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    Food
    Insights
    April 3, 2024

    To Make Good on Sustainable Food Commitments, Countries Must Do 4 Things

    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    A woman harvests sweet potatoes
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 20, 2024

    The Inequity of Water: While Scarcity Is Felt Locally, its Causes Are Increasingly Global

    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • Water Security
    • food security
    Amhara farmers carrying corn crop near Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve.
    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • Water Security
    • food security
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 27, 2024

    Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    Food
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Forests
    Insights
    April 16, 2023

    Investing in Local Communities and Entrepreneurs Offers New Hope for Africa’s Degraded Lands

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    Local farmers help restore degraded landscapes in Africa
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    Food
    Europe
    Insights
    April 1, 2022

    The Ukraine Crisis Threatens a Sustainable Food Future

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • agriculture
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Harvesting wheat in Ukraine
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • agriculture
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 4, 2021

    Entrepreneurs Need Funding to Restore Africa's Degraded Land

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • COP26
    Caroline Kariuki, CEO of Kenya's GreenPot Enterprises, with one of her employees at a bamboo nursery. The company's bamboo helps farmers restore degraded land and make extra income.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • COP26
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 4, 2021

    Les entrepreneurs ont besoin de financement pour restaurer les terres dégradées de l'Afrique

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Caroline Kariuki, CEO of Kenya's GreenPot Enterprises, with one of her employees at a bamboo nursery. The company's bamboo helps farmers restore degraded land and make extra income.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Food
    Insights
    July 21, 2021

    Our Food Systems Need an Overhaul. Here’s How the UN Food Summit Can Help.

    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Resilience
    Four farmers harvesting and carrying boxes of strawberries in an open field.
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Resilience
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Insights
    November 19, 2020

    Progress Must Speed Up to Protect and Restore Forests by 2030

    • fires
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • global forest watch
    A pile of logs on the side of a road.
    • fires
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • global forest watch
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 28, 2020

    Protegiendo al Café del Cambio Climático: 3 Aprendizajes en Costa Rica

    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Armando Navarro, productor de café costarricense
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    September 21, 2020

    Rural Women Must Be at the Heart of COVID-19 Response and Recovery

    • Equity & Governance
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Manioc farmer
    • Equity & Governance
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Food
    Insights
    August 20, 2020

    6 Ways the US Can Curb Climate Change and Grow More Food

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    harvesting corn
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    May 19, 2020

    Which Countries Are Most Vulnerable to Locust Swarms?

    • agriculture
    • food security
    • mapping
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • mapping
    Food
    Insights
    May 12, 2020

    Regenerative Agriculture: Good for Soil Health, but Limited Potential to Mitigate Climate Change

    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
    no-till planter
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
    Food
    Insights
    May 8, 2020

    After COVID-19: How We Can Improve the Global Food System

    • coronavirus
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    Produce section of grocery store
    • coronavirus
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    Insights
    February 7, 2020

    The Causes and Effects of Soil Erosion, and How to Prevent It

    • Forests
    • land use
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • food security
    A plum orchid planted in dry soil as a result of drought.
    • Forests
    • land use
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • food security
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    February 4, 2020

    Will Mexico’s Growing Avocado Industry Harm Its Forests?

    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Avocado
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 31, 2020

    5 Ways the US Government Can Kickstart a CarbonShot to Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy
    carbon engineering direct air capture facility
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy

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