Water

Since 2019, Lebanon has been experiencing a severe economic crisis while simultaneously hosting approximately 1.5 million refugees from Syria. Access to clean drinking water for all is not guaranteed, exacerbating…

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Food security

The proportion of people facing acute food insecurity has remained high for four years in a row, according to a new report. Figures are significantly above pre-pandemic levels.

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Plant breeding

With climate change threatening coffee cultivation, an international research team under the lead of Nestlé plant scientists are exploring how advanced data science and artificial intelligence can be leveraged to help…

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Food crisis

Hunger and malnutrition in West and Central Africa are alarmingly high, and prospects for the coming month are grim. FAO, UNICEF, and WFP urgently call to implement sustainable solutions that bolster food security,…

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Tourism

The Germany-based Institute for Tourism and Development has been allocating the TO DO Award for Socially Responsible Tourism for 29 years. This year, the award goes to Ecuador and India.

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Deforestation

New data shows that political leadership and strong policies work in reducing forest loss, yet the world remains off track to meet 2030 forest goals. In 2023, the tropics lost 3.7 million hectares of primary forest.

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Biodiversity

Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds limiting their…

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Nutrition

This compendium identifies 100 underutilised crops that have the potential to provide dietary nutrients to various African communities.

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Plant breeding

The voting in the European Parliament in April on the new EU seed market legislation will have an impact whether the legislation can be considered as a positive contribution to the 20th anniversary of the voluntary…

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Climate change

Rising temperatures could drive food inflation up by 3.2 percentage points and overall inflation by 1.18 percentage points annually by 2035, according to a new study by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)…

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