Category: Agriculture

What is Xylella fastidiosa which devastated Italian Puglia olive farms?
A high-level delegation visits the region

May 13, 2025

Food & climate Alaa Farouk, Egyptian minister of Agriculture, participated in a field visit to examine Italian olive farms Infected with Xylella fastidiosa, with the Director-General of the Food and…

EU’s agricultural soils under threat amid intensive farming
Warmer-than-average weather and lower precipitation are stressing rivers and crops across Europe

May 11, 2025

Food & Climate More than 60% of the EU’s agricultural soils are now classified as degraded by intensive farming, with roughly 40% of UK farmland soils similarly damaged. A new…

Gene-edited foods on their way to UK supermarket shelves
Minister: We can create more nutritious foods, crops that can withstand our changing climate, and plants that naturally resist disease

May 9, 2025

Food & Climate The UK is on the cusp of a significant transformation in its food system, as gene-edited foods included fruits and vegetables are poised to enter supermarket shelves…

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…