Climate change threatens age-old Indigenous food systems, says UN
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation From the Arctic to the Amazon, the traditional food gathering techniques of Indigenous communities are under threat from accelerating climate change and economic pressures, the United Nations said on Friday. Food systems used by different Indigenous peoples were found to be among the world’s most sustainable in terms of […]
Millions of small pig farmers in Asia threatened by swine fever outbreak
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of small-scale pig farmers across Asia risk falling into poverty due to the rapid spread of African swine fever, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. The incurable disease, which is deadly to pigs but harmless to humans, was first detected last August in China, the world’s largest pork producer. Police […]