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Indonesia has a vast tract of suboptimal land that is rarely used as land for agriculture because it is considered to have low productivity – it is often infertile, marginal, low potential, poor in resources, degraded and difficult to cultivate for productive agricultural land Why do we need to lo

Biodiversity , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Opinions , Resources , Sustainable Development / 09/23/2021

The Negligence of Indigenous Community under the Food Development Programme in Indonesia

Feny Nuroktaviani Indigenous Forest in Indonesia is categorized as state forest, that authorizes the government to utilize the forest for the sake of the state interest Since the 1990s, Food Estate has been one of the Indonesian government’s key programs to strengthen food security in In

COVID-19 , Economy , Food , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 02/25/2021

Impacts of COVID-19: Food Security under threat in Indonesia

Kurnia Dwi Agustina Studies coming out on the impact of COVID-19 point that food security is under an immense threat and farmers are on the brink of loosing their livelihood. Here is an example based on a survey in Indonesia. Various policies have been implemented in all countries to prevent the spr

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Food , Forests , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 11/20/2020

Battle of the bugs: on wings of climate change

Priti David/PARI India is seeing huge declines in native insect species – several of them tied closely to our food security. But it’s hard to get humans viewing insects with the warmth they reserve for, say, furry mammals It’s like a sequel to the 1998 hit film, A Bug’s Life. In the ori

Aid , Disasters , Environment , Food , Sustainable Development / 04/20/2020

Mastercard Foundation joins FAO to fight Desert Locusts in East Africa

A $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation has been made to FAO for fighting the Desert Locust menace in East Africa that can destroy livelihoods and threaten food security FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed a $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to step up the fight aga

Data & Reports , Featured , Food , Governance , Monitoring , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 07/20/2019

The world is off-track on food and agriculture SDG Goals

In the first report of its kind, FAO analysed, in a visual way, major global trends and data from up to 234 countries and territories on 18 indicators of four SDGs (2, 6, 14 and 15) under the UN agency’s custodianship. The world is off-track to meet most of the Sustainable Developmen

Environment , Food , Health / 12/13/2017

Living in the era of Superbugs: Curse and Remedy

Mohammad Aminul Islam & Muhammad Asaduzzaman Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security and development for which the environment is recognised as an important actor. It is estimated that the annual AMR attributed death toll will reach 10 mill

Aid , Biodiversity , Environment , Food , Sustainable Development / 10/10/2017

FAO seeks to shift African, Caribbean and Pacific countries from wildmeat to alternative sources of food

A €45 million multi-partner programme launched by FAO intends to halt unsustainable wildlife hunting, conserve their natural heritage and strengthen people’s livelihoods and food security. Funded by the European Commission, the seven-year programme is an initiative of the African Caribbean a

Climate , Data & Reports , Featured , Food , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/17/2016

Agriculture has big role to play in curbing greenhouse gas emissions: 2016 State of Food & Agriculture report

Rapid action needed to put smallholders and food systems on sustainable paths: FAO ONE-FIFTH OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE GENERATED BY AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND LAND-USE CHANGE The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems t

Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Resources / 09/05/2016

Charcoal rot: a threat to staple food crops in South Africa

Estiene Jordaan and Jacquie van der Waals Charcoal rot is caused by a fungus that invades various agricultural crops and gives them a charred appearance. The disease is becoming more widespread in South Africa – which is worrying, since it can dramatically affect crop yields which drives

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