Former top USDA Economist: Suspend the RFS biodiesel mandate (Pro-farmer – Policy Updates)  Apr 7, 2022 Mar 25, 2022 pfowlkes Thu, 04/07/2022 – 11:36 Former top USDA Economist: Suspend the RFS biodiesel mandate (Pro-farmer – Policy Updates)  Former top USDA Economist: Suspend the RFS biodiesel mandate (Pro-farmer – Policy Updates)  […]

There’s been some progress on pesticide use in the United States, including a ban on chlorpyrifos that followed the European Union‘s decision to end its use in 2020. Yet more than 70% of the nonorganic strawberries, greens and other produce sold in the U.S. are still tainted by pesticide chemicals […]

Countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, Yemen Source: UN Children’s Fund The ripple effect of the war in Ukraine is compounding the impacts of two long years of COVID-19 on economies, employment and poverty in the MENA region, where more than 90% of food is imported.

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Since the early hours of 6 April, fighting has resumed between the Congolese army and suspected M23 fighters. Humanitarian partners hope to distribute the aid as soon as the security situation permits.

Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG) memprakirakan sejumlah kawasan di Provinsi Kalimantan Timur mengalami hujan lebat yang dapat disertai petir dan angin kencang berdurasi singkat pada Kamis-Jumat …

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is likely to compound Sudan’s existing food security problems Apr 6, 2022 jmcquaid Wed, 04/06/2022 – 09:00 The Russia-Ukraine conflict is likely to compound Sudan’s existing food security problems Clemens Breisinger Oliver Kirui Paul Dorosh Joseph Glauber David Laborde Chronic economic disruptions meet the market impacts of […]

Photo: Pixabay/Michelle_Raponi The recent “absurd” temperature record in the Earth’s polar regions – with temperatures up to 40°C above seasonal norms in Antarctica, and between 20°C and 30°C above normal in Arctic locales—shows that climate change is gathering pace. Such extreme weather events are expected to continue increasing in frequency, […]

Sri Lanka, an island nation of 22 million, is facing an economic and political crisis, with protesters taking to the streets in defiance of curfews and government ministers stepping down en masse.

An Indonesian court handed down a death sentence on Monday to a teacher for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school, upholding an appeal by prosecutors for the death penalty after he had initially received a sentence of life in prison.