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Trade Restrictions by a Few Key Countries Could Increase Global Food Prices

Recent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, locust infestations, drought and labour shortages have disrupted food supply chains, endangering food security in the process. A recent study published in Nature Food shows that trade restrictions and stockpiling of supplies by a few key countries could create global food price spikes and severe local food shortages during times of threat.

29 Jan 2021

Slow Rainy Season Onset is a Reliable Indicator of Drought in Regions Prone to Food Insecurity

The onset date of the yearly rainy season reliably predicts if seasonal drought will occur in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa that are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity, and could help to mitigate its effects. Shraddhanand Shukla and colleagues at the University of California, Santa Barbara's Climate Hazards Center, present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on January 20, 2021.

21 Jan 2021

Current Food System Sytems Could Drive Rapid and Widespread Biodiversity Loss

The global food system could drive rapid and widespread biodiversity loss if not changed, new research has found.

22 Dec 2020

Innovations to Fix Our Food Systems Could Have Inadvertent Consequences

Protein derived from organic waste to feed livestock could decrease demand for soybean meal. This could lead to less deforestation caused by soy farming. But decreased production of soybean, which is also used to produce oil for food products, could increase demand for palm oil. This could clear more forests for oil palm plantations.

14 Dec 2020

Sustainable Cooking Methods can Reduce Impact on Environment

For many people, Christmas Day is going to look extremely different this year. But individuals can still indulge in positive changes, particularly when they are contemplating what to eat and how to cook Christmas dinner.

14 Dec 2020

Roadmap Offers Solutions For Future Of Food, Global Ag Innovation

To deflect future world food crises created by climate change and growing consumer demand, a Cornell University-led international team of economists, scientists and business experts has created a road map for global agricultural and food systems innovation, reform and sustainability.

11 Dec 2020

Thermal Energy Storage the Key to Reducing Agricultural Food Pollution

UniSA thermal energy researcher Professor Frank Bruno has been awarded almost $1 million by the Federal Government to find a solution to agricultural pollution in Australia and India.

11 Dec 2020

Global Report Provides Pathways to Sustainable Land Use and Food Systems

The findings of a new report by the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium, suggest that integrated strategies across food production, biodiversity, climate, and diets can meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

8 Dec 2020

USAID Grant to Enhance Food Security, Sustainability in Cambodia

While the weather, terrain and soil obviously differ, thus bringing differences in available crops, farming a hillside in rural East Tennessee bears many resemblances to farming a floodplain in Cambodia or anywhere else.

16 Nov 2020

New Model Enables Sustainability in Food Supply Chains

It is a long journey from harvesting in the field to the cooked dish that reaches the dinner table. The food supply chain covers all those processes and the actors involved in satisfying the consumer's needs.

29 Oct 2020