Near-balanced diets by cockroaches can teach us plenty about eating well
Insights from the natural world are helping us better understand why we overeat and how to rebalance our food system to address the problem.
Sat Jun 22 2024
Explained: How engineered crops can fight climate change
Global food systems feed a growing world population, but are a major contributor to climate change.
Sat Jul 09 2022
The robot that helps farmers optimise their crops
This robot was designed to help build a more sustainable, resilient and productive food system.
Wed Jun 22 2022
MAFI formulates strategies to ensure stable food supply, reduce dependency on imports
The government will ensure that the country's food system is not affected by any disruption in international trade especially imported supplies.
Tue Nov 16 2021
'Food design should help in the transition to a sustainable food system' (Food Design Lab Director, Julia Kunkel)
How can food design help foster a more responsible food system?
Mon Apr 26 2021
Food drives a third of global emissions: Report
The global food system is becoming more energy intensive, with almost a third of its emissions directly from energy consumption.
Wed Mar 10 2021
Nearly a fifth of all food reaching consumers wasted: UN
Swannell said if all the wasted food were packed into 40-ton container trucks parked end-to-end, they would circle the Earth seven times.
Fri Mar 05 2021
COVID-19 highlights the need to think about food security - Ronald Kiandee
The COVID-19 crisis has shown the multifaceted and interconnected nature of the food system, highlighting the need to think about food security and agrofood policy in broader terms.
Thu Dec 17 2020