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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, GMO's, Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage,

07/11/2023 SOURCE: theconversation.com

Genetically modified crops may be a solution to hunger - why there is scepticism in Africa

Genetically modified crops are increasing yield and food security in developed countries, but in Africa, a lack of adoption is limiting success.

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TOPIC(S): Ag India, Food Security/Shortage,

07/11/2023 SOURCE: www.livemint.com

El Nino, India, and the risk of food shortage

With India being a large producer and top exporter of several key crops, it could emerge as a supplier of food to several countries amid shortages, should it have its own sufficient buffer stocks in place.

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Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage,

WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

Funding constraints mean that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to limit emergency aid to only 6.2 million of the most vulnerable people in need across West Africa, scaling back from an initial target of assisting 11.6 million, the agency announced on Wednesday.

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TOPIC(S): Ag Africa, Coronavirus/COVID, Food Security/Shortage,

07/05/2023 SOURCE: www.worldbank.org

Putting Africans at the Heart of Food Security and Climate Resilience

As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify and global shocks upend business as usual, Sub-Saharan Africa is feeling the brunt of what has been coined “the perfect storm” – a food, fuel, and fertilizer crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, scarring effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, soaring inflation, rising debt, and extreme weather.

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TOPIC(S): Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage,

06/24/2023 SOURCE: www.news-medical.net

Seaweed farming may help solve global hunger and malnutrition

To help solve hunger and malnutrition while also slowing climate change, some farmers could shift from land to sea, suggests a recent study from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, FDA, Food Security/Shortage,

Bill to put animal confinement under FDA regulation for food safety purposes introduced in House

The Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act to give the Food and Drug Administration FDA new powers to investigate livestock feedlots and animal

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, World Population, Food Security/Shortage,

Foodbanks can help tackle East Africa’s hunger crises

Foodbanking builds on African traditions of generosity and communal help and can play a key role in redistributing food.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Ag Global Specialty Food, World Hunger, Food Security/Shortage, seafood,

Seaweed farming may help solve global hunger and malnutrition

To help solve hunger and malnutrition while also slowing climate change, some farmers could shift from land to sea, suggests a recent study from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

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TOPIC(S): World Hunger, Government / Policies, Food Security/Shortage,

05/23/2023 SOURCE: www.thegazette.com

Opinion: G7 must fight global hunger

From left, European Council President Charles Michel, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, …

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Topics: GMO's, Consumer/Retail, Food Security/Shortage,

A banana that doesn’t go bad so fast approved by the Philippines

A new kind of biotech could save billions of bananas every year — and maybe even prevent them from going extinct.

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