Intelligent trade policies can help limit the threats, including food security, that come with an uneven distribution of water resources across the globe.
More than half of Yemen’s population already lacks food security.
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Economic growth alone won’t end hunger. Good policies and programmes are needed, too. Scientists and researchers have a role to play in these initiatives.
Talking about food is a productive way to understand a complex world. The dinner table is a place where the shame of poverty is most acutely experienced.
There are a number of efforts on the African continent aimed at helping people overcome food insecurity. Even though some progress has been made, the situation remains bleak.
Fields showing little signs of plant emergence at a late stage of the season, indicating a near total crop loss in Zimbabwe.
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Escalating clashes between herders and farmers in Nigeria threaten the country’s national and food security. A response based on innovation, sustainability and political will is urgently needed.
Food security efforts need to look beyond urban agriculture.
Jane Battersby
Does making healthy food accessible actually affect what people purchase and what they eat? The answer is a little more complicated than you might think.
Africa contributes the least of any continent to climate change – but it also has the least resources to manage it.
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Scenarios on global trends over the next 20 years point to some serious challenges for Africa. Whatever actually happens, it’s important for the continent to put in place mitigation strategies.
Women make up the majority of an estimated 6000 urban farmers in Cape Town.
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