Food vs fuel: Ukraine war sharpens crop use debate
The Financial Times reports that soaring food prices caused by the war in Ukraine have increased the risk of famine, ...
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Poorest face food crisis amid fertiliser shortage
Svein Tore Holsether, chief executive of Yara International, has told the BBC that higher gas prices are pushing up fertiliser ...
India’s protesting farmers remain in place
Protesting Indian farmers remained in place over the weekend while their key coalition of unions, Samyukta Kisan Morcha, met. The ...
Will the UN and Elon Musk solve hunger over Twitter?
The fate of 30,000 people dying each day from hunger and malnutrition seems to depend on how one billionaire responds ...
$400 for rice and beans? Cost of man-made famine
In war-torn South Sudan, “Food prices are so high that just one plate of rice and beans costs more than ...
Delhi police sedition action against Greta Thunberg is chilling, say activists
Pop star Rhianna and climate activist Greta Thunberg have waded into a months-long protest by tens of thousands of farmers ...
Deadly food systems: poverty, Covid-19 and the Irish Famine
On the face of it, the Covid-19 pandemic has little in common with the Potato Famine that devastated the Irish ...
UN report finds highest level of acute food insecurity documented
A report by the Global Network Against Food Crises finds the highest level of acute food insecurity and malnutrition documented by ...
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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