The traditional rain-fed agriculture system of Ethiopia is suffering from climate change impacts and extremes. It must be improved to feed the growing population and create a resilient society...
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Crop diseases affect crop yield and quality and cause significant losses of total food production worldwide. With the ever-increasing world population and decreasing land and water resources...
Globally, about 50% of all arable soils are classified as acidic. As crop and plant growth are significantly hampered under acidic soil conditions, many...
Global livestock supply chains have significantly altered nitrogen (N) flows over past years, thereby threatening environmental and human health. Here, we...
Of the total food produced for human consumption, an estimated 14 per cent is lost, and an estimated 17 per cent is wasted, costing the global economy an estimated $936 billion a year...
Human influence has unequivocally warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Since the industrial era, our planet has already warmed by approximately 1.1°C compared to pre-industrial levels...
The food and land use sector is a major contributor to India's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. On one hand, India is committed to sustainability targets in the Agriculture, Forestry...
In the discourse about the development of farmed animal production (terrestrial livestock production and aquaculture) in the tropics, two important food system outcomes emerge: (1) to supply animal-sourced...
Achieving world food security is more complex nowadays. It is not only necessary to pay attention to the availability of food, but also to the way in which it is produced...
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New loss estimates assessed by stage, region and sector in an economy-wide model.
Primary stage loss reduction has strongest impact on food security...