Hindu · Oct 17, 2023 Seafood exports hit record high last year, says Union Minister Chennai seafood exports have more than doubled in 9 yrs to ₹63,969 cr. A seaweed park at ₹2,700 cr is being set up in TN. 16 regional fisheries bodies from Indo-Pacific region discussed merging fishing ban along east & west coast. FAO & India to work together to fulfil SDGs.…
The Hindu · Oct 15, 2023 The world needs to stop taking water for granted That water availability affects every aspect of human life, especially food and nutrition security is a point that must be highlighted on World Food Day, on October 16
Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2023 How reliant is the world on Indian rice exports? Rice is the most eaten food globally with half a billion metric tonnes consumed a year.
The Hindu · Sep 11, 2023 Ridding India of food insecurity It is necessary to intervene on the supply side to ensure that food is produced at a steady price by raising the yield on land