Innovations and other efforts to maximize food preservation from farm to fork.
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/MrsBrown Tropical forests are often referred to as the “lungs of the world”, describing the way their trees exchange gases with the atmosphere. By “breathing in” carbon dioxide and “breathing out” oxygen during photosynthesis, tropical forests remove about 15% of man-made carbon emissions and help to slow climate change. This is […]
Read MoreOn Friday, 24 March 2023, the Washington Supreme Court upheld the state’s capital gains tax (the WA CGT) in a 7–2 decision, bringing an end to months of uncertainty as a suit to challenge the new tax worked its way through the state’s court system. This decision from Washington’s highest […]
Read MoreAn invasive species of fish was the culinary star of an unusual fundraising event that brought some 500 people out to the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) a few weeks ago, in an effort to introduce more people to the edible lionfish. Ten restaurants on the Atlantic Ocean island […]
Read MoreBy Andrew Firmin and Inés M. PousadelaLONDON / MONTEVIDEO, Mar 29 2023 (IPS) Brave protests against women’s second-class status in Iran; the mass defence of economic rights in the face of a unilateral presidential decision in France; huge mobilisations to resist government plans to weaken the courts in Israel: all […]
Read MoreThe Nation (Nigeria), in a report about forecasts of severe food shortages due to shocks on food systems, writes that several multi-stakeholder dialogues have been convened to facilitate the sharing of good practices, innovations, and advocate actions to ensure smallholder farmers have access to fertilizer to safeguard their food and nutrition security.
Read MoreCountries: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico (The United States of America), United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), World Source: International Organization for Migration Thousands of people are dying crossing deserts, rivers and remote areas in the Americas – IOM Missing Migrants documented 1,433 deaths in […]
Read MoreThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, has outlined the Commission’s ambitious compliance and enforcement priorities for 2023-24. IN BRIEF Ms. Cass-Gottlieb highlighted that cost of living pressures, including claims around the pricing of essential services, were among some of the key factors informing the priorities. Also […]
Read MoreThe objective of this workshop was to formally launch the “Food Systems” project and develop a work plan for the upcoming period of activities. To achieve this, the workshop first presented the project’s objectives, methodology, project cycles, and expectations. It also covered the main findings of the stocktaking report, which […]
Read MoreBy SWANPARIS, Mar 28 2023 (IPS) It’s a new direction for UNESCO, getting involved in movies, so to speak. The United Nations’ cultural agency and Netflix – the global streaming and production company – have partnered to “support” and “promote” Africa’s new generation of filmmakers, and the results will be revealed […]
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