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Initiatives to curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing are underway as the government seeks to comply with international laws.

When ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro came to power in January 2019, one of his first acts in office was to abolish the National Food and Nutrition Security Council (Consea), a globally lauded body that had reduced food insecurity. It was a huge step back for the country, which the UN…

Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis further worsens. Read further on Dynamite News:

Inflation driven by economic instability, fallout from war in Ukraine and COVID have made jollof rice an expensive meal.

The Hindu explains what the nutritive content of millets is, where in the grain they are stored, and how they are affected by post-harvest processes like milling and polishing.

With 20m people at the highest risk of famine for 25 years, farmers are desperately trying to kill the pests before vast swarms form

A resistant fungus which wilts banana and plantain plants and infects soil could worsen the food crisis in Venezuela, where 6.5 million people already suffer hunger, growers groups and a United Nations agency say.

SINGAPORE: Asia's rice output is set to climb this year as higher prices spur farmers to expand acreage and use more fertiliser, easing supply concerns after production suffered its first decline in seven years in 2022.

Nutrients are especially critical for children, pregnant people and older adults.

A Masters of Beef Advocacy program teaches ‘scientific sounding’ arguments on cattle’s sustainability in an all-out public relations war

Fourth year in a row in which number of people facing food crises increased substantially