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Theyre Healthy. Theyre Sustainable. So Why Dont Humans Eat More Bugs? Time 2/26/2021 Aryn Baker © Andy Isaacson A staff worker washing and preparing harvested crickets for roasting at Valala Farms in Antananarivo, Madagascar on Nov. 19, 2019. Sylvain Hugel is one of the world’s foremost experts on crickets of the Indian Ocean Islands. So when he received an email from a fellow entomologist in March 2017 asking for help identifying a species in Madagascar that could be far...

Transforming food systems and investing in Nutrition for Growth - staple food fortification and the role of the private sector Share on Global food systems are powered by private sector investment and entrepreneurs, micro, small, medium, and large. Staple food fortification is an extremely effective, low-cost, food systems intervention with enormous potential to reduce micronutrient malnutrition across large populations. Effective and sustainable fortification is only possible where the public ...

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Transforming agri-food systems is powerful lever for achieving global goals In address to Rome’s storied Lincei science institute, FAO Director-General QU outlines Four Betters approach, calls for holistic and systemic thinking 25 February 2021, Rome - A holistic redesign of the worlds agri-food systems can make outsized contributions to achieving global pledges such as ending hunger by 2030, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said in a keynote lecture at Italys historic Accademia Nazionale dei L...

25/02/2021 25 February 2021, Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today met virtually with European Union (EU) Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to FAO to discuss the UN agency’s priorities, the FAO-EU partnership, and the need for transforming agri-food systems. The Director-General lauded the EU members for the long-standing collaboration and active role in supporting FAO’s work. He stressed that 2021 was a...

Print Blog Post Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Nigerias Vice President Yemi Osinbajo addressed on February 23 a UN Food Systems Summit organized by the Nigerian government in Abuja, the national capital. He was blunt about the countrys food insecurity problem. He noted that Nigerias population is growing much faster than the economy, limiting its ability to build resilient, sustainable food systems. The con...

Transforming agri-food systems is powerful lever for achieving global goals Format In address to Rome’s storied Lincei science institute, FAO Director-General QU outlines Four Betters approach, calls for holistic and systemic thinking 25 February 2021, Rome - A holistic redesign of the worlds agri-food systems can make outsized contributions to achieving global pledges such as ending hunger by 2030, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said in a keynote lecture at Italys historic Accademia Nazional...

From genetic selection to biotechnology to gene editing – innovation accelerated.

From genetic selection to biotechnology to gene editing – innovation accelerated.

/ Quotes: Global Citizen Launches a Recovery Plan for the World - a Campaign to End COVID-19 for All and Kickstart a Global Recovery Published 02-23-21 Submitted by Global Citizen NEW YORK, GENÈVE, Switzerland, and BRUSSELS, February 23, 2021 /CSRwire/– International advocacy organization Global Citizen today launched a Recovery Plan for the World - a campaign to end COVID-19 for all and kickstart a global recovery. The Recovery Plan for the World is a year-long campaign and series of even...