The Covid-19 pandemic has made online shopping all the more appealing to millions of people, yet the practice often comes with plenty of extra waste, especially plastic. Some online shopping services want to do something about that by helping customers wean themselves off single-use plastic products in favor of reusable ones. […]

Country: South Sudan Sources: World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations WFP and FAO are concerned that the violence has halted farming, which will slash harvests for the rest of the year as well as depriving communities of livestock as a source of nutrition.

Netflix missed an opportunity to challenge a social system fraught with cultural biases, and also educate a global audience on important nuances. In Sima Taparia, the show found a regressive anchor who merely peddles flawed practices.

Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, recently introduced the Maritime Transportation System Emergency Relief Act (Maritime Relief Act). The bill could be become law later this year, as the Maritime Relief Act was added to the House National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for […]

Issue Post July 22, 2020 Making food system value chains inclusive for smallholders and rural people Rob Vos Khiem Nguyen Expanding agrifood value chains are creating huge opportunities for greater inclusion of rural people in processing, transport, and retail. From IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report.