This week’s summary of the news stories, reports, and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles.
Firstly…
Andrew Youn: 3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty, TED
Climate Change
Climate-Proofing Agriculture Must Take Centre Stage in African Policy, IPS
Climate-Smart Agriculture in Action, Farming First via Youtube
Food Security
Ivory Coast experts propose “agricultural offensive” to achieve food security, News Ghana
Who will feed the Future? FARA
El Niño is over – but it leaves nearly 100 million people short of food, The Guardian
Ongoing conflicts and droughts exacerbate food needs, FAO
Feeding A Hungry Urban World, Huffington Post
Innovation in agriculture is key to ending extreme hunger – G20 ministers agree, IFAD
Resource use
African women are breaking their backs to get water for their families, The Washington Post
Global standard to measure food waste aims to put more on plates, Reuters
Growing reliance on foreign crops threatens diversity, SciDevNet
Nutrition
Global Nutrition Report: Malnutrition Becoming the “New Normal” Across the Globe, IFPRI
Crazy idea to change the world: What if we gave kids a good start in life? Grist
Malnutrition and Obesity Worsen Worldwide, TV2 Africa via Youtube
Food systems & Value chains
African agri-business ‘needs investment’, World Bulletin
Pricey maize imports strain southern Africa, This Is Africa
Global farmland deals now cover area the size of Finland – campaigners, Thomson Reuters Foundation
How the world’s most popular foods have traveled all over the planet, The Washington Post
Agriculture challenges facing Africa’s food systems, GEESKA Afrika Online
This is the best news for America’s animals in decades. It’s about baby chickens, Vox
Sowing The Seeds Of Corporate Social Responsibility, Forbes
Technology
Farming hackathon to take place in Nairobi, African Farming
Use biotech to beef up climate fight, SciDevNet
Factory fresh, The Economist
Kenya is on the brink of approving GMOs, Grist
Europe and the EU
Britain might leave the European Union. Here’s what that could mean for the climate, Grist
Open letter to the EU Parliament from a Kenyan farmer: Leave Africa alone, Global Farmer Network
Open letter to the EU Parliament from a group of Nigerian farmers: Let us make this choice for ourselves, Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa
Rapid urbanisation in Africa, and the cost of conflict and terrorism, The Guardian
European parliament slams G7 food project in Africa, The Guardian
As an internationalist, I’m voting to stay in the EU, The Guardian
Other Stories:
FAO and ILO working together to stamp out child labour in agriculture, FAO
#AASW7 vlogs, FARA via Youtube
AfDB president warns against Africa’s rising debt, This Is Africa
One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? 
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