The global agrifood sector faces fundamental challenges over the coming decade, particularly the need to feed an ever-increasing population, the impacts of the climate crisis and the economic consequences and disruptions to food supply linked to the war in Ukraine, according to a report. The findings of the latest OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2022-2031 report underscore the crucial […]
It is often said that the next world war will be fought over water. Perhaps more than anywhere else, the stress on the water supply is likely to be felt in India as the country’s burgeoning population is set to overtake China’s over the next decade. The world’s second-most populated country has about 4% of […]
Global efforts to put the world on a more sustainable and prosperous path will continue to frustrate policy makers, unless action is taken simultaneously on five man-made mega-trends including climate change, says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The chief economists in the United Nations system jointly identified the other challenges as […]
Australia’s recent population growth has been the key driver of a near doubling of domestic food consumption over the past 20 years, according to new ABARES research. ABARES Executive Director, Dr Steve Hatfield-Dodds, said that while a lot of attention had been focused on performance in export markets, domestic producers have been successful in competing […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), which is addressing the nutritional gap in the population through fortification of various foods, has now constituted a scientific panel to take the programme further. The FSSAI has also published in India’s official gazette a draft regulation on new product approval procedures. The panel will identify […]
Air pollution in New Delhi, which recently reached 30 times the World Health Organisation’s recommend levels, heightening serious respiratory problems for its inhabitants underscores the need for the energy sector to reduce pollution, the International Energy Agency (EIA) has said. This is not a new issue, as India’s capital and home to more than 16 million […]
By 2050, there will be 3 billion more people in existence, and close to 80 percent of the world’s population will live in urban areas. The demand for food will be unprecedented, and we will need to figure out how to get food to the cities in the most effective way. Enter vertical farming – the […]
