Without world-wide crop diversity and its conservation, there would be no food and nutrition security. This is why efforts have to be made to preserve as many species and genetic variants as possible. These were the core…
African environment ministers discuss how to secure people’s well-being and ensure environmental sustainability in Africa at African Ministerial Conference on the Environment.
The international community must work together to increase efficiency in production and trade, improve transparency, accelerate innovation and joint planning, and invest in food systems transformation in order to counter…
Agroecology provides multiple opportunities to improve agricultural systems in a sustainable manner. Participants of Tropentag 2022 discussed challenges on the way to a sustainable food system and presented successful…
Legume-based rotations offer a critical pathway for enhancing global crop production, especially in cropping systems with low input and low diversity. Nevertheless, legume cultivation has declined globally in recent…
A new initiative aims to enable successful execution of strategic agricultural interventions to transform African agriculture. It comes as worrying downward spiral trends of poverty and hunger erase years of steady…
The FAO Food Price Index dropped again in August, but still remains nearly eight per cent above its value a year before. Especially wheat prices declined, reflecting improved production prospects in North America and the…
Today, water stress due to climatic hazards such as extreme droughts and floods is affecting many countries, limiting their access to clean drinking water. This year, World Water Week, which took place from the 23rd…
From the 26th–29th July 2022, the Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition – “Soils, where food begins” – was held in virtual mode. FAO’s Global Soil Partnership, the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils and the…
The Global Agribusiness Forum has been organised by Brazil’s agrifood industry since 2012 in order to highlight the latest challenges the sector is facing. This year’s event focused on the topics of food security,…
Improving animal health can help cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but more granular approaches to measuring progress are needed if countries are to include animal health data in their national climate commitments.
There is a huge demand for timber, and it is steadily growing, especially for packaging, the construction industry, bioplastics and bioenergy. But already now, the demand for timber cannot be met sustainably according to…
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