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‘Not just a museum’: Kenya’s seed bank offers unexpected lifeline for farmers

Set up to conserve traditional seeds, the Genetic Resources Research Institute is now helping smallholders diversify with crops resilient to the rapid changes in climate

The Guardian - UK

Scientists criticise UN agency’s failure to withdraw livestock emissions report

Academics say there has been no serious response from FAO to their complaints of ‘serious distortions’ in report

The Guardian - UK

More than 200 inmates escape Nigerian prison in aftermath of flooding

Prisoners fled when the walls of their jail collapsed in the country’s worst flooding in two decades

The Guardian - UK

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Will eating insects save the planet?

Eating insects may be healthier, cheaper and better for the environment than eating meat – what’s not to like?

Al Jazeera

Climate change's impact on hunger

"Hunger and food insecurity are no longer merely benchmarks of public health. They are symptoms of a warming world"

Salon

Singapore has approved 16 insects to eat as food: here’s everything you need to know

From fried silk worm pupa to protein bars packed with ground mealworm, Singapore’s long list of edible insects could be a sign of things to come

The Guardian - AU

The importance of food in climate talks

"At the G7 summit and Bonn climate conference, world leaders failed to discuss "the cow in the room"

Salon

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What exactly is aquaculture?

"Both aquaculture and fisheries have environmental and climate impacts — and they overlap more than you'd think"

Salon

The UN says more aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022. That's the first time in history

The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever

The Independent UK

Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows

The African country accounted for two-thirds of the additional 13.5m people needing urgent help as displacement drove food insecurity globally

The Guardian - UK

UN livestock emissions report seriously distorted our work, say experts

Exclusive: Study released at Cop28 misused research to underestimate impact of cutting meat eating, say academics

The Guardian - UK

As El Niño starts flip to La Niña, Latin America asked to be on alert

Latin American nations must be on high alert as the weather phenomenon known as El Nino rapidly switches over to La Nina, experts said

The Hindu

US meat lobby delighted at ‘positive’ prospects for industry after Cop28

Livestock bosses ‘enthusiastic’ about summit, while critics condemn vague language around meat and dairy consumption

The Guardian - UK

World Food Prices Rise For First Time In 7 Months: FAO

Global food prices rose in March, the first increase since July, pulled higher by cooking oil prices despite the cost of grains continuing to ease, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization said Friday.

International Business Times

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Al Jazeera

Sudan slips into famine as warring sides starve civilians

Without online remittances, soaring prices and cereal production cut, Sudan is in the middle of a humanitarian disaster.

Radio France Internationale

Experts fault UN climate plan for overlooking 'obvious' need to eat less meat

A UN roadmap to reform the world’s food systems – which account for a third of carbon emissions – has been criticised by experts who say it lacks transparency and fails to properly address the crucial need to reduce meat consumption.

Radio France Internationale

US warns Gaza facing 'acute food insecurity' as UN declares famine 'imminent'

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the entire population of Gaza is experiencing 'severe levels of acute food insecurity', as the UN food agency has declared famine is imminent in the enclave, underscoring the urgency for increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid to people starving in the territory.

The Guardian - UK

‘Bewildering’ to omit meat-eating reduction from UN climate plan

Academic experts also criticise UN Food and Agriculture Organization for dismissing alternative proteins

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The Guardian - UK

Financial toll of climate crisis hitting women harder, UN says

Rural households led by women lose about 8% more income to heat stress than male-led families, data shows

International Business Times

Criteria UN Will Use To Declare Expected 'Famine' In Gaza

The UN, which has warned of "almost inevitable" widespread starvation in northern Gaza, uses strict criteria to declare a famine.

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Food Prices Plummet Despite Global Food Insecurity Challenges

In a surprising turn of events, global food commodity prices fell last year, despite the difficult circumstances surrounding food security worldwide. The U...

The Independent UK

Global food prices declined from record highs in 2022, the UN says. Except for these two staples

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oil fell last year from record highs in 2022

WEKU

How Mexico City's biggest wholesale market is combating food waste

Since 2020, the 800-acre Central de Abastos market has reduced daily food waste by 24% and delivered almost 800 tons of unsold food to soup kitchens.

Al Jazeera

Kenyan farmers battle toxic legacy of locust plague three years on

Experts say multiple errors were made in a UN-coordinated campaign to tackle the locust invasion in Kenya.

The Guardian - US

‘Food is finally on the table’: Cop28 addressed agriculture in a real way

Roughly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions are due to food systems, but Cop had avoided agreements until now

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