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Food crisis

Russia and Ukraine are among the most important producers of agricultural commodities in the world. Trade disruptions caused by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine Conflict could lead to food crises in several countries.

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Food security

Led by vegetable oils and dairy products, the FAO Food Price Index rises to a new record high. Early forecasts point to strong prospects for maize and wheat in the year ahead.

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Environment

A new study shows the economic costs of invasive species and how they relate to corresponding management measures. It concludes that precautionary measures could save a trillion euro worldwide.

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Women

Disasters affect all genders differently, though women suffering most. Moreover, billions of women don’t have the same economic rights as men.

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Nutrition

The number of hungry people has been rising over the last years, and the world is far off-track in achieving SDG 2 “Zero Hunger”. The African Union has now declared the Year of Nutrition for Africa in order to fight…

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Development policy

Leaders of the EU and AU agreed to a renewed Partnership for solidarity, security, peace and sustainable and sustained economic development and prosperity.

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Ocean

Oceans play an important role in climate, environmental and social balances but these ecosystems are threatened by pollution and overfishing. World leaders tried to find solutions to protect our oceans at the One Ocean…

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Forestry

Global leaders committed at COP26 to halt and reverse forest loss. But still the majority of influential companies and financial institutions are doing little or nothing to tackle deforestation, latest data show.

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Measuring impact

The Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index can help as a guiding tool for policy makers, and as a monitoring tool for projects and programmes that seek to tackle rural poverty by providing more specific data on people’s…

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ICT

The Agroforestry App Odisha provides comprehensive easy-access information on crops, trees, nurseries and suitable packages of practices.

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Ninety per cent of food production depends on the soil. However, soils are increasingly coming under pressure. Ministers of agriculture have agreed on measures to strengthen sustainable use and management of soils.

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Nutrition

As millets have a naturally high nutrient content, they can significantly contribute to overcoming malnutrition.

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Agribusiness

What are the factors making agricultural investments in Africa a success ? And how can smallholder farmers benefit from investments so that they can earn a living income in the long run? These questions were addressed at…

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Health

Deaths are lower in the fourth COVID-19 wave on the African continent than in the previous waves and hospitalisations have remained low, according to WHO.

 

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Climate change

Through the resettlement of seagrass meadows on the coasts, large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are to be removed in the future to combat climate change. But the fight against climate change by…

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