Issue Post April 21, 2021 COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation Johan Swinnen John McDermott Creative pandemic responses have created an opportunity for real structural change.

Country: Sudan Source: World Food Programme Given the resurgent violence, a durable solution is more urgent than ever. Having been displaced multiple times, IDPs know that emergency food aid is not enough — lasting peace is the only solution.

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A Pacific Island country has banned outward travel from its main island for three days after a body washed ashore that later tested positive for Covid-19, Radio New Zealand has reported.

The last remaining exemption for owner-occupier construction contracts from the operation of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (SOP Act) was repealed on 1 March 2021. Contractors under owner-occupier residential construction projects will be entitled to make claims for payment under the SOP Act, including […]

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, 80 billion pounds of food is wasted each year, which translates into some $161 billion spent on wasted food annually. Yet many people don’t necessarily make the connection between food waste and how it’s central to some of the key environmental and ethical […]

Apr 14, 2021 In the News Global COVID-19 has pushed half of India’s poor away from nutritious food: report (Indian Express) COVID-19 Food Systems Covid-19 has pushed half of India’s poor away from nutritious food: report (Indian Express)  April 14  Indian Express published an article detailing the findings in the 2021 Global Food Policy […]