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Mysterious Chinese seed packets show up across US
Dozens of US states have reported mysterious seeds showing up in packages from China, reports Business Insider. The Government is...
IMF: sustainable food systems needed
A new blog published by the International Monetary Fund says food systems are essential to economic activity, because they provide...
Global cost of poor diets could be reduced by 95%
Global access to healthy food would reduce the health cost of poor diets by 95% according to a new report...
Faculty of Public Health says ‘Build back better’ after Covid-19
Improvements in public health beyond Covid-19 are set out by the Faculty of Public Health, in a new report which...
Accelerating reductions on food waste and loss for 2030
Food waste is Global food systems inefficiencies are tackled in this new joint report from WWF and WRAP, which aims...
EU should do more on agrodiversity: Commissioner
Diversifying food production is key to strengthening the resilience of European agriculture and creating realistic business models for farmers in...
Worst of the Covid pandemic is still to come: WHO
Six months since the new coronavirus outbreak, the pandemic is still far from over, the World Health Organization told CBS...
Locusts are putting 5 million people at risk of starvation
The most serious desert locust outbreak in 70 years could leave nearly 5 million people in East Africa facing starvation,...
At 75, does the United Nations still work?
Seventy-five years after the foundation of the United Nations, the Economist's Anne McElvoy and Daniel Franklin ask Secretary-General Guterres whether...
UK scheme to support agrifood exports
According to EURACTIV, the United Kingdom announced a plan of trade measures for the agriculture, food and drink industry on...
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