The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has donated critical medical supplies to the Chinese government to support its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, two batches of supplies were sent from Beijing and Shanghai to Wuhan – the epicenter of the outbreak in Hubei Province – on 12 and 13 March. As of 12 March, in Hubei Province, there were still more than 13,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 patients receiving hospital treatment. The medical supplies, which include non-invasive ventilators, […]

Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: UN News Service Although a fragile ceasefire agreed in northwest Syria is still holding, UN humanitarians warn of dire conditions for hundreds of thousands of civilians displaced by conflict, now in its tenth year.

Mar 9, 2020 In the News Green Revolution 2.0 (Medium) Agriculture Production Climate Change Medium published an article on feeding humanity as the climate changes will require crops that are more productive, hardy, and diverse than ever. Senior Research Fellow Keith Wiebe discussed nurturing “orphan crops.” He stated,  “The big […]

As the novel coronavirus began spreading around the world this year, one common refrain from skeptics of the emergency measures being put in place to stop the outbreak was that it was just like the flu — dangerous to sensitive groups but routine and not something to get into lockdown […]

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