New forecast tool gives countries edge against desert locust invasions

06-13-2017

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Umberto Bacchi

A new satellite forecast tool could more than double the warning time for desert locust invasions, allowing vulnerable nations to prepare better against the crop-eating grasshoppers, the United Nations and European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday.

Food system that fails poor countries needs urgent reform, says UN expert

03-09-2014

the Guardian

Mark Tran

The existing food system has failed and needs urgent reform, according to a UN expert who argues there should be a greater emphasis on local food production and an overhaul of trade policies that have led to overproduction in rich countries while obliging poor countries '€“ which are often depend

Wanted: innovative ideas on how to feed nine billion people

02-26-2015

the Guardian

Gerda Verburg

I grew up on a farm and I am one of 10 siblings, so I know how challenging it can be to embrace differences and work together. But I am also from the Netherlands '€“ a country that would be underwater if we had not all worked together to come up with a solution '€“ so I know it can be done.

UN: 15-year push ends extreme poverty for a billion people

07-05-2016

the Guardian

Sam Jones

The millennium development goals (MDGs) have driven "€œthe most successful anti-poverty movement in history" and brought more than a billion people out of extreme penury, but their achievements have been mixed and the world remains deeply riven by inequality, the UN'€™s final report on the goals

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