Category: Agriculture

FAO wins award for improving crop production data in Zimbabwe
By using Earth observation satellite data

May 7, 2025

Food & Climate The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was awarded Wednesday for its sustained effort to help Zimbabwe use satellite-tracked evidence to improve its crop…

High cocoa prices create ‘cocoa boys’ in Nigeria, Hershey requests exemption from Trump tariffs
They doubled in one year due to climate change and supply shortages

May 6, 2025

Food & Climate Some have benefited from the significant rise in cocoa prices due to climate change, such as “cocoa boys” in Nigeria, while others have been harmed, such as…

The butcher, minister who will bring meat back to German schools
Rainer, the master sausage maker: it is part of a balanced diet

May 4, 2025

Food & Climate Germany’s new agriculture minister, Alois Rainer, a Bavarian butcher, has sparked national controversy with his promise to bring meat back to school and kindergarten menus across the…

Desert locusts are active in Northwest Africa, threatening the food of thousands of people
Increased transboundary insect movement due to favorable climatic conditions

April 29, 2025

Food & Climate Winds and rainfall patterns have facilitated desert locusts movement in Northwest Africa that raised concern amid spring breeding season, and the transboundary insect threatens thousands of tons…

Food and climate issues lose a strong advocate: Pope Francis is buried today
He described hunger as a scandal and climate change as a moral failure

April 26, 2025

Food & Climate Pope Francis has been one of the most concerned clergymen with food and climate issues, repeatedly calling for the world to eradicate hunger, describing its spread as…

“Global Mountain Dialogue for Sustainable Development” opened today
More than two billion people live on fresh water from mountains and glaciers

April 24, 2025

Food & Climate Speaking at the opening of the International Conference of the “Global Mountain Dialogue for Sustainable Development: Towards Bishkek+25 Summit”, hosted by the Kyrgyz Government, QU Dongyu, Director-General…

Arsenic in rice increased as CO2 and temperatures rise, a new study says
Cooking methods may reduce the risk of carcinogens

April 20, 2025

Food & Climate A new study found that arsenic in rice increased as carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere and temperatures rise. Then epidemiologists modelled how, at current rice…

Georgian grapes combat climate change with their diverse varieties
Vineyards attract agri-tourists

April 19, 2025

Food & Climate Georgian grapes represent nutritional, heritage, and cultural value, and a source of income for the population through their transformation into wine. With climate change, their diversity and…

Mexican tomatoes tariffs, why are American farmers happy?
Mexico City Minister: Their salad prices will rise, and they can't replace us

April 18, 2025

Food & Climate American farmers nationwide and the Florida Exchange applauded the announcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce which put on Mexican tomatoes tariffs and terminate the 2019 U.S.-Mexico…

Cropland in Myanmar, the earthquake destroys a third of grain-producing areas
80% of the maize crop, essential for livestock, was lost

April 12, 2025

Food & Climate Over 3.7 million hectares of cropland in Myanmar across key agricultural regions – Sagaing, Magway, Mandalay, and Shan – were exposed to the earthquake. These regions produce…