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Future Food Security of China will have Huge Environmental Impacts, Finds Study

Great environmental impacts will be witnessed domestically and globally while ensuring the future food security of China.

19 Oct 2021

New Method to Detect Fraudulent Practices in Food Production

Fraudulent practices in food production, especially false claims of geographical origin, cause billions of dollars in economic damage every year.

12 Oct 2021

New Technologies to Emerge to Ensure Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia

A recent UN report states that climate changes are taking place in every region across the globe. The evolving world has been disproportionately affected and the impacts of an altering climate are paving the way for greater water and food insecurity and also economic instability.

12 Oct 2021

Achieving Environmental Targets for Nitrogen Without Worsening Food Security

Environmental targets to limit excess nitrogen require the large-scale deployment of dedicated nitrogen mitigation strategies to avoid a strong increase in the risk of food insecurity.

14 Sep 2021

Study Could Help Identify the Primary Food Sectors Contributing to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new, location-specific agricultural greenhouse gas emission study is the first to account for net carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions from all subsectors related to food production and consumption.

14 Sep 2021

$150 Million Missions to Boost Australian Agriculture and Food Sectors

Three major new missions from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, will grow Australia’s agriculture and food sectors targeting $20 billion by 2030.

9 Sep 2021

Researchers Discuss Potential Benefits and Drawbacks of a Global Food Panel

The first United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), scheduled for September, could be as historic to food system transformation as the Rio Earth Summit of 1992 was to climate change.

3 Sep 2021

New Food Freezing Method Improves Quality, Saves Energy, and Reduces Carbon Emissions

Shifting to a new food freezing method could make for safer and better quality frozen foods while saving energy and reducing carbon emissions, according to a new study by U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of California-Berkeley scientists.

3 Sep 2021

Long-Term Violence Results in the Reversal of Years of Progress on Food Security

For years, it seemed the world was making progress eliminating hunger. Then, starting in 2014, the trend slid back slowly and reversed in many nations;

13 Aug 2021