World must transform food production or face unrest, scientists warn
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation The world must diversify its food production and consumption, or face damaging supply disruptions that could lead to suffering and social unrest, scientists warned on Monday. A new global study found the health and environmental benefits of transforming the way we farm would outweigh heavily the cost of doing so, with […]
Stop soil erosion now or face starvation soon, scientists warn
RomeThomson Reuters Foundation The world’s food production is in jeopardy because the fertile layer of soil that people depend on to plant crops is being eroded by human activities, scientists said on Wednesday. Climate change is likely to make it worse even as demand from a grown population is soaring, they said. A Kenyan Maasai […]
POSTCARDS: ICELAND HARNESSES HOT SPRINGS TO POWER YEAR-ROUND FARMING
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how geothermal energy, which makes up a quarter of Iceland’s electricity, has helped boost the year-round availability of fresh food…
Moves to cut emissions could cause more hunger than climate change, study finds
Thomson Reuters Foundation Adopting some of the most stringent measures needed to curb climate change across all industries could cause hunger levels to rise by three times as much as global warming itself, according to a study released last week. Including agriculture in schemes such as a global carbon tax could put 78 million more […]
Experts question wisdom that more food means less hunger
Thomson Reuters Foundation Increasing food production through intensive farming will not necessarily end world hunger, experts said on Thursday in a finding that flies in the face of established policy. The United Nations has said countries must double the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers by 2030 to eliminate hunger and ensure all people […]
REBOOTING FOOD: NEW WAYS TO FEED THE FUTURE, PART II
In the second part of a two part special on the future of food (head here for part one), THIN LEI WIN, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how food production is being transformed…