UN: farmers must produce 70% more food by 2050 to feed population
Associated Press
A quarter of farmland is highly degraded, according to the first report into the state of the world's land resources
Associated Press
A quarter of farmland is highly degraded, according to the first report into the state of the world's land resources
The threat posed to crop production by plant pests and diseases is one the key factors that could lead to "a perfect storm" that threatens to destabilise global food security.
Fiona Harvey
Group of leading scientists urge investment in sustainable agriculture to solve hunger crisis and reduce global warming
Damian Carrington
Droughts and rising sea levels could reverse efforts to improve living conditions of world's poorest people, report warns
Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The world's governments and relief agencies need to plan now to resettle millions of people expected to be displaced by climate change, an international panel of experts said on Thursday.
reuters // Reuters
LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Earth's natural resources like food, water and forests are being depleted at an alarming speed, causing hunger, conflict, social unrest and species extinction, experts at a climate and health conference in London warned on Monday.
Darci Palmquist
JUSTIN GILLIS
Trying to tap into the best thinking about the future of global agriculture, as I have tried to do in my work as a reporter, can be an exercise in frustration. Many groups and many bright people go at the problem, but not many of them go at it in a holistic way.
At the beginning of presentations introducing The Hunger Project (THP), we often address the difference between chronic hunger and famine.
Deborah Zabarenko
* More food possible without water crisis, experts say
* Africa has greatest potential for improvement
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent