This week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles.
Weight of the world: 2.1 billion people obese or overweight, Reuters
Despite all the highs and lows around the world, our number one challenge is how to feed humanity with nutritious food!, African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
Food, health and sustainability: we become what we eat, and so does Earth, The Guardian
12 Data visualizations that illustrate poverty’s biggest challenges, ONE
The Science of Inequality. What the numbers tell us, Science
3,000 rice genome sequences made publicly available on World Hunger Day, EurekAlert
UPDATE 2-EU member states back compromise to allow GM crops-diplomats, Reuters
EU biofuel targets need 70m ha of land, says report, Farmers Weekly
Global population of obese and overweight tops 2.1bn, BBC
Global food waste targeted in Think. Eat. Save. Campaign, AgriPulse
Global Food Security Symposium 2014: Afternoon Session, YouTube
Study: Dwindling Food Production and Supply Looms with Climate Change, International Business Times
Global policies encourage land grabbing and worsen hunger and poverty – ActionAid report, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Increasing the engagement of farmers in research, PAEPARD
Commentary – Models Agree: Climate Change Will Put Pressure on Crop Yields in Large Areas of the Developing World, Global Food for Thought
Concerns grow over farm drugs used like ‘sweets’, BBC
China’s hybrid rice to create world record in 2014, Far Eastern Agriculture
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