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July 26, 2021
FAO Director-General: World faces historic task to turn the tide on ending hunger, poverty and achieving the other SDGs - QU Dongyu urges global leaders at Rome gathering to change policies, mind-sets and business models to transform agri-food systems
March 24, 2021
Seed at the strating point - Our sector takes part in the journey to the Food Systems Summit 2021 La semence : premier maillon de l’agriculture - Notre secteur participe au cheminement versle Sommet sur les systèmes alimentaires 2021 Las semillas como punto de arranque - Nuestro sector forma parte del viaje a la Cumbre Sobre Sistemas Alimentarios de 2021
February 23, 2021
2020 Global Food Security Index shows overall decline in food security - Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) releases the findings of 2020 Global Food Security Index (GFSI) sponsored by Corteva Agriscience
February 9, 2021
Stopping climate change from silently crippling the core of our food system
July 6, 2020
Current outbreaks of COVID-19 and the international movement of seeds - A statement from the International Seed Federation
May 26, 2020
Pandemics aren’t limited to people: How the world’s most famous seed vault defends plants against their next big outbreak (The Counter)
May 25, 2020
Israel’s hope for food security post-corona lies in seeds - In an era of severe climate events and global pandemic, Israeli scientists are studying the advantages of legacy seeds ahead of the next crisis (Israel 21c)
April 29, 2020
Latest statement from the World Seed Partnership partners
April 21, 2020
Global Report on Food Crises reveals scope of food crises as COVID-19 poses new risks to vulnerable countries - Annual report on acute food insecurity and malnutrition published today
Joint statement on COVID-19 impacts on food security and nutrition - FAO, IFAD, the World Bank and WFP on the occasion of the Extraordinary G20 Agriculture Minister's Meeting
International Seed Federation - Seed movement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a video Q&A with Szabolcs Ruthner, Regulatory Affairs Executive, and Rose Souza Richards, Seed Health Manager
April 17, 2020
International Seed Federation response to the Call to Action by the Food and Land Use Coalition
A call to action for world leaders: Preventing a global food security crisis while combatting COVID-19 (The Food and Land Use Coalition)
Relying on “local food” is a distant dream for most of the world Lähiruoka on enemmistölle sula mahdottomuus
New report looks at food crises in the time of COVID-19 - 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises will be released 21 April - Describes the scale of acute hunger as implications of COVID-19 pandemic for food security begin to be felt
April 16, 2020
Concerned experts ask world leaders to head off a global food security crisis from COVID-19 - The number of the world’s hungry could double and trade restrictions will harm food importing nations, experts say
April 15, 2020
Don’t forget about the impact of COVID-19 on the rural poor and on food security - The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved “new normal” for agriculture, research and development
April 7, 2020
Safeguarding the food chain: Seed movement and food security during the COVID-19 crisis - An update from the International Seed Federation
March 31, 2020
Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade and markets
March 30, 2020
Heroes among us, who feed the world
La Federación Internacional de Semillas pide a los gobiernos que faciliten el movimiento de semillas en tiempos de COVID-19 (Agronews Castilla y León )
March 26, 2020
FAO Director-General urges G20 to ensure that food value chains are not disrupted during COVID-19 pandemic - Global and national markets must continue to be a transparent, stable and reliable source of food supply
March 24, 2020
‘Tip of the Iceberg’ by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director
March 23, 2020
Movement of seed in the time of COVID-19: A call from the International Seed Federation (ISF) for information from national and regional seed associations and seed companies
March 17, 2020
From hunger to profitable harvest: How GMO, CRISPR-edited plants can help curb $220 billion in annual crop losses (Genetic Literacy Project)
February 19, 2020
Global climate frameworks miss the 'big picture' on food, say scientists - Schemes may fall short of ambitions by dealing separately with food production, supply and consumption
December 11, 2019
Global Food Security Index 2019 highlights the growing threat of climate change - Exposure to environmental factors such as land degradation and volatile climate patterns diminishing food security on a global scale
December 5, 2019
How much will we eat in the future? Researchers at Göttingen University investigate relationship between our body size and human global calorie demand
December 3, 2019
Investments in climate services for agriculture and food security outweigh costs
October 28, 2019
Climate, nutrition and security challenges require global food system transformation - The 2019 Borlaug Dialogue explored solutions to feed the planet sustainably in the face of conflict and climate change.
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