Masks: cows too
30 April 2020Agriculture is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases after fossil fuels. Half of its environmental footprint is due to gas emissions from livestock farming. This state of affairs is.
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Towards a worsening of the food crisis
29 April 2020The COVID-19 crisis will double the number of people suffering from a food crisis to 265 million, according to an estimate by the United Nations Food Programme (WFP). The 55.
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Russia is putting a damper on the wheat market
28 April 2020Russia has announced a suspension of exports of wheat, barley, maize and rye until 1 July to protect its domestic market from shortages due to the coronavirus crisis. The export.
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Massive destruction of food in the United States
24 April 2020In Wisconsin and Ohio, farmers dump thousands of litres of fresh milk into lagoons and manure pits. A farmer in Idaho dug huge ditches to bury a million pounds of.
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Locusts threaten African agriculture
23 April 2020Global locust damage could cost $8.5 billion, according to the World Bank, if swift action is not taken to control the invasion. Currently, locust swarms have already affected 23 countries.
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Lockdowns threatens crop pollination
22 April 2020Containment and quarantine measures and border closures, by restricting the movement of bees, are likely to have an impact on global agricultural production. Indeed, farmers’ crops depend on bees to.
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Food vulnerability in the Gulf States
21 April 2020The coronavirus crisis reveals one of the Gulf States’ greatest vulnerabilities: they import 90% of their food while global food chains are disrupted. The beginning of Ramadan, a holiday during.
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UN Development Programme to measure tech with impact in agrifood
20 April 2020Having received nearly 500 entries from startups and academic R&D teams across the globe, applicants to the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP’s) Cultiv@te challenge have now been shortlisted down to 55..
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10.6 million acres of illegal farms in Ukraine
16 April 2020Ukraine is one of the world’s top grain producers. The Eastern European country earned the nickname “Europe’s breadbasket.” Just how extensive Ukraine’s farmland is has only recently come to light,.
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UN organizations fear a risk of food shortages in most vulnerable countries
15 April 2020The coronavirus pandemic poses a real risk of food shortages on the world market, according to the FAO, WHO and WTO. The UN organisations fear a wave of stock retention.
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