Agriculture & Food Security
Op-Eds & Guest Contributors
Policies on Deforestation Show Europe’s Internal Splits
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once famously asked the question “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” to highlight...
Democracy & Human Rights
G7 Italy 2024 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Addressing Global Challenges, Fostering Partnerships
The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the...
Oil & Gas
Qatar, Kazakhstan to boost economic ties, energy projects
Qatar and Kazakhstan discussed economic cooperation between the two countries, including energy and signed a number of commercial agreements totaling almost USD 18 billion...
Op-Eds & Guest Contributors
The EU Green Deal is a barrier to trade and global partnerships
There is an English saying that if you can’t see the wood for the trees, then you should step back and then you will...
Agriculture & Food Security
Possible new solutions to Ukraine’s grain export challenge emerge
In view of the collapse of the UN’s Black Sea Grain Initiative in July at Russia’s insistence, work is proceeding in multiple sectors to...
Africa
The struggle for environmental justice in Africa
The struggle for environmental justice in Africa is complex and broad. It is the continuation of the fight for the liberation of the continent...
Africa
Climate change in Africa real economic, security threat
Climate change, which appears to be advancing around the world, affecting not just physical infrastructure but economies and livelihoods, is also an increasing security...
Africa
Russia’s war in Ukraine and high fertilizer costs are causing global food crisis
Russia’s war in Ukraine and high gas prices have boosted the cost of fertilizers having a major downstream effect on the global food supply,...
Agriculture & Food Security
The global energy crisis is negatively impacting Italy’s wine industry
Rising costs of almost €1.5 billion are facing the Italian wine industry as a result of the ongoing gas and energy crisis and now...
Agriculture & Food Security
Europe’s agricultural sector is crying out for support amid energy and food crises
Europe’s energy crisis – which has been sparked mainly by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and President Putin’s subsequent curtailing of natural gas flows to...
Agriculture & Food Security
Growing agricultural productivity in Brazil: Efficiency, innovation and sustainability
50 years ago, my country relied on food imports to feed itself. Today we feed 10% of the world’s population. Let me tell you about...
Agriculture & Food Security
Food for thought
It is late, but at long last, the world is waking up.“Conflict in Ukraine fuels uncertainty for agriculture”“Ukraine War to compound hunger,...
Agriculture & Food Security
As war in Ukraine disrupts the global food system, how do we feed the world?
Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, the world’s food supply chains had been severely disrupted by the Covid pandemic.
Now the war has derailed Ukraine’s agricultural...
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