Content Type: News
World Food Prize Foundation Announces Recipient of the 2023 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
Global: Dr Swati Nayak is being recognised for her innovative approach to engaging farmers in demand-driven rice seed systems.
Read More
Kenyan Farmers Tap into the International Carbon Market
Africa & Middle East: A new programme from Farm Africa is helping farmers connect to international carbon markets.
Read More
New Career Progression Website Launches to Help Agriculture Professionals
Global: A new Skills for Agriculture website has been launched by CABI to help the career progression of professionals working in agriculture.
Read More
Science, Technology and Innovation Approaches Paving the Way Forward for Food Systems Transformation
Global: UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment recognised the importance of science, technology and innovation approaches as evidence-based guides to shape national and sub-national food systems transformation.
Read More
Ambitious Global $1 Billion Per Year ‘Mission Science’ Model Needed to Win on Sustainable Development in Time, Warn Experts
Global: The new International Science Council report argues that global science and science funding efforts must be fundamentally redesigned and scaled up to meet the complex needs of humanity and the planet.
Read More
122 Million More People Pushed into Hunger since 2019 due to Multiple Crises, Reveals UN Report
Global: Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019.
Read More
Invasive Non-native Species Cost UK Economy an Estimated £4 Billion a Year, New CABI-led Study Reveals
Europe: CABI scientists found that invasive non-native species (INNS) cost the UK economy an estimated £4 billion a year, a 135 per cent increase in comparable costs since 2010.
Read More
Largest Seed Sector Congress in the Southern Hemisphere Takes Place in Cape Town, South Africa
Global: Seed industry professionals from all over the world gathered for the historic ISF World Seed Congress to find solutions to current challenges.
Read More
Planting the Roots of Peace: Humanitarian Heidi Kühn Wins 2023 World Food Prize for Restoring Agriculture to De-Mined Land in Former War Zones
Global: Heidi Kühn of the United States will receive the 2023 World Food Prize for her farmer-focused development model that revitalizes farmland, food security, livelihoods, and resilience after devastating conflict.
Read More
New Malabo Montpellier Panel Report: Climate-proofing Africa’s food systems needs new and reimagined financing models to meet $41.3 billion adaptation cost
Africa & Middle East: African governments will need to tap into all domestic and global sources of adaptation finance to meet a shortfall of more than $40 billion to climate-proof food systems, according to the Malabo Montpellier Panel.
Read More
COP27 Brief: Dialogues and commitments at the intersection of agriculture and climate
Global: World leaders gathered in Egypt from 6-18 November for the COP27 climate conference, where a number of sessions and dialogues were held to discuss the intersection of agriculture and climate change, among other topics.
Read More
Borlaug Dialogues Round-up: A better way to feed the world
Global: After a day orienting food security experts from around the world on the interconnected challenges of climate change, COVID-19, global conflict and more, the second day of the Borlaug Dialogue began to delve deeper into the agricultural development landscape with a keynote speech from Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Read More