In the spirit of the new year, this week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention focuses on looking back at 2015 and ahead to the future. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles.
Reviewing 2015
The Top Agriculture Stories of 2015, The World Bank
After the International Year of Soils, we won’t take soils for granted anymore, FAO
Africa’s top science stories of first half of 2015 and Top science stories of July-December 2015, SciDevNet
Recapping the 2015 GMO debate: Science eclipses ‘Dark’ voices of anti-biotech hysteria, Genetic Literacy Project
Weather dominates insurance claims in 2015 – Munich Re, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Why Soils? Highlights from the 2015 Soil Atlas, Agrilinks
Looking ahead to 2016 and the future of Agriculture
16 Reasons 2016 Will Bring Positive Change to the Global Food System, EcoWatch
Paris Agreement Portends A Reckoning For Meat And Dairy, Forbes
We Need a New Green Revolution, The New York Times
The climate integration challenge, DevEx
Vegetables Likely To Take More Of Your Plate In 2016, The Salt
Weather, war threaten to leave millions more hungry in 2016 – aid agencies, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Climate change: Cereal harvests across the world ‘fall by 10% in 50 years’, The Independent
Will Scientists Determine the Future of Food? Vogue
Boost African science with this five-point plan, SciDevNet
Bugs on the menu in Ghana as palm weevil protein hits the pan, The Guardian
Other stories…
To save rare forest, farmers try a new crop: butterflies, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Puerto Ricans strive to boost food production, Aljazeera
Aflatoxin: Poisoning People and Projects, Agrilinks
Influence of extreme weather disasters on global crop production, Nature
Young mums sidelined over child nutrition, SciDevNet
One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? 
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