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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
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
Climate change a 'catastrophic' security threat, experts warn
Dutch start-up makes pork without wrecking the planet
Haiti political morass fuels crisis of hunger, malnutrition
'Nothing left': Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm
Climate disruption threatens children's health, future: commission
Bolsonaro offers credit for indigenous farmers, pushes mining bill
Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads
Kenyan farmers find sweet spot with nutritious, drought-hardy crop
analysis
Climate change opens up 'frontier' farmland, but at what cost?
Tough livestock farmers touched by South Africa drought donations
Malian architect fights climate change with digital greenhouse
Locust swarms in East Africa: here's what you need to know
interview
Coachella, Beyonce, coconuts? Afrobeat star Mr Eazi's new venture
U.N. targets small farm businesses to help poorest producers
Smart drones to be tested in battle against Africa locust swarms
Uganda sprays locust swarms to protect coffee crop, livestock
Satellite data brings farming advice to remote areas of Zimbabwe
Climate change could spark 'global systemic crisis' - scientists
Climate change seen causing 'mass extinction' of bumblebees
Amid hydropower boom, Laos streams ahead on latest Mekong dam
Markets blamed for virus outbreak are lifeline for Asia's poor
Aid to Yemen to be cut back over risk it can be diverted
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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
analysis
Climate change opens up 'frontier' farmland, but at what cost to the planet?
analysis
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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