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.
Nutrition and Food Secuirty
What Works for Nutrition? Success stories from Vietnam, Uganda & Kenya, Results, Concern Worldwide and University of Westminster
Beans and Other Paragons of Dietary Virtue, CIAT Blog
24 TED Talks That Will Help Save the Food System, FoodTank
Good Governance Is the Only Real Way to Provide Food Security, World Politics Review
Can the G7 new alliance reduce hunger and poverty in Malawi? Concern Universal, ChristianAid, CISANET & CEPA
In Kenya, Improving Food Security and HIV Outcomes through Farming, Scientific American
Climate change
Warming set to breach 1C threshold, BBC News
UN climate fund releases $183m to tackle global warming, The Guardian
The devil is in the detail, E3G
Leadership on Climate Change: COP21 & Beyond, SustainAbility
Linking Food Security and Climate Change: what role for the private sector? ecdpm
Making the G20 count for Paris, E3G
Paris climate deal must be legally binding, EU tells John Kerry, The Guardian
Biotechnology
Biotech’s New Plan: Nobody Say ‘GMO’, Wired
Agri extension service providers in Uganda hone biotech communication skills, Crop Biotech Update
New plant breeding techniques: Innovation breakthrough or GMOs in disguise? EurActiv.com
Africa and Sustainable Agriculture
Agriculture and the threat to biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Environmental Research Letters
Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice, PNAS
Science on the Pulse: Top reads from November, Thrive Blog
Rural and Agricultural Finance Strategy, The MasterCard Foundation
Making agriculture in Africa climate-smart: From continental policies to local practices, ecdpm
Europe fund to tackle African migration ‘not enough’, BBC News
El Nino worsens food security in East Africa: UN, African News
One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? 
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