Eliminating Hunger — a Problem of Production or Preservation?
Article co-written by Brendon Anthony and Geoff Bishop By 2050 there is going to be an estimated nine billion people on the planet. Industrial Agriculture Is Not the Solution to Feeding the Planet This statistic is constantly stated in respect to the growing
Measuring Progress Towards Sustainable Agriculture
Just about everyone agrees that sustainable agriculture is crucial for the future, especially given that the world’s population is expected to grow while the size of the planet will not. While we have a broad consensus on what sustainable agriculture is,
Beekeeping: Reconnecting to our Biosphere
By 2030 the global middle class will grow to nearly 5 billion people. In countless rural regions where subsistence farmers are living in some of the most bio-diverse, beautiful, and fragile environments, this move to the middle class has the potential
The importance of Plant Health
International Plant Protection Convention’s work for Food Security Today, new plant pests are putting in danger crops around the world, posing a greater threat to food security than ever before. To make matters worse, increasing global trade and changing climate are creating favourable conditions
To Feed the World in a Changing Climate, Agriculture Must Change Now
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY, ASTRID AGOSTINI, A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE FAO .THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. In 2015, the international community adopted the