Country: Yemen Source: International Organization for Migration From 30 March to 18 July, IOM recorded more than 10,000 people moving due to COVID-19, most typically down to fears of contracting the virus, the impact on services and the worsening economic crisis.

Birds nesting on the ground across farmlands in Europe often face a singular threat: plows and other agricultural tools. Each spring numerous breeding farmland birds fall victim to agricultural activities as people fail to spot them in time before destroying their nests by accident. Yet science can come to the […]

Issue Post July 20, 2020 How India’s agrifood supply chains fared during the COVID-19 lockdown, from farm to fork Sudha Narayanan Food systems have proven more resilient than many expected, but vulnerable populations still need help.

Countries: Colombia, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Source: HelpAge International According to a survey of the region – carried out by HelpAge in January – 84% of the 5,000 older migrants most at risk have no handwashing facilities and 78% have no access to safe drinking water.

There’s been much talk of climate change for years, yet for most people it still remains an abstract concept. That is because most of us have been spared its most devastating consequences. So far, that is. In one manifestation of a warming planet billions of people could soon be exposed […]