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Australia is seen as a safety net for protecting rare livestock breeds – but why do they need saving?

Livestock breeds have been homogenised to meet modern production demands yet farmers warn valuable genetics could be be lost

The Guardian - AU

Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports

Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia ended a deal allowing Ukraine ship grain and India restricted some rice exports

The Independent UK

No, a can of Diet Coke won't give you cancer

The beverages industry has welcomed a report contextualizing the amount of aspartame a person can consume before it becomes a health risk.

Fortune

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Number of people going hungry has risen by 122m since 2019, UN says

Covid pandemic and Ukraine war add to widespread crisis with one in nine people in the world facing severe food insecurity in 2022

The Guardian - UK

Cameroon Works To Reverse EU Seafood Ban Amid Concerns Over Unchecked Industrial Fishing

Initiatives to curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing are underway as the government seeks to comply with international laws.

Zenger

Solving the global food crisis

When ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro came to power in January 2019, one of his first acts in office was to abolish the National Food and Nutrition Security Council (Consea), a globally lauded body that had reduced food insecurity. It was a huge step back for the country, which the UN…

Bangkok Post

Pakistan, Afghanistan among global food shortage 'hotspots': Report

Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis further worsens. Read further on Dynamite News:

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How inflation made West Africa’s prized jollof rice a pricey meal

Inflation driven by economic instability, fallout from war in Ukraine and COVID have made jollof rice an expensive meal.

Al Jazeera

Explained | How are nutrients in millets affected by processing and polishing?

The Hindu explains what the nutritive content of millets is, where in the grain they are stored, and how they are affected by post-harvest processes like milling and polishing.

The Hindu

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens wheat harvest

With 20m people at the highest risk of famine for 25 years, farmers are desperately trying to kill the pests before vast swarms form

The Guardian - UK

Banana fungus may worsen hunger crisis in Venezuela

A resistant fungus which wilts banana and plantain plants and infects soil could worsen the food crisis in Venezuela, where 6.5 million people already suffer hunger, growers groups and a United Nations agency say.

Reuters

Asia rice output turns corner as farmers expand planting

SINGAPORE: Asia's rice output is set to climb this year as higher prices spur farmers to expand acreage and use more fertiliser, easing supply concerns after production suffered its first decline in seven years in 2022.

Bangkok Post

A major health organization says meat, eggs and milk are vital sources of ‘much-needed nutrients.' Here's why

Nutrients are especially critical for children, pregnant people and older adults.

Fortune

Inside big beef’s climate messaging machine: confuse, defend and downplay

A Masters of Beef Advocacy program teaches ‘scientific sounding’ arguments on cattle’s sustainability in an all-out public relations war

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More than 250m people faced acute food insecurity in 2022, UN report says

Fourth year in a row in which number of people facing food crises increased substantially

Bangkok Post

Can AI help end deforestation?

From hoovering kitchens and driving cars to reading and writing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly being used to save human's time. But can this kind of technological innovation help us save the planet?

Motorsport

All Kaulig points penalties rescinded at the request of NASCAR

On March 15, NASCAR issued penalties to five Cup teams – all four Hendrick Motorsports teams and the No. 31 team from Kaulig Racing – for the unapproved modification of hood louvers (vents) which are single-source parts.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Alert: Yemen’s Highlands Brace for Deadlier Floods Next Week

Much of Yemen’s Highlands should brace for deadlier downpours and floods in the coming week, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said in a agrometeorological early warning bulletin it released Monday. FAO also said the return of the Saif rainy season was with a rough start as storms flooded…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan’s Wheat Import Requirements to Rise to 3.5 Mln Tons in 2023

Sudan will need to import 3.5 million tons of wheat this year because of a 30% drop in the projected local harvest after farmers switched to planting different crops, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday. Some farmers told Reuters the government had failed to buy their…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Reports Warn Floods Threaten Quarter of IDP Sites in Yemen

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned of floods threatening one-quarter of the Internally displaced persons' sites in Yemen. There are more than half a million individuals in these camps. Climate change and civil turbulences have widely impacted food item prices…

Al Jazeera

Is Africa still ‘neutral’ a year into the Ukraine war?

Since Russia’s invasion, many African governments have officially not taken sides. But for some, that may be changing.

Al Jazeera

Year of war in Ukraine left developing nations picking up pieces

Some of the harshest economic effects of the war are being felt much farther afield than Russia’s theatre of battle.

WEKU

11 days after the quake, a few more survivors are pulled from the rubble in Turkey

Even as the death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 43,000, search teams in southern Turkey have rescued a few people who were trapped in the debris, including a 12-year-old boy.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Foot-and-mouth Variant Hits Iraq Buffaloes

Despite vaccinating his entire herd against foot-and-mouth disease, Iraqi farmer Saadoun Roumi has lost five of his 15 buffaloes to a variant never before seen in the country. The severe, highly contagious livestock disease has plagued Iraq for decades, but this year's outbreak has already had a devastating impact described…

The Independent UK

UN eyes revival of millets as global grain uncertainty grows

With concerns about war, drought and the environment raising new worries about food supplies, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization has christened 2023 as the “Year of Millets” — grains that have been cultivated in all corners of the globe for millennia but have been largely pushed aside

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