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The food security challenge

The global food system is under pressure. Over the next 35 years, the growing global population will demand more food than has ever been produced in human history!
Animation by Zedem Media.

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A deadly challenge: Keeping the world free from rinderpest

In the post-eradication era, rinderpest virus containing materials are found in more than 24 laboratories worldwide posing risk of reintroduction. This video shows FAO supporting countries in the process of destruction and sequestration of the virus and advocates for the same practice in other member countries.

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Insight: Overconsumption and diet, from the Global Food Security programme

Video transcript Video shows footage of people eating fast food Video shows Sian Williams in a shop Sian Williams, Science writer, Global Food Security programme Overconsumption is a state in which food intake exceeds individual food requirements providing an excess supply of nutrients and energy which can result in malnutrition. At the Global Food Security […]

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Photo diary: a story of sustainability in China

Video transcript Video shows a collection of farming, village and city landscape photos in China. Voice of Geoff Tansey, food writer and consultant Will China build on its long-term sustainable farming systems, such as these famous rice terraces in Yunnan, or abandon them? That’s the question I’ve found myself pondering about since my most recent […]

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Research Diary: plant clinics in Uganda

Getting agricultural information to smallholder farmers can help improve food security. BBSRC-funded PhD student Andrew Tock explores ‘plant clinics’ in Uganda where farmers can receive objective and impartial advice on how to best treat their crops to protect them from pests.