Issue Post June 10, 2021 Smallholder and agrifood SME resilience to shocks: Lessons from COVID-19 for the UN Food System Summit Thomas Reardon Johan Swinnen Rob Vos Farmers and small businesses show both vulnerabilities and a capacity to adapt.
Read MoreCountry: Ethiopia Sources: World Food Programme, UN Children’s Fund, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The latest IPC report states that 350,000 people are already facing catastrophic conditions in Tigray. This is the highest number of people classified in IPC 5 in a single country in the past […]
Read MoreRekayasa cuaca atau operasi Teknologi Modifkasi Cuaca (TMC) mulai dioperasikan untuk pencegahan kebakaran hutan dan lahan (karhutla) di Provinsi Sumatera Selatan dan Jambi. “Dengan tidak adanya kebakaran hutan dan lahan …
Read MoreMusah Razark Adams, 13, (r) shows the sling shot that he uses to hit birds with when he works in a local rice field. Adams and his brother, Seidu, 15, (l) work to so that they can pay for school materials. A new report on child labour shows that global […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with corruption by the country’s military junta, state media reported Thursday, adding to a raft of legal cases against the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Read MoreIn recent years, the International Chamber of Commerce (the ICC) has turned its attention to the preparation and testing of fact witness evidence in international arbitration and enlisted the help of a task force to investigate whether fact witness evidence is fit for purpose (the Task Force). The work of […]
Read MoreGlobal warming is a severe problem affecting the environment worldwide, primarily due to the excessive consumption of fossil fuels for transportation, which accounts for a fifth of global carbon emissions. As a result, many environmentally conscious people are looking for sustainable alternatives to replace fossil fuels. Enter electric bikes. They […]
Read MoreUN officials say they are worried that the achievements in the HIV/AIDS response are uneven and the most vulnerable are at highest risk. They say the new targets are urgently needed. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS By Alison KentishUNITED NATIONS, Jun 9 2021 (IPS) World leaders, those on the frontlines of the […]
Read MoreBunga bangkai (Amorpophallus titanium) mekar sempurna ditemukan di Desa Namo Suro Baru, Kabupaten Deli Serdang, Sumatera Utara. “Penemuan bunga bangkai tersebut bertepatan dengan peringatan Hari Lingkungan Hidup …
Read MoreEvent Post June 9, 2021 2021 China and Global Agricultural Policy Forum: Food systems transformation from diets to policies Qiyun Huang Pondering the future of China’s and the world’s agrifood systems.
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