Category: Food Security & Nutrition
What We Can Learn From Degrowth to Transform Global Food Systems
Global: Degrowth, downscaling of excess production and emissions, offers better soil health, environmental and good nutrition benefits.
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Innovating Potato Farming Through Apical Cuttings
Africa & Middle East: Agriculture students at Rift Valley National Polytechnic have pioneered a sustainable method for propagating potatoes using rooted apical cuttings.
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Why Profitable Irrigation is Key to Producing More Food
Global: Smallholder irrigation schemes can transform farming to produce more food. They can also support more jobs and improve farmers' livelihoods.
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Clean Energy Powers Rural Resilience in Cuba
Latin America & the Caribbean: By turning to clean energy, small-scale farmers in Cuba are creating resilient food systems and protecting the planet we all depend on.
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Rethinking Development Assistance to Finance the Future of Food and Nutrition
Global: With widespread hunger and malnutrition, Official Development Assistance (ODA) must evolve to address emerging food and nutrition challenges.
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Farmers at the Heart of Global Nutrition: Empowering Farmers for Nutrition-Secure Future
Global: Ahead of the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris, WFO launches its new Position on Nutrition, calling for farmers’ empowerment to ensure a nutrition-secure future for all.
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Nominations Are Open for the 2025 Norman Borlaug Field Award
Global: Nominations are now open for the 2025 Norman Borlaug Field Award for individuals under 40 working to build sustainable, nutritious food systems.
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Transforming Africa’s Agriculture Needs Substantial Investments in Innovation and Technology
Africa & Middle East: Prioritising investments in innovation will help African leaders to achieve sustainable food production, economic growth and resilience, argues Hamady Diop.
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How Europe’s Youth Are Leading Sustainable Food Solutions
Europe: Europe’s food system is being transformed, with young innovators leading the charge in tackling sustainability and food waste challenges.
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Biofortification: Future Challenges for a Newly Emerging Technology to Improve Nutrition Security Sustainably
Global: Although substantial progress has been made, biofortification is not yet tightly woven into food systems for improving nutrition and health.
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Food Systems Innovations to Watch in 2025
Global: From developing crops with deep roots to fungi-enhanced soil health and lightning-inspired nitrogen fixation, emerging food systems innovations are helping to shape a more resilient future for food production.
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How Geospatial Technology Can Advance the Global Food Security Agenda
Global: Geospatial technology is making big impacts in agriculture, offering real-time satellite data for farmers and policymakers to monitor, manage and plan around crop and animal health.
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