Earth is not the best of all possible worlds

Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system – they’re called exoplanets. But in summer 2022, teams working on NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite found a few particularly interesting planets...

Achieving Zero Hunger - Building the Right Food System

A food system is an important component of nation building, as all the processes and infrastructure in ensuring that food is available are involved. Cultivation, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consumption, distribution,...

Ants outweigh all wild birds and mammals combined

Have you ever wondered exactly how many ants live on Earth? Possibly not, but it’s certainly a question we’ve asked ourselves.

Sustainability isn’t what you think it is

Watching Hannah Ritchie make a meal looks like an environmental travesty. It looks like the opposite of what seems sustainable. But it's not. That's why we need to change our images of what really are 'environmentally-friendly’ behaviours, she...

Food Aid is not a Solution to Zero Hunger

Over the last 50 years, the food systems in developing countries has suffered major shocks and instability leading to food crises. Every year, trillions of dollars are spent on food aids in developing countries, and at the same time worsening the...

Affordable Financial Products for a Sustainable Food System

Every effort of a farmer is to ensure that enough food is produced at the time due and reaches the target market. However, there are several factors that limit the scalability of a farmer's production; one of which is access to affordable financial...

Regenerative agriculture is a win for farmers, food companies and the environment

The evidence is clear. Conventional farming is one of the world’s greatest drivers of climate change and biodiversity loss, and we’re running out of time to reverse its adverse effects. With some big moves back to nature, however, and by looking...

‘Let’s build a better world where everyone can be a king’

Next to the pool on the rooftop of the Amsterdam W Hotel, Dick Veerman met with Nigerian-born and bred tech investor and CEO of an innovation-based oil and gas company Akintoye Akindele. Dr Akindele says he is an agnostic investor. He’ll invest in...

There should not be gaps in GAPs

In the most remote areas of developing countries, there are smallholder farmers working assiduously to make food available for his or her family and a little commercial quantity for income. This is the main reason smallholder farmers are the bedrock...

The Driving Power of the Agricultural Sector (2)

When there is a major disaster leading to huge loss, who do farmers run to for help? In most developing countries, there is no safety net for farmers to bounce back quickly and this is a major challenge in our food system.

Food Policies: The Driving Power of the Agricultural Sector

Food is our greatest asset as it represents a common language everyone understands. The feeling of hunger is the same across tribes, nations and sex; there is no difference and only one thing solves hunger - Food.

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