A recent Lancet study regards dietary factors to be amongst the biggest risk factors for death and disability in India.
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In late 2017 and early 2018, Zambia’s capital of Lusaka faced a widening cholera epidemic. In response the country’s President Edgar Lungu called in police and the military to raze makeshift food stalls in the city.
U.S. agricultural producers have been hard hit by China, Mexico, Canada and other countries who have imposed tariffs against U.S.
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Protect our food. Fund the seed
Extreme weather events and other climate change-linked disasters have devastated communities globally: be it cyclones along the coast of Southern Africa, flooding in parts of Canada, drought-induced wildfires in California, or the recent El Niño (
Today, the global food system finds itself facing major challenges.
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Don't miss the Bimstec bus
Food systems are comprised of the many elements that add up to the ways people get their food – the farms where food is produced, the businesses that process food into products, the markets and restaurants where it is sold and consumed, the polici
The first decade of the 21st century marked a new beginning for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After the signing of a peace treaty in 2002, the country re-connected with the world to engage in post-conflict reconstruction.
Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique, in mid-March with torrential rains and winds of more than 190 km per hour. It took days for the sheer size of the resulting disaster to be understood.
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The Emperor’s new NAFTA
On September 30, 2018, the United States and Canada announced they had reached an accord in their renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Extension agencies globally face the twin challenges of limited finances and manpower. However, some extension agencies manage these challenges and achieve larger impacts by converging their efforts with others.
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Do agri bodies give farmers a boost?
A workshop, jointly hosted by the British Nutrition Foundation, HarvestPlus and the UK government’s Department for International Development, was held in May 2018 in London to discuss the potential of introducing biofortified foods into the UK mar
We traced the impact of the recent price declines and considered what policy options were available to the Nigerian authorities to come up with counter measures.
Continued exposure to air pollution lowers human intelligence, with the effects becoming more pronounced with age. (The Telegraph)