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From food to tech, coronavirus to spur urban planning rethink
Unseasonal rain and hail damages crops in India
UK food banks face shortages as coronavirus causes panic buying
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Changing diets and climate change
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Food and climate change
Eight European nations urge Brazil to act on Amazon deforestation
Corporate giants court climate startups in race to net-zero future
Kenyan county tackles water woes with its own climate fund
Global reforestation drive grows fast as governments grasp benefit
Some U.S. refiners switch from refining crude to cooking oil
Britain to introduce legally binding environmental targets
Trump approves emergency aid for Iowa after storm
Hit by drought, Zimbabwe taps funding for water-wise farming
Brandenburg lake is symbol of climate change, say scientists
Monday storm impacted nearly 38 mln acres of Midwest farmland
U.S. fines food company over forced labor imports from China
Indian child workers' deaths spur anti-trafficking push
North Korea's Kim inspects flood relief; worry grows about crops
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The board game helping South Asian girls escape arranged marriage
N.Korean women tortured and raped in detention, says U.N. report
Kenyan recycling firm mixes kitchen waste to boost urban farming
Indonesia's plan for giant farm kindles 'ecological chaos' concern
Bangladesh sex workers face hunger, abuse amid coronavirus
Yemeni children face malnourishment amid aid shortage, coronavirus
Foreign ministers flag climate change as major spark for conflicts
US agencies get power to fast-track big infrastructure projects
Rich world's jobs crisis jolts money flows to millions
Cooked for climate, UAE's high-tech food plan pays off in pandemic
Pakistan readies for second battle against crop-devouring locusts
New Zealand's school climate-change curriculum vexes farmers
Zero-emission tractors, less-gassy cattle can help curb warming
A U.S. tribe's uphill battle against climate change
India's women seaweed divers swim against the climate tide
Climate shocks in just one nation could disrupt global food supply
Germany eyes measures for seasonal workers despite travel curbs
Thousands wait in shelters a year after Mozambique cyclone
Asia's love of stinky durian could help power tuk-tuks, phones
Nestle to plant 3 million trees in Mexico, Brazil to offset carbon
Zambian agri-company launches $81m farmer financing scheme
Fixing food? Investor eyes up tech entrepreneurs of the future
Governments pressed to protect nature in biodiversity 'super year'
Running out of time: East Africa faces new locust threat
Apps, blockchain help supermarkets lure climate-conscious shoppers
Kenya shuts slaughterhouses over loss of donkeys, income to China
PepsiCo adopts stricter, greener rules for palm oil in products
Arctic 'Doomsday' food vault to get millionth seed variety
India's women harvest new social status from climate-smart farming
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About our Food coverage

We explore the challenges of ending hunger and malnutrition as food production adjusts to a warming world.

Opinion

Sven Harmeling CARE International

One year on, Mozambique storm survivors need global climate action

Without a strong international response to climate change, people's efforts to get back on their feet after disasters will not keep them safe in future
Dr. Nteranya Sanginga International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Africa’s locust outbreak exposes need for crop science

Behind every farmer dealing with a crop pest is a scientist who has supported them by developing better seeds, crop protection methods and apps to identify weeds
Enric Sala National Geographic

Restoring nature could be Europe's saviour

In Europe, almost a quarter of wild species are at risk of dying out and many ecosystems are too degraded to sustain their social and economic benefits
Agnes Kalibata Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Time to mend our relationship with food

Our food systems must change to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

In Depth

India's women seaweed divers swim against the tide of climate change
India's grandmothers harvest new social status from climate-smart farming
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Climate change opens up 'frontier' farmland, but at what cost to the planet?
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Whatever the weather: Southern Africa tries new hunger fixes

Videos & Pictures

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Japanese mothers don lab coats to measure Fukushima radiation
Female farmers are Tanzania's latest TV celebrities
Shaking up farming in rural Nepal
Food Sustainability Media Award - London Launch
Battling weather extremes in Ethiopia
VIDEO: The refugees cooking up a storm in New York

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