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How will the war in Ukraine affect global food security?

GLF Live with Lawrence Haddad

 

Pulsing with goodness

Pulses, the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for food, are getting more attention for their high nutrition and low impact.

 
Scott Webb, Unsplash

Best of Landscape News 2021: Food and Livelihoods

Our pick of Landscape News' top stories about food and agriculture from this year.

 
Demonstrations took place throughout Scotland and around the world alongside COP26. Tim Dennell, Flickr

GLF Climate by the numbers

Get an overview of GLF Climate, the Global Landscapes Forum's three-day event alongside COP26.

 
A dam in the U.S. Dan Meyers, Unsplash

“The climate crisis knows no borders.”

Check out our pick of quotes from GLF Climate, which ran alongside the COP26 event in Glasgow.

 
A sustainable soybean farmer walking through his field in Malawi. IFPRI

Program to tackle forest-risk commodities, transform global food systems launches at COP26

FOLUR, led by World Bank, Global Environment Facility, GLF and partners, addresses sustainability of eight food commodities.

 
A local farmer in China, which provides 20 percent of the world's food and fibers. Hamad M, Flickr

Food systems change: a low-hanging fruit for climate change mitigation?

Experts at GLF Climate put forth best routes for reducing food’s contributions to climate change

 

Food: a GLF Climate reading list

Read up on our selection of Landscape News articles to get you ready for GLF Climate's sessions on agriculture and food.

 
Secretary-general António Guterres (left) opens the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit. UN Photo, Eskinder Debebe

World leaders face litmus test on hunger at UN Food Systems Summit

Countries pledge investments, school meals, Indigenous rights at first UN Food Systems Summit.

 
Sustainable forest foods drawn from the forest in Zambia. Joe Nkadaani, CIFOR

New coalition strives for sustainable food systems

Experts hail local knowledge, youth and finance as solutions

 
Amazonian Brazil nuts. Marco Simola, CIFOR

Climate change threatens traditional extractive communities in the Amazon

Study forecasts survival rates for 18 of Amazonia's main collected plant species and the impact of these extractive resources on communities.

 
Looking up into the Peruvian Amazon. Anna & Michal, Flickr

U.N. science panel releases initial findings of upcoming overview of the Amazon

An international panel of 200 scientists has called for a halt to Amazon deforestation, warning that the rainforest stands on the brink of a tipping point.

 
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens food security, experts are calling for drastic changes to the global food system. Nenad Stojkovic, Flickr

What is needed to safeguard food from future pandemics?

As the COVID-19 pandemic jeopardizes food security, how can we redesign our global food system through resilient supply chains and rapid policy measures?

 
One of the floating islands on Lake Titicaca, where the Uros people have lived for over 4000 years. Sandro Ayalo, Unsplash

Floating cities, climate-resistant coffee and – could the Gulf Stream shut down?

In this news roundup: the hottest day ever, an Indigenous superfood makes a comeback, and electric cars take over Far East Russia

 
Cooperative members in Burkina Faso water their crops. World Bank Photo Collection

Creating a “profound transformation” of Africa’s landscapes

Three questions with Future Africa director Cheikh Mbow

 

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