Nourishing the planet

Fairer Land Deals for Agriculture Needed to Ensure Opportunity for Locals

News Release: The trend of international land grabbing – when governments and private firms invest in or purchase large tracts of land in other countries for the purpose of agricultural production and export – can have serious environmental and social consequences, according to researchers at the Worldwatch Institute. Deals that focus solely on financial profit […]

Reducing food waste key to alleviating hunger amid growing population

World leaders have been called upon to minimize food wastage as one of the key strategies in ensuring food security in different parts of the world. According to staggering new statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), roughly one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is lost or wasted, amounting […]