Food
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October 9th 2012 | Tags: Climate change, Environment, Food, Land, Water
Flood risk and rural land management are key population issues
In light of the recent floods in various parts of England and Wales, I feel it is topical to address rural land management. Farming (like any enterprise) is subject to... -
September 24th 2012
Ocean acidification threatens island nations
Food security problems caused by climate change and ocean acidification will hit small island and coastal nations hardest, environmental group Oceana said on Monday. The Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean... -
September 23rd 2012
Farm animal slaughter to push up food prices
The mass slaughter of millions of farm animals across the world is expected to push food prices to their highest ever levels. As well as hitting consumers' pockets, the predicted... -
September 12th 2012
Indonesia: ‘World’s most polluted’ river
With dozens of bright green rice paddies, flocks of kites in the sky and children laughing nearby, at first glance the village of Sukamaju in western Java has all the... -
September 11th 2012
Growing population needs twenty more ‘Niles’
The world needs to find the equivalent of the flow of 20 Nile rivers by 2025 to grow enough food to feed a rising population and help avoid conflicts over... -
September 10th 2012
E Africa: Farmers adapt to climate change
Smallholder farmers across East Africa have started to embrace climate-resilient farming approaches and technologies, according to new research recently published by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and... -
September 3rd 2012
Urbanization and African food security
Africa's urban population is growing faster than that of any other region, but many of its cities are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for food that comes with... -
August 27th 2012
Food shortages could lead to vegetarian diet
Leading water scientists have issued one of the sternest warnings yet about global food supplies, saying that the world's population may have to switch almost completely to a vegetarian diet... -
August 16th 2012
Stressed aquifers around the globe
As the worst drought in decades continues to afflict the Midwest and the Great Plains, it is straining a precious commodity far beneath the earth’s surface: groundwater. Take, for instance,... -
August 15th 2012
Comment: Is oil more important than food?
Sports stars like Mo Farah at No 10 will not change a simple fact: people are starving because of the west's thirst for biofuels, says George Monbiot in the Guardian. I...
