Country: World Source: UN Human Rights Council The increasing impact of violence in food systems, crops, and livelihoods has in part been caused by political failures. Political action must take place in order to address the issue.

Photo: Pixabay/Quangpraha Less rainfall and fewer forests across the tropics are increasingly a fact of life for millions of people in the torrid region, yet the two environmental hazards are more closely linked than widely assumed. The loss of tree cover in the tropics is likely leading to reductions in […]

Global agriculture contends with major disruptions.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), to enhance their collaboration to build more sustainable and resilient food systems for the benefit of all in the Pacific Islands. The agreement’s […]

What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less While ethylene oxide (EO) has long been subject to federal regulation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently sharpened its focus on EO emissions. Despite publishing its plans to address EO,1 the EPA’s priorities have nonetheless shifted over time. […]

Country: Malawi Source: UN Children’s Fund “Combine this with the ongoing annual lean season – when millions of Malawians are expected to be food insecure – and children are suffering most as a result of this crisis,” said children’s agency.

The Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Laurent Thomas, today visited the Natawarau fishing community in Ba, Fiji to present fishing families with Fish Aggregating Devices (known as FADs) used to enhance nearshore fisheries. The FAD materials were presented to the Natawarau Fisherman […]