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Satellites are helping to track food supplies in coronavirus era
As the coronavirus pandemic leads to anxiety over the strength of the world’s...
UK hunger crisis: 1.5m people go whole day without food
A hunger crisis is rapidly developing among British people in lockdown, as millions...
Dumped milk, smashed eggs: pandemic food waste
In Wisconsin and Ohio, farmers are dumping thousands of gallons of fresh milk...
California farmers are forced to let crops rot
For many farmers, it’s more cost-effective to let crops rot in the fields....
FareShare says surplus food donations have more than doubled in lockdown
The volume of food that would otherwise be wasted has more than doubled...
Governments can release Covid-19 lockdown slowly
Traditional monetary easing is necessary but not enough, say Dr David Nabarro, World...
Researchers say blanket ban on wildlife trade will fail
The Oxford Martin School research group says blanket bans are unlikely to benefit...
Biodiversity can protect us from the next pandemic
Want to Stop the Next Pandemic? Start Protecting Wildlife Habitats
To fight Covid-19, central banks must break taboos
To combat Covid-19, central banks, including the ECB, must cross the Rubicon of...
Five Covid-19 reflections from a food system perspective
This article on Covid and food systems is by The Rockefeller Foundation. Reflections...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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