Guest Commentary - Putting Nutrition at the Center of Collective Action

Tackling malnutrition in all its forms requires coordinated action across a range of different sectors.

Global Food for Thought: Flight 302 | GAIN | Red Palm Weevil

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Guest Commentary - Health-Boosting, Climate-Smart Crops Can Help Address Micronutrient Gaps

Climate change is already challenging efforts to nourish the planet. As a result, billions of people are likely to remain vulnerable to micronutrient deficiencies

Guest Commentary - Considering Gender in Irrigation: Technology Adoption for Women Farmers

With climate change driving changing rainfall patterns in many rural geographies, access to small-scale irrigation systems is becoming an increasingly important tool for reducing farm production risks and improving the well-being of small-scale farmers. But not all farmers are able to access the benefits these systems provide – women in particular, are often left out of the picture.

Guest Commentary - Sugar, Water and Women: India’s Changing Sugarcane Industry

Agriculture is the largest consumer of water in India, accounting for more than 80 percent of total consumption, and sugarcane is an incredibly thirsty crop. Sugarcane is also a labor-intensive crop and more than 60 percent of that work is done by women.

Uncharted Waters: The Gendered Burden of Water

Humans all need water for roughly the same things and in roughly the same amounts. And yet, water insecurity has profoundly disproportionate effects on women.

Global Food for Thought: North Korea | Swine Fever | WTO

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Guest Commentary - Challenging Assumptions about Agriculture, Surface Water, and Antimicrobial Resistance

Despite our dependency, surface water resources can, in some instances, have a more insidious influence on our health, creating potential conduits for the movement of waterborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistance, crossing divergent landscapes and human, animal, and wildlife populations.

Uncharted Waters: The Livestock Ladder’s Water Footprint

Guest Commentary: Meeting the Food and Water SDGs

Much like peace and justice, water and sanitation are foundational elements to a flourishing society. Without clean water and sufficient sanitation, health, education and livelihoods all suffer.

Global Food for Thought: Climate Pressures, SDGs, Land Trouble

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Guest Commentary: Mono-a-Mono - The Threat of Today’s 'Green Deserts' to Tomorrow’s Food Production

Over the past 50 years, while the world population has doubled and the demands on global agriculture have tripled, the proportion of people suffering from hunger has been cut in half.  Progress, yes, but not problem solved. 

Guest Commentary: All Systems Go for Better Nutrition

The challenges facing us in terms of clean water and nutritious foods are immense, with over 800 million lacking access to a clean water source, over 800 million unable to access enough food and approximately 2 billion with an inadequate diet. However, the opportunities are equally immense.

Uncharted Waters: Are the Sustainable Development Goals for Water and Food Working Against One Another?

Can the world be water and food secure at the same time? There are intuitive reasons to think that these goals conflict.

Global Food for Thought: Foodborne Illnesses, Trade Slow Downs, Urban-Rural Water

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