Tag: Food security
Taking fish out of fish feed can make aquaculture a more...
Pallab Sarker, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Aquaculture, or fish farming, is the...
Nobel Peace Prize spotlights the links between hunger and conflict
Jessica Eise, Purdue University
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Program for its efforts to combat hunger,...
To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food...
Michael Fakhri, University of Oregon and Ntina Tzouvala, Australian National University
According to a new United Nations report, global rates of hunger and malnutrition are...
Fast food is comforting, but in low-income areas it crowds out...
Catherine Keske, University of California, Merced
Many Americans take comfort in the routine of jumping into the car and grabbing a burger. They choose restaurants...
Crop pathogens are more adaptable than previously thought
Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Many of the pathogens threatening the world’s major crops...
Ocean warming has fisheries on the move, helping some but hurting...
Chris Free, University of California, Santa Barbara
Climate change has been steadily warming the ocean, which absorbs most of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases...
Ghana wants to grow more cashews. But what about unintended consequences?
James Boafo, The University of Queensland and Kristen Lyons, The University of Queensland
Over at least the last decade, one of Ghana’s most vital breadbaskets...
Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies
Deepak Ray, University of Minnesota
Farmers are used to dealing with weather, but climate change is making it harder by altering temperature and rainfall patterns,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
