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Science, technology, and innovation can play key roles in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, however, investment is needed to develop innovations and roll them out widely. Devex in its report about a recent roundtable discussion in Nairobi moderated by The Economist, cites CGIAR’s leadership who made a case for agri-food innovations and the need for increased financing to […]

Making markets work for the poor.

Challenges and opportunities for women to engage in more profitable work.

Scrubs Magazine writes in an article that bees are dying and that’s bad news for our health. These vastly important insects pollinate crops to increase the world’s supply of healthy fruits, vegetables, and nuts. New research shows that the bee population is on the decline due to changes in land use, harmful pesticides, and the […]

The EU resolved a fight by agreeing to ease curbs on Russian fertilizer exports as part of a new sanctions package on Thursday, drawing a rebuke from Ukraine, Politico (Europe) reports. Both Russia and Western European leaders say their goal is to save Africa from famine. Fertilizer prices have risen by 199 percent since May 2020, according […]

U.S. News & World Report features the new study analyzing consequences on pollination loss on human health by Harvard University, IFPRI, and other institutions.  Bees, in their role as master pollinators, increase crop yields, leading to more production of healthy fruits, vegetables, and nuts. But new research claims that the challenges these important insects face from […]

Food Ingredients First reports on the new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives that explores the relationship between pollination and healthy diets. Health effects from global environmental changes are most eminent in the world’s poorest populations, such as South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the study showed that the most considerable burden fell on middle-income countries […]

Michigan State University News published an article stating that the Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI), a buy-in of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI), continues to build global momentum as it expands beyond the original partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC). CACCI announced at its COP27 […]

Forman Lecture; Pollinator Deficit; Ag Cooperatives; & more

Research links high food prices to wasting and stunting.

In an extended interview with the SDG2 Advocacy Hub, David Laborde, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute discussed trends for 2023 as it relates to the global food crisis. Laborde identifies areas for both optimism and pessimism in 2023 and calls for solidarity, leadership, and systems reform to address the […]

Increased funding was pledged for climate adaptation at COP27, but it is still nowhere near what is required and is being carried out in silos, Anushiya J and Indu K Murthy from the Center for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy (CSTEP), India, write in an op-ed published by The Third Pole.  “This year, the International Food Policy […]

Based on crop yields in 2020, the world produces 3 percent to 5 percent less fruit, vegetables, and nuts than it could with robust wild pollinator populations writes Harvard Gazette. While that number may seem small, it translates into an estimated 427,000 lives lost each year from insufficient healthy food consumption and associated diseases, including heart […]

Rice prices are going up, hitting ordinary Myanmar consumers, but smallholder farmers must still contend with higher costs of fertilizer and diesel, writes Frontier Myanmar, quoting IFPRI research on the matter.  “Local knowledge is backed up by international reports.  The International Food Policy Research Institute, a United States-based non-profit research center, says Myanmar’s rice productivity […]

A satellite-based analysis indicates that nearly 27 million tons of wheat were harvested from Ukraine’s farms this year, but the country won’t reap all of the benefits, SciTechDaily reports. The Russian invasion of Ukraine had fueled widespread concern about the effects on the country’s farming sector. In the early days of the crisis, food security […]

Council on Foreign Relations highlights in charts and graphs some of the most pressing trends to follow in 2023, including the Asia-Pacific’s arms race, the changing relationship between India and Russia, and worsening brain drain in sub-Saharan Africa. Over 820 million people—more than 10 percent of the world’s population—go to bed hungry each night. Today’s […]

Boston, MA, USA: Inadequate pollination has led to a 3-5% loss of fruit, vegetable, and nut production and an estimated 427,000 excess deaths annually from lost healthy food consumption and associated diseases, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and certain cancers, according to research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, published on December […]

Milenio (Mexico) analyses why high prices are expected to remain above pre-pandemic levels. Climate change and the war in Ukraine will keep food prices much higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic, despite signs of moderation in global commodity markets, warn economists and agriculture experts. Wholesale food prices have stabilized in recent months, raising hopes that […]

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