Water interruptions, absence of toilets and a lack of clean energy can reduce food security.
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There are lessons for other African countries in how Ethiopia built its health emergency response teams.
Starvation causes both physiological and psychological stress.
By choosing to transform how we grow food and what we eat – rather than letting climate change dictate the pace of change – we have so much to gain.
A research team at Simon Fraser University has developed an AI-powered robot that can autonomously water plants and monitor plant health.
Land systems shape how foreign investment happens and what impact it has.
Indoor farming helps northern Manitoba communities access fresh, healthy food and address rising rates of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension.
Parents and teachers in a southern Ontario survey conducted in the city of Hamilton and Peel Region spoke about their desires for an equitable and inclusive school food program.
As many as three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases originate from wildlife.
We considered many different explanations for why some dialogue processes were more successful than others.
Food co-ops are local groups where people join together to buy food in bulk, usually straight from farmers or wholesalers.
South Africa’s agricultural extension advisors need to start training farmers to grow nutritious indigenous crops that have been largely forgotten.
Small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa can produce more food, support more jobs and be more profitable for the local community.
Fragmentation of services is a barrier in addressing severe child poverty.
The cost-of-living crisis means more Australians are going without adequate food. The growing problem must be tackled by a promised food security strategy.
The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily minimum wage.
The absence of the early warning network will affect Kenya’s ability to address food insecurity.
Around 70% of the Britain’s 12,000 greenhouses are more than 40 years old. So there’s a huge opportunity for hi-tech horticulture to improve food security.
The world’s largest indoor vertical farm closed its doors in late 2024, capping a bad run for this fledgling sector.
Biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution do not happen in isolation, but proposed solutions too often fail to account for this. Two major reports point the way forward.
Top contributors
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Senior Lecturer in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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PhD, Political Economy, Macquarie University
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Professor of Food Policy, City St George's, University of London
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Researcher in sustainable food systems, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Network and Research Manager: ARUA – UKRI GCRF FSNet Africa, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster
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Food Systems Research and Partnerships, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Food Security; Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria
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Adjunct Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Climate Scientist and Researcher, University of Cape Town
