Five ways to reboot the global food economy
Covid-19 has shown how damaging ill-health can be for the economy. But it has also shown how measures that benefit ...
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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 ...
Agency and sustainability must drive food policy: UN
Food systems policy must now champion agency and sustainability, according to United Nations research launched today. This evolution in food ...
UN and WHO: destroying nature causes pandemics
Pandemics such as coronavirus are the result of humanity’s destruction of nature, according to leaders at the UN, WHO and ...
Footballer Marcus Rashford condemns child hunger in the UK
British football star Marcus Rashford has succeeded in his campaign to protect food vouchers for the UK's poorest children. The ...
Danone’s Emmanuel Faber gives himself a 30% pay cut
This month's Danone annual general meeting will ratify substantial self-imposed pay cuts for the food giant's CEO and Chairman Emmanuel ...
UN: 35% of food systems jobs at risk from Covid-19
Coronavirus will slash global economic output by US$8.5 trillion over the next two years, severely impacting food security and those ...
UN delays COP26 climate summit for one year
Reuters reports that the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the United Nations to delay until late 2021 a crucial climate summit ...
Malnutrition leading cause of death worldwide
The Guardian reports that an overhaul of the world’s food and health systems is needed to tackle malnutrition, a “threat ...
UN: food prices fall sharply in April
World food prices fell for a third consecutive month in April, hit by the economic and logistical impact of the ...
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