Seed Banks Safeguard Biodiversity
Plant diversity holds the promise of the future, with experts emphasizing its significance for the survival of various species, including our own. One-fifth of ... Lire la suite...
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China Secures Its Water Supply
China's water needs are on a national scale, and to sustain its growth, it must secure its water supply, sometimes at the expense of neighboring countries. Larg... Lire la suite...
African Agriculture is Dramatically Underinsured
Farms of less than 2 hectares are predominant across the African continent. These are particularly vulnerable to climatic events and other crop damages. They co... Lire la suite...
African Swine Fever: Establishment of an Expert Group
The Ministers of Agriculture from France and Italy have announced the creation of a joint expertise hub to combat the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) epidem... Lire la suite...
Limiting the Impact of Natural Disasters on Agriculture
In a recent publication, the FAO highlighted the impact of disasters on the agricultural world and the need to organize a more sustainable and resilient global ... Lire la suite...
Are the Struggles Against Malnutrition and Climate Change Incompatible?
The OECD and FAO anticipate increases in meat production and demand in emerging countries. To combat malnutrition, the FAO and other global organizations encour... Lire la suite...
New Industrial Site for Insect Protein Production by French Company Agronutris
After raising 100 million euros in funding, the biotechnology giant continues its development in the insect protein industry.
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The coexistence of varieties enhances plant resilience
French scientific institutes collaborated with Yunnan Agricultural University in China to assess the impact of planting different crop varieties together on the... Lire la suite...
Kenya Suffers from Famine Due to Climate Change
Famine is an ongoing threat in Africa, severely impacting populations due to multiple factors. They face numerous challenges to their food security, ranging fro... Lire la suite...
Irrigating Without Wastage
Just like fertilizers, irrigation aims to improve crop yields, mitigate drought, or satisfy water-intensive crops like corn or cotton. With the agricultural sec... Lire la suite...
The Practice of Commons in Tunisia
Climate change jeopardizes water reserves. The shared and equitable management of this resource ensures food production in the poorest areas.
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The World Deprived of Indian Rice
Last July, the Indian government banned rice exports to meet its domestic demand in terms of both volume and price.
This initiative has a significant impact as... Lire la suite...
No Food Security Without New Consumption Patterns
Climate change, consumption patterns, new food sources, urban agriculture, and biotechnologies are all elements to consider in future strategies for restructuri... Lire la suite...
Heatwave Affects Vineyards and Olive Trees in Greece
The tourist island of Kos in Greece is experiencing more frequent and intense heatwaves that are altering the island's economic capacity. The cultiv... Lire la suite...
The future of the agri-food system depends on sobriety
Proposals to build a more reasoned agri-food chain are often associated with a risk of food insecurity for emerging countries or with deprivation for developed ... Lire la suite...
$10 million for cashew processing in Africa
Established in 1980, Finnfund is a Finnish public investment fund that supports projects led by private institutions in developing countries. The company recent... Lire la suite...
The War in the Ukraine and food security in Africa
By: Noureddine Radouai
There is no good time to launch a war. Armed conflicts are always horrible at any time. However, the war in Ukraine broke out in the w... Lire la suite...
The 3 C’s – Conflict, Conflict, Climate – make food insecurity worse
Between conflict, health crisis and climate change, eradicating hunger is looking like a pipe dream. The multiplication of crises is dramatically increasing the... Lire la suite...
Startups are revolutionizing the agri-food industry
To strengthen their development strategies, players in the agri-food industry are now calling on startups. They finely identify consumer expectations and develo... Lire la suite...
The social and economic roots of the war in the Sahel
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At the start of this decade, France has been at war in the Sahel for seven years, and it is difficult to see a way out of the... Lire la suite...
Agricultural land available in sub-Saharan Africa?
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Forecasts on the potential of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa on the basis of which large scale land transactions are being deployed, are ... Lire la suite...
African swine fever destabilises global meat trade
Since 2018, the African swine fever epidemic has been rife in Asian countries. Although harmless to people, this viral disease decimates more herds than any oth... Lire la suite...
How new technologies help to fight hunger
The World Food Programme (WFP) has made the development of new tools a priority in order to achieve the objective of zero hunger in the world. The most spectacu... Lire la suite...
Agriculture 2050: squaring the circle
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Contrary to all predictions, in the 21st century, agriculture has emerged as one of the most pressing issues of our tim... Lire la suite...