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.
Disturbing Report Highlights the State of the World’s Oceans, Green Africa Directory
Africa Week Recognizes Development, Governance Progress, IISD
Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, IMF
From Plates that Grow Food to Certified Cocoa: UN Awards Innovative Green Enterprises at Green Economy Symposium, SEED Initiative
UN highlights role of farming in closing emissions gap, BBC
Farmers dig into soil quality, Nature
An exclusive interview with Bill Gates, The Financial Times
FAO expects more balanced food markets, less price volatility, FAO
Climate Change Seen Posing Risk to Food Supplies, The New York Times
New Effort Launched to Measure and Monitor Global Food Loss and Waste, UNEP
Nitrogen fixation helps double some African farm yields, SciDev.Net
Crop pests spreading polewards under global warming, European Commission
Food waste: ‘Six meals a week’ thrown away by Britons, BBC
We’ll rise or fall on the quality of our soil, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
How complexity thinking cut malnutrition in Vietnam by two thirds, From Poverty to Power, Duncan Green
One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? 