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WFP: Madagascar on verge of starvation
Reuters reports that communities in Madagascar are on the verge of starvation. Women...
OECD: Agriculture subsidies ineffective, or harm, food systems
Half of global financial support to agriculture distorts the market, creates inequity, harms...
Private equity on an $8 billion supermarket sweep
Bloomberg reports that US buyout group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC has chosen...
We must overcome fear of genetic engineering in food
Camilla Cavendish writes in the Financial Times that new gene-editing techniques could transform...
UK food and drink exports to EU fall by almost half
UK exports of food and drink to the EU dropped by almost half...
Australia’s ‘blackbirding’ past and its roots in the global slave trade
There are moves afoot to scrub colonial businessman Benjamin Boyd’s name from the...
“Better eco data needed for improved food labelling,” UK taskforce
Widespread reforms to UK agriculture and its environmental impact have been recommended in...
Big chocolate wins child case in US Supreme Court
Fortune reports that US Supreme Court justices have ruled, eight to one, that...
Can the UK and the EU reach a deal on Northern Ireland?
The BBC reports that arguments between the EU and the UK about the...
Farmers raise ‘deep concerns’ over Australia trade deal
The BBC reports that Scottish farmers have expressed "deep concerns" over a trade...
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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