Herbicides, fungicides and insecticides cause serious environmental harm and put human health at risk – but they are not a foolproof way to boost production.
Schools in Mexico contribute to children and adolescents having access to junk food, exacerbating the already grave epidemic of overweight and obesity.
Across the country, seven out of ten adults, two out of five of adolescents, and about 37 % of school-age children are obese or overweight. The extent of the problem is due to several factors -– not least low incomes.
The countries in the Horn of Africa face multiple challenges in terms of food security. An example from Ethiopia emphasises that peacebuilding and the promotion of livelihoods must go hand in hand in order to overcome them.
In non-competitive livestock farming, animals are kept in a way that ensures there is no competition with food crop production. This has considerable advantages – but also significant implications for human nutritional behaviour.
Farmed animals have many advantages and have a role to play in sustainable global agriculture. However, there is an urgent need for a switch to livestock farming that does not compete with human food crop production.
