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World Food Day
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Why fish farming is bringing health and wealth to a Kyrgyzstan community
An ingenious plan to provide a remote community in Kyrgyzstan with fish has helped inhabitants fight malnutrition and ward off anaemia, rickets and other diseases. Five years ago, in the village of Ak-Tektir Cholpon-Ata ayil okmotu — a remote mountain community in Kyrgyzstan — malnutrition was rife. The result? Anaemia in young women and children...
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Innovation in sustainable aquaculture can help to achieve UN SDG’s
As global demand for protein increases, aquaculture is playing a growing role in feeding the population. Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food industry in the world, yet the industry is confronted with multiple challenges, from biodiversity loss and water pollution to unsustainable commercial fish feeds. However, the industry also offers opportunities. For example, aquaculture can contribute...
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Tackling the climate crisis through agriculture
Asian smallholder farmers produce the bulk of the world’s food, yet most live in poverty. Access to improved agricultural technologies could alleviate poverty and reverse the climate crisis. According to the UN, by 2050 the global population will exceed 9.7 billion. Given the anticipated growing impact of the climate crisis, feeding this increased population is...
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Shelf life is key to reducing food waste
Staggering amounts of food are wasted every year, with the developed nations the prime culprits. What can we do to find a more sustainable form of nutrition? One third of all food – 1.3 billion tonnes annually, at a cost of $940 billion dollars a year – is wasted and yet 690 million people globally are malnourished. COVID-19...
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Finding innovative and sustainable ways to feed the world
With a growing global population and the climate crisis, time is ticking for the agriculture sector to find creative and sustainable ways to produce food and move it around the world. The world will be home to 10 billion people by 2050. This puts pressure on our industry to increase food production to nourish the...
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Powering the green revolution with digital innovations to help farmers
In recent years, the climate crisis has taken its toll on agricultural production. In today’s world, pressing concerns for farmers include a growing demand for food, diminishing arable land and water scarcity. For the 475 million smallholder farms across low- and middle-income countries, the combination of increased global food demand and declining natural resources presents...
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Urgent call to help take action and fix the global food system
Fix the world’s flawed food system and we can make giant strides towards one of the biggest challenges of our times – securing the future wellbeing of both people and planet. The food system is stuck in a deadly cycle. Global food systems are responsible for 70% of freshwater extraction, around 70% of biodiversity loss...
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Marginalised communities must be at the heart of the response to the food crisis
The current food system is broken and is not delivering for producers nor consumers, with one in 10 people around the world going to bed hungry every day. Transforming our food systems to support rural livelihoods, care for our environment and produce nutritious food is achievable if we put small scale food producers, particularly women...
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Why we must advance regenerative food systems at scale
The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time. There is no longer a choice about whether to act, only how we do it. More extreme weather conditions and increases in temperatures will directly impact food production and influence the supply-demand chain. While the food system is a significant contributor to climate change, it also has a...
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Agricultural risk management: an opportunity to reshape the way risks are managed
In 2020, the world woke up to the reality of risk. COVID-19 not only exposed the vulnerability of human health but shattered social and economic stability. We have witnessed increased incidences of chronic food insecurity, food price spikes and a host of other agricultural risks. But people are not all equally vulnerable; poverty and inequality amplify their...