Content Type: News
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 More122 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 MoreInvasive 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 MoreLargest 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 MorePlanting 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 MoreNew 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 MoreCOP27 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 MoreBorlaug 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 MoreHaiti’s Farmers Showcase Resilience in the Face of Covid-19 Pandemic
Latin America & the Caribbean: How Haiti’s smallholder farmers defied the Covid-19 pandemic to continue to produce and export goods, thanks to long-term investment in food systems.
Read MoreFood Security High on G7 Agenda as Impacts from Climate, COVID-19 and Conflict Grow
Global: Food security and the G7 as impacts from climate, Covid-19 and conflict are on the rise.
Read MoreThe Malabo Montpellier Panel Forum Explores How Nature-Based Innovation is Propelling Africa’s Bioeconomy
Africa & Middle East: Reflections from the 10th Malabo Montpellier Forum on how nature-based innovation is propelling Africa's bioeconomy.
Read MoreNature-Based Solutions at UNEA-5.2
Global: Nature-based solutions were one of the main topics at the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) in Nairobi. One of the key outcomes from the fifth session was a resolution focused on nature-based solutions.
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