OECD and FAO highlight role of diets, urbanization, emissions and trade in outlook for next decade
A market in Rome.
ROME, 9 July 2019 (FAO)* — Global demand for agricultural products is projected to grow by 15 percent over the coming decade, while agricultural productivity growth is expected to increase slightly faster, causing inflation-adjusted prices of the major agricultural commodities to remain at or below their current levels, according to an annual report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
Rabat, 9 July 2019 (IOM)* –In West Africa, environmental challenges are widely believed to drive migration from rural areas, where livelihoods are largely dependent on natural resources (agriculture, mining and fisheries).
Experts, policymakers and academics from North and Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe took part in the workshop to discuss opportunities for integrating environmental dimensions into reintegration activities. Photo: IOM
Simultaneously, these challenges impact the sustainability of reintegration for returned migrants, limiting their livelihood options and the availability of natural resources, such as water and land, and food.
DAYLESFORD, Australia, 9 July 2019 — I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with an explanation of how this came about and what we can do about it.
A girl showing signs of fear and anxiety in an uncertain environment | Author: D Sharon Pruitt | Source | CC BY 2.0
The following interview with the Iranian journalist Javad Hieran-Nia was published in Iran together with Middle Scholar’s Statement on Trump’s Iran Policy.
Conditions in which migrants and refugees are being held in the United States are appalling, said the UN human rights chief on Monday [8 July 2019], underscoring that children should never be held in immigration detention, or separated from their families.
UNHCR/V. Tan | Photo: UNHCR/V. Tan
“As a pediatrician, but also as a mother and a former head of State, I am deeply shocked that children are forced to sleep on the floor in overcrowded facilities, without access to adequate healthcare or food, and with poor sanitation conditions”, said High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.
In case you were not aware or just do not remember: all you eat, drink, breathe, wear, take as a medicine, the cosmetics you use, the walls of your house, among others, is full of chemicals.
7 July 2019 (ICAN – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons)* — On July 7th, 2017 we made history together. Can you believe it’s been two years since the historic UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted?
In that time, ICAN campaigners around the world have kept pushing to promote this treaty and end nuclear weapons, and they’re achieving some incredible successes. Will you join them?
LONDON, 4 July 2019 (UN Environment)* – The world’s first financial facility to offer green bonds for sustainable soy production in Brazil was launched today 4 July 2019 at London Climate Action Week.
The Responsible Commodities Facility, unveiled at the London Stock Exchange, plans to provide low-interest credit lines to Brazilian soy and corn farmers who commit to using degraded pasture and avoid clearing forests and native grassland for agriculture. For farmers, the initiative will offer an important complement to official credit lines.
Mexico City (FAO)* – A joint action program to promote rural development and the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger so that migration becomes an option and not a necessity, is the objective of a High-level meeting on migration, development and food security in Mesoamerica that kicked-off in Mexico City on 2 July 2019.
3 July 2019 (Norwegian Refugee Council)* — The people of South Sudan are bracing themselves for what could be another catastrophic food crisis with almost seven million people facing extreme levels of hunger.
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Duom Deng Biar is part of a farmers group in Twic East in Jonglei, South Sudan, where a poor harvest has led to widespread hunger. Photo: NRC/Tiril Skarstein
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As the country prepares to mark eight years of independence next week, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is calling on all parties to the conflict to make the most out of the extension to the peace agreement and work towards ending the country´s disturbing cycle of hunger and conflict.
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