Country: World Source: Save the Children With malaria set to rise to levels of 20 years ago, an estimated 265 million younger children out of school and rising food insecurity, the pandemic is expected to have a long term impact on children.

Jun 4, 2020 In the News Global Africa Johan Swinnen, Director of the International Food Policy Research Institute: Take powerful measures to deal with the global increase in poverty and hunger (Sohu.com)  Poverty Health Food Systems Sohu.com reported on reported on the Beijing launch of IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report. Director General Johan Swinnen was quoted in the […]

As the world continues to ease lockdown measures, opportunities abound for the first wave of intrepid travelers who are willing — and legally able — to hit the road again.

The planet has been losing much of its forest cover, especially in tropical areas. Over the past three decades some 420 million hectares of forest has been lost worldwide through deforestation, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In the past five years the global deforestation […]