What is regenerative agriculture? Farmers, experts share the keys to biodiversity

Farmers are stewards of everything from soil and the crops that pop out of it to the microbes teeming with life underneath the surface, which together creates a biodiverse environment that enriches and renews the land for generations to come.

EAT-Lancet 2.0 Commission Revises Guidance for Healthy, Diverse Diets, and Sustainable Food Systems

The EAT-Lancet Commission 2.0 is launching a new report to update the global community on their healthy diets and sustainable food systems goals.

The first EAT-Lancet Commission report was published in 2019. The EAT-Lancet 2.0 report will launch in 2024 and focus on diverse dietary guidelines, local diets, and food justice. In addition, the report will include 12-month long global consultations for the public and other interested global food systems stakeholders to share their thoughts on a transition to sustainable food systems, and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) modeling efforts to evaluate multiple pathways to sustainable food systems.

IPCC Synthesis Report: A Final Alarm For Climate, A Final Alarm For Food Systems

The highest authority on the climate crisis, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has released AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023, a summary of five years of reports which sounds the alarm once more about the enormous impact that global food systems have on climate change.

Is Recycling Urine the Secret to Building Sustainable Food Systems?

 

Through research and education, the Rich Earth Institute is encouraging the conversion of human urine into fertilizer. They argue that this diversion of human waste can help to save water, reduce pollution, and provide farmers with a sustainable alternative to synthetic fertilizers. 

The Relationship Between Debt and Global Hunger: A Special IPES-Food Report

The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) released a special report sounding the alarm on global food insecurity and debt crises. The report finds that 349 million people are facing acute starvation and many more will experience hunger with food prices remaining at historic highs and countries failing to meet debt repayments.

Breakthrough in Locust Management: A Sustainable Solution Can Save Wildlife While Controlling Swarms

New research in Agronomy reveals that during a recent upsurge of locusts in the Horn of Africa, the use of traditional insecticides harmed local bird and honeybee populations. But Somalia selected a treatment option that can control swarms while protecting human health and wildlife. The results suggest a path toward sustainable locust management. 

Research on food not disturb by university strikes, says IAR ED

The Executive Director (ED), Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Prof. M.F Ishyaku has allayed the fear of food security being put in a jeopardy by the ongoing university strikes, saying there is understanding with the internal union not to obstruct strategic crops research being an economic activity of the government towards food security.

Pig culls and fertiliser shortages mean higher prices for British shoppers

Farmers are in the middle of a ‘perfect storm’ of problems that threaten to reduce UK food production and increase reliance on imports, writes Ben Chapman.

Invasive species prevention ‘could save trillions’ By: Claudia Caruana

*Invasive species damages cost ten times more than prevention – study

*Control, eradication measures often come too late

*Losses hit agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and health systems

The cost of damage caused by invasive species around the world, including to agriculture, fisheries, and forestry, is at least 10 times that of preventing or controlling them, an international study suggests.

Is there a better alternative to palm oil?

*More lands are needed to grow palm oil alternatives such as soybean and rapeseed oil — study.

The rapeseed plant usually blooms in the summer and is famous for its golden-yellow flowers.

Belonging to the cabbage family, it’s closely related to turnip and mustard.

Tephritidae and its economic importance

The Tephritidae is one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila (in the family Drosophilidae), which is often called the "common fruit fly".

Realizing the economic benefits of agroforestry

 

Agroforestry is the management and integration of trees, crops, and/or livestock on the same plot of land and can be an integral component of productive agriculture. It may include existing native forests and forests established by landholders. It is a flexible concept, involving both small and large-sized landholdings .

The nutritive value of black soldier fly larvae reared on common organic waste streams in Africa

In Africa, livestock production currently accounts for about 30% of the gross value of agricultural production. However, production is struggling to keep up with the demands of expanding human populations, the rise in urbanization and the associated shifts in diet habits. High costs of feed prevent the livestock sector from thriving and to meet the rising demand.

13 Importance of Seaweed in Marine Ecosystem

Seaweed is the other name of algae. It is not plant-like seagrass. Some of us think seaweed is a plant because it produces food and energy for others like a plant.

Millet Diet May Lower Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes And Help Regulate Blood Sugar

A new study has just proven that consuming millet may help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and help regulate blood sugar levels in people with diabetes, indicating the potential for preventing appropriate meals based on millet for diabetics and pre-diabetics as well as for non-diabetics. .