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EU faces a €70 billion annual bill to adapt to climate change by 2050

Environment
The European Union will need to invest around €70 billion every year until 2050 to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change, according to a new study commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA).

€1.3 billion Polish scheme for agricultural producers affected by climate change

Agriculture
The European Commission has approved a €1.3 billion Polish scheme to financially support agricultural producers covering the risk of damage to crops and livestock.

Everything to know about Pica, a lesser known eating disorder

Health & Social Care
Pica is an eating disorder where the sufferer craves to eat non-food substances such as soil, ice or clay. But who can be affected, what are the causes, and what else is there to know?

Transforming food systems through Global Field ID – a new standard for agriculture?

Agriculture
The new digital farming tool 'Global Field ID' maps field boundaries with technology and assigns unique IDs to each plot of land, with the potential to track changes in food systems.

Why we must end factory farming before it is too late

Agriculture
Why should we end factory farming? The intensely cruel farming process is responsible for extreme animal cruelty, pollution, wildlife extinction and global hunger.

U.S. rice industry advocates for strong farm bill safety net programmes

Agriculture
Jamison Cruce, Senior Director, Government Affairs at USA Rice details how the U.S. rice industry advocates for strong farm bill safety net programmes.

We need to rethink food security

Agriculture
Lindsay Duncan, Farming Campaigns Manager, World Animal Protection, explains why we need to rethink food security.

Effect of heat and drought on food security and agricultural production

Agriculture
Maize is affected by abiotic stresses, including extreme heat and drought, which is exacerbated by climate change.

Conserving water is essential to feeding the world

Agriculture
Here, we are told by David Green, Executive Director at the U.S. Sustainability Alliance, that conserving water is essential to feeding the world.

A uniting point for U.S. peanut sustainability

Agriculture
Eric Coronel, Director of Sustainability at The American Peanut Council, highlights a uniting point for U.S. peanut sustainability.

USDA invests $2 billion in food banks and school meal programs

Agriculture
USDA will provide nearly $2 billion in additional funding to food banks and school meal programs for purchasing American-grown foods.

How to compost: saving the planet with food waste

Agriculture
Compost can boost global crop production and reduce methane emitted through landfills – and it can all start in your home with unwanted food scraps.

The International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics

Agriculture
From the 4th to the 7th of November 2022, Phuket, Thailand will host the 19 International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics ISRFG 2022 where we will see agricultural science “Driving the Next Green Revolution”.

We must tackle the UK malnutrition postcode lottery

Health & Social Care
Malnutrition is often misunderstood as something that only happens in other countries, but UK malnutrition is intensifying.

How will Brexit policy affect your diet?

Government
Brexit policy is to affect micronutrient food supplies in the UK, where foods imports will become harder to access due to trade deals.

Europe’s Nature Restoration Law to repair damaged ecosystems by 2050

Environment
The Nature Restoration Law aims to restore damaged ecosystems and bring nature back across Europe, as well as reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030.

The challenges of global food security – Part 2

Agriculture
Curtis R Youngs, Professor & M.E. Ensminger Endowed Chair of International Animal Agriculture, continues the discussion of the challenges of global food security.
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