The Environmental Food Crisis

A new rapid response assessment report released by UNEP warns that up to 25% of the world’s food production may become lost due to environmental breakdown by 2050 unless action is taken. Read more

AFRICA: Changing technologies to keep up with climate change

Technological innovation is key to helping African farmers cope with the increasing challenges posed by climate change, say specialists. "Temperatures have increased and the danger is that agriculture is the backbone of Africa's economies," Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, chief executive officer of the South-African based Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, and added. "The increase in temperatures means we have less water in some places and we are already a drought-prone region. "Technological innovation is key to helping African farmers cope with the increasing challenges posed by climate change, say specialists. Read more