What Local Food Challenges and Choices Across Vietnam Reveal About a Global Push for Food Systems Transformation

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Fruit stalls at a local market in Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Shutterstock. By Tuyen HuynhHANOI, Apr 20 2023 (IPS) This month Nature spotlighted three insightful new studies chronicling food-related challenges from a global perspective. One presented worrisome new data on the global rise in the prevalence of diabetes, high blood pressure […]

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Lifesaving vaccines for children destroyed in power outages amid Sudan violence

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Country: Sudan Source: Save the Children Cold chain storage facilities for lifesaving vaccines, as well as the national stock of insulin and several antibiotics, have been destroyed, putting millions of children at risk of disease.

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Boosting Small Island Developing States’ ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today announced the launch of a new $5 million project supported by the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme  to assist Small Island Developing States (SIDS) strengthen their capacities and tackle common development challenges. The project, announced at the Fourth SIDS Solutions […]

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Brutally cold winter leaves 80,000 children needing aid in Mongolia

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Country: Mongolia Source: Save the Children Around 213,000 people need humanitarian aid as 13 of Mongolia’s 21 provinces are experiencing a dzud, which has killed livestock and affected the livelihoods of nearly 200,000 households.

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Illegal pangolin widely used in China’s hospitals, pharmacies

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The pangolin found in Africa and Asia are among the most threatened species on the planet, and much of their decline in numbers is linked to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). A new study details how widely available these pangolin products are in the hospitals and pharmaceutical shops of two Chinese […]

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Global Solidarity Needed to Address Taliban’s Attacks on Women’s Rights

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Matiullah Wesa worked with community and tribal leaders in remote areas in Afghanistan to advocate for education and bring learning closer to communities. By David KodeJOHANNESBURG, Apr 19 2023 (IPS) Matiullah Wesa’s crime was to try to ensure young people got an education in Afghanistan. His recent forceful abduction by […]

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FAO Status of Women in Agrifood Systems report: Reflecting on a decade of measuring progress in women’s empowerment

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A better understanding of changing gender dynamics in agriculture and beyond.

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Litigation Minute: Pennsylvania and Florida Emerge as Fertile Ground for Session Replay Litigation

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What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less While session replay class-actions are not new, a recent change in law has triggered a surge of lawsuits in Pennsylvania. The claims raise significant questions about the scope of wiretapping statutes, consent, and jurisdiction.  In a minute or less, here […]

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K&L Gates Releases Updated Marketing and Advertising Checklist for Investment Industry

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Boston – Members of K&L Gates LLP’s Asset Management and Investment Funds (AMIF) practice have developed and updated the firm’s comprehensive Marketing & Advertising Checklist for investment professionals. In the United States, the marketing practices of investment advisers and broker-dealers may be governed by different—and sometimes conflicting—rules and requirements, including […]

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Training Workshop: Food Policy Analysis Using Multi-Market Partial Equilibrium Modeling

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Event: May 2, 2023 – 9:00 AM to May 4, 2023 – 5:00 PM EDT. IFPRI-Sudan is organizing a capacity building workshop on food policy analysis using multi-market partial equilibrium modeling. This three-day training event will be held at the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) in Khartoum, Sudan and […]

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