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Euroviews. How can we transform the global food system to preserve our planet?

Just like climate policy requires a focus across the entire value chain for emission reductions, the food industry must do the same, Johan Rockström writes.

Nature

Scientists want to sterilise insects to protect our food crops

Fruit flies destroyed ‘more than half the berries’ on this farm but scientists may have found a way to stop them.

World News

Euroviews. The EPP Group is wrong to spurn the EU's nature restoration law

It’s time politicians abandon these cynical games and tackle the challenges we are facing seriously, Olivier De Schutter and Emile Frison write.

Euronews Debates

Euroviews. Green Week Debate 2023: Can Europe lead the way on food security?

As part of Euronews' Green Week, our expert panel debated whether Europe can future-proof its food security in the face of climate change and rising global hunger.

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Europe News

Algae is a low-carbon protein. The EU is lagging in production

Aquaculture is seen as key to mitigating the challenges faced by the traditional fishing sector.

Home

This 3D-printed fish could help prevent our oceans being emptied

The ready-to-cook, flaky fish fillet is expected to enter the consumer market next year in Singapore and then in countries like the US and Japan.

World News

Global food prices drop by a fifth - but still remain too high

The Black Sea deal with Russia allowed Ukraine to export more of its grain in the past year. Australia and the EU produced more food than was expected too.

Earth News

Scientists claim this diet has the lowest environmental impact

La population mondiale devrait atteindre 10,9 milliards d'ici la fin du siècle.

The Star Ingredient

How financial speculation creates hunger in low-income countries

Award winning filmmaker and journalist Stefano Liberti, joins us for this episode of The Star Ingredient to talk about how globalisation and financialisation can pose a challenge to the worldwide food system.

Nature

Eat more beans to help save the planet, campaigners urge

Could eating more beans help reduce emissions and fix the cost of living crisis? This campaign initiative thinks so.

World News

Euroviews. Amid global food crisis, we need to turn over a new leaf on coca

Allowing international trade of coca products, including its use as an organic fertiliser, could play a significant role in addressing the food insecurity crisis, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch and Diego Garcia Devis argue.

The Star Ingredient

Podcast | Foraging acorns: a buffer in times of crisis

In this episode, we take a detour to Europe to trek through the forests of Italy with chef Eleonora Matarrese, known as the Wild Cook, and explore how foraging can play its part in a more resilient food chain.

Earth News

What fruit and vegetables are being rationed in UK supermarkets?

"Everyone wants to avoid rationing," the farmers' union have said. So why are supermarkets doing it?

The Star Ingredient

Culture Podcast: Sorghum, Burundi's forgotten ancestral grain

Have you heard of the grain sorghum? Burundian chef Jeanne Cimpaye discovered it in a refugee camp and has been cooking it in her restaurant since. She tells us her story and how she’s reintroducing the ingredient into Burundian cuisine.

Nature

How ‘buzz lines’ could help reverse the decline of bees

A new EU deal aims to save our pollinators ‘before it’s too late’. Here’s what it involves.

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Extremely cold conditions experienced in several provinces

There has been heavy snowfall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and elsewhere in the country, with many provinces experiencing exceptionally cold weather over the past two weeks.

The Star Ingredient

Interview with Edie Mukiibi, the new president of Slow Food

Edie Mukiibi, a Ugandan farmer, agronomist and activist, speaks to us about leading a global movement committed to justice in the food system and bolstering food security in Africa.

Nature

Why has the Olympic Committee planted 70,000 trees in Africa?

The forest is part of the ‘Great Green Wall,’ an African-led scheme to seed vegetation across degraded land in 22 countries in the Sahel region.

The Star Ingredient

Cooking with Bambara Groundnut, a ‘food for the future’

What is Bambara Groundnut and how do you cook with it? Learn more about this superstar African ‘hero crop’ on episode two of our podcast #TheStarIngredient

Climate

Food experts ‘deeply disappointed’ by COP27 approach to agriculture

The Koronivia Dialogue got a new lease of life, but experts were 'disappointed’ to see a systems-based approach cut from the text.