Food inflation is swallowing Latin America’s dietary staples
The Financial Times reports that throughout Latin America, many of its culinary favourites, like the Argentine asado barbecue are becoming ...
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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 ...
Exploding the five fat myths of ethical food
Consumers – in other words all of us who eat – want ethical food but we are confused. The reason ...
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 ...
Food security affected as Ukraine agriculture season begins
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to food and fuel price hikes costing the UN World Food Programme (WFP) an ...
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 ...
Unilever’s tea business a test of private equity’s conscience
A Financial Times feature says that almost 15 years after an attack on a tea plantation in Kericho, Kenya, many ...
Businesses seek UN treaty harmonising plastic regulations
Unilever CEO Alan Jope has added his voice to business calls for a legally binding UN treaty to tackle plastic ...
UN chief: Climate change created more refugees than war
Climate shocks forced 30 million people to flee their homes in 2020 – three times more than those displaced by ...
UNESCO adopts soup joumou – Haiti’s symbol of freedom
Haiti's beloved soup joumou — pumpkin soup — will be served up this New Year's Day with extra cause for ...
Paying farmers 75p for each £1 consumers spend on their produce
I aim to introduce you to a new way of looking at business, in which the entrepreneur is a development...
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