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Mediterranean diet can help achieve sustainability goals, says FAO
The traditional Mediterranean diet is said to be widely recognised for its multiple health benefits and low environmental footprint.
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The truth behind seafood sustainability?
The seafood industry is often scrutinised for depleting fish stocks and harming the oceans, but is this all confirmed in fact? Max Mossler from the University of Washington’s Sustainable Fisheries Project explains how consumers may well be ill-informed.
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Research shows sustainability can be a selling point for new ingredients
The first UK consumer study on the use of Bambara Groundnut as an ingredient has shown that sharing information on its sustainable features increased consumers' positive emotional connection to food.
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Urgent locust campaign needed to protect African food security, says FAO
At this stage and on basis of conservative estimates, the FAO has announced that it seeks $70 million to urgently support both pest control and livelihood protection operations in order to ensure the food security of the East African region.
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Scottish businesses collaborate to tackle food crime
Food Standards Scotland has said it is collaborating with numerous Scottish businesses to raise awareness of food crime.
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There’s more to food integrity than just protecting against fraud
Ahead of New Food's March conference, Professor Chris Elliott discusses the '7 principles of food integrity'
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South Africa stone fruit industry combats prolonged drought
Stone fruit production areas such as Little Karoo from Montagu, Barrydale, Ladismith, Calitzdorp, through to Prince Albert, have suffered severely from the droughts, with some losing their farms, and many farmworkers without income or jobs.
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Nitrogen-fixing genes could help grow more food using fewer resources
The research, by Washington State University, aims to help farmers around the world use less man-made fertilisers to grow important food crops like wheat, corn and soybeans.
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Research finds that global diets are converging, with benefits and problems
The University of Kent researchers carried out the study analysing food supply data for 171 countries from the 1960's to 2010's.
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The importance of the UN’s International Year of Plant Health
The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health. Here, Dr Sylvain Charlebois takes a look at how important this really is for the planet and for ensuring a sustainable supply of food across the entire globe.
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Food safety and shortage concerns rise as Australian bushfires continue
The fires in Australia have claimed human lives and over 500 million animal lives, and has burnt through approximately 12.35 million acres of land, many of which were used for agricultural purposes.
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Application Note: Water activity
Novasina explains why water activity is the most important release specification for food production.
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Changing food systems cause ‘double burden of malnutrition’, says report
A report published in The Lancet, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, has outlined how a crossover of global malnutrition and obesity, due to changing food systems, requires action from across the whole food system.
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Benefits of climate services for agriculture outweigh costs, says report
The report is said to explain the role of climate services in informing decisions on when to plant, harvest, irrigate and fertilise crops, and how to better invest in drought resilient crops and livestock and more efficient irrigation systems.
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World food prices increase in November 2019 to highest in two years
World food prices rose significantly in November 2019, reaching their highest point in more than two years, driven by jumps in the international prices of meat products and vegetable oils, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
