Country: occupied Palestinian territory Source: HelpAge International The plight of older individuals in Gaza is a distressing and overlooked aspect of this humanitarian crisis. They are among the most vulnerable and require urgent attention and assistance.

Photo: Pixabay/SanchitaSarker Insects worldwide are facing a variety of environmental stresses, which have led to precipitous declines in their numbers. That poses threats not only to the insects themselves but to biodiversity and food security too. One of those threats lies in a growing absence of pollinators, which is impacting […]

Hybrid Conference: October 18, 2023 – 10:00 AM to October 26, 2023 – 1:50 PM EDT. IFPRI is participating in the 2023 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue.

Making data, information, knowledge, investment and innovation available for all, especially for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), will be a game changer in transforming global agrifood systems to make them more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. This was a key takeaway from a […]

For the first time, on 12 October 2023, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on vessels and their owners for breaching the price cap on seaborne Russian crude oil established by the “Price Cap Coalition,” consisting of the G7, EU, and Australia […]

Photo:  Armand Rausell-Moreno We have all seen images of birds, turtles and various other marine animals entrapped in large pieces of plastic waste. It turns out, however, that other creatures far less visible to us can likewise find themselves entangled in plastic waste. A case in point: ants on the […]