Availability of food’ and ‘Access to food’ have always been subjects of discussion on food security. It took a long time to grasp that the former does not necessarily imply the latter. However, the belated realisation is what matters most for food security is ‘entitlement’, as Amartya Sen said. It
Indonesia has joined the UNWTO International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) with the opening of three sustainable tourism observatories, as announced at the PATA Travel Mart 2016 in Jakarta, which position Indonesia as a regional hub for sustainable tourism practices. The newly created bodies will monitor and ensure sustainable
A new major report on agricultural productivity has documented success stories in a number of African countries. The Alliance for a Green Revolution (AGRA) says that agricultural productivity over the past 10 years has improved lives in Ghana, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. AGRA says agriculture is more effective at
The search for solutions so that preserving a forest will be more profitable than cutting it down has come to the world’s best gourmet restaurants, thanks to which many Peruvian jungle communities have exchanged deforestation for preservation. One of the non-governmental organizations that has managed to make gastronomy a means
A study has revealed that diversified agricultural production contributes to enhanced dietary diversity to help improve the nutritional outcome by reducing the level of malnutrition in Bangladesh. The nutritional condition of the families who produce other non-cereal agricultural crops like vegetables and fish, meat and poultry alongside food grains despite
The Brussels-Capital Region is a candidate to be European Capital of Culture in 2030, minister-president Rudi Vervoort has announced. The European Commission will launch the formal bidding process for the title in 2024. “It’s true that the deadline is quite a way off, but it takes a lot of preparatory
Stockbreeding generates enormous profits in Latin America, but it also has a broad and varied impact on the environment, which means it must urgently be turned into a sustainable, green-friendly, socially accepted and profitable activity. “Latin America cannot continue to ignore, from a public policy point of view, the challenge
Montana’s history of agriculture goes back as far as when humans on this corner of the Earth first began cultivating the land’s bounty to feed themselves, growing food in the rich soil and planning for the future. And that history of locally grown food continues to beckon, even now. The
The Rajasthan government is making all efforts for “multi-dimensional development” of the tourism sector in view of possibilities of growth of heritage travel in the state, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said on Sunday. “The state government is focusing on creation of a pleasant environment for domestic and foreign tourists along
Known as Latin America’s greatest food fair, Mistura 2016 will open its doors and allow attendees to taste domestic, as well as foreign delicacies available to foodies for 10 days. This current edition expects to breaks last year’s 400,000 attendance record. Top dishes can be found at Mistura’s Grand Market:
Advancements in agricultural technology throughout the past century have allowed farmers to feed a population that has grown from less than 2 billion people to more than 7 billion today. But, as demand for food continues to grow, our lands are stretched to their limits and crop yields struggle to
Terra Madre Salone del Gusto (from September 22 to 26, Turin, Italy) welcomes 57 new Presidiafrom 18 different countries this year: part of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity‘s ambitious project to protect small-scale producers and promote endangered culinary traditions around the world. In recent days the Slow Food Foundation
Beef is one of the main sources of protein and the key ingredient in one of the most American foods on the global menu: the hamburger. The U.S. consumed 24.8 billion pounds of beef in 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, valuing the beef industry at $105 billion
Tea estates in southern India are hiring temporary workers during peak plucking season and denying these labourers basic rights as required by law, said a report released on Tuesday. A survey of two tea estates inTamil Nadu – both certified by the international nonprofit Rainforest Alliance – found that in
The State Council of China has approved an assessment system for provincial and municipal governments on their performance of food safety management, as an effort to improve food safety and ensure people’s health, according to a circular issued on Aug 29. The Food Safety Commission of the State Council will
World leaders have agreed to the ambitious goal of eradicating hunger by 2030. The scale of the problem is daunting. Every day 800 million people go to bed with empty stomachs and more than 8,000 children die needlessly from conditions linked to under-nutrition. And by the time we reach 2030,
