Even as the planet’s population continues to grow apace, its forests are being cut down to make way for more grazing land, more farmland and more development. Forests are finite resources and once they are gone they are gone for good. That is why halting deforestation worldwide is a high […]

Asia-Pacific’s smallholder family farmers produce most of the world’s food, yet they are facing a disproportionate impact on their livelihoods and food security due to the present coronavirus pandemic, a collaboration of FAO and advocacy groups warned today. The COVID-19 impact on the region’s rural communities, and particularly those in […]

How Did We Get Here? Business leaders are grappling with challenges which are unprecedented and which have not been witnessed on such a global scale previously. As COVID-19 spreads across the world, governments reacted by imposing restrictions on movement of people and goods. Where implemented robustly, these lockdowns and stay-at-home […]

Jul 30, 2020 – 10:00 am to 11:00 am CST Webinar Food Security Food Systems Health Nutrition Poverty INCAP presentará traducción autorizada de The Lancet sobre Doble Carga de la Malnutrición Marie Ruel, directora de la División de Pobreza, Salud y Nutrición del IFPRI esta participando en el Seminario web de […]

Country: Somalia Source: World Health Organization A joint analysis of WHO and UNICEF country offices shows that by end-June, an estimated 108,000 under-one-year-olds in Somalia might have missed out on their first dose of measles vaccines.

Japanese fighter pilot Lt. Col. Takamichi Shirota says his country is under increasing pressure from the air. Analysts say it’s a pressure faced by few other nations.

Hong Kong will make wearing masks in public compulsory and limit gatherings to no more than two people as officials in the city grapple with a rising surge in coronavirus infections.