Approximately 1.7 billion people live in areas where crop yields are falling because of human-induced land degradation – a pervasive and silent crisis that is undermining agricultural productivity and…
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An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7…
In low-income and lower-middle-income countries, the number of people unable to afford healthy diets grew from 2019 to 2022
If current trends continue, about 582 million people will be chronically undernourished in 2030, half of them in Africa
Disruptions caused by climate change increase the cost of doing business, undermine competitiveness and dampen employment growth. These disruptions result in lower tax revenue and increased expenditure on disaster relief, health care and social support for affected communities
Millions of Sudanese people remain displaced with a large number of children among those who fled from their homes to various transit centres following the…
It is early morning, and Michael Lokuru Kuri is taking his cattle out to graze as he does every day when the sun rises, to…
“We must stop taking water for granted,” Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General Dr Qu Dongyu warned at the recent two-day Rome Water Dialogue, the…
IN his 30 years as a farmer, Illeperuma Arachchilage Rathnayake, or Rathnayake as he’s known in his village, struggled to unlock the full potential of…
Previously, the process of obtaining organic certification seemed insurmountable for these farmers, but through the PGS program, they are now able to contribute to the organic farming movement and reap the benefits of certification that were once unattainable.