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My vegan challenge: how hard is it to change your diet?

  • Date: 19 December 2016
  • Author(s): Sian Williams

The Global Food Security programme’s Sian Williams decided to cut all meat and animal products from her diet to see how difficult it would be to eat more sustainably.

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Temperate matters in agriculture

  • Date: 28 November 2016
  • Author(s): Evangelia Kougioumoutzi

Most of the world’s food is produced in temperate zones. The Global Food Security programme’s Evangelia Kougioumoutzi reports on the TempAg Network.

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How would we cope with a post-pesticide world?

  • Date: 1 August 2016
  • Author(s): David O'Gorman

What technologies could sustainably replace pesticides, without compromising on yield or quality? The Global Food Security (GFS) programme’s David O’Gorman reviews a recent GFS workshop on the topic.

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Advancing insects as animal feed

  • Date: 18 April 2016
  • Author(s): Keiran Whitaker

Insect farms could recover the true value of wasted organic nutrients, improve local food security and assist in environmental protection, says Keiran Olivares Whitaker of Entocycle.

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Where was food in the COP21 Paris Agreement?

  • Date: 4 April 2016
  • Author(s): Tim Benton and Bojana Bajželj

Failure to tackle food demand could make 1.5°C limit unachievable. Global Food Security programme Champion Tim Benton and Bojana Bajželj from WRAP explain.

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Game-changing technologies in agriculture

  • Date: 22 February 2016
  • Author(s): Riaz Bhunnoo

What innovations really have the potential to transform the food-producing landscape? Head of the Global Food Security programme Riaz Bhunnoo takes a whistle-stop tour.

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