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“Sustainable” UK food labels will be mandatory, says leaked strategy
A leaked copy of England’s new food strategy says data transparency, to be adopted across the UK, will incentivise the...
The shame of hunger “has been weaponised” to silence the poor in America
US food policy making is like Donald Trump’s all-male panel on women’s reproductive health, an advocate told the White House...
The Economist: The coming food catastrophe
The Economist reports that Russia's war on Ukraine is set to cause hundreds of millions more people to fall into poverty....
Call for ideas: White House seeks to end hunger in the US by 2030
The White House in America has announced conference pillars and consultation dates ahead of President Biden’s Conference on Hunger, Nutrition...
Food security meets Amazon protection in new UN project
A US$37 million project in Brazil is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 6 million tons of CO2...
Pesticides are not delivering food security and should be phased out: UN rapporteur
The FAO Council should reconsider its agreement with pesticide lobby group CropLife International, according to the UN Rapporteur on the Right...
Right to seeds is crucial for the right to food: Geneva Academy
The Geneva Academy will teach peasant organisations about seed system rights in the Philippines, India, Nepal, Kenya, Niger, Mali, Burkina...
Labour shortages could cause permanent damage to farming
Civil Service World reports that UK government departments must take urgent action to address labour shortages in the agrifood industry...
Export controls could worsen food crisis: WTO
Governments are risking a repeat of mistakes in previous food crises by imposing export controls amid spiralling commodity and energy...
WFP: Food supply chains ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine
According to Reuters, a World Food Programme (WFP) official has said food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with key infrastructure...
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