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Egg price hikes in the US and bans on German meat and dairy are "a painful reminder that the safety and sustainability of our supply chains for meat, milk and eggs starts with healthy animals," writes Carel du Marchie Sarvaas, executive director of HealthforAnimals. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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Know an individual or organization transforming Africa's food systems to drive food and nutrition security? It's time to shine a spotlight on them! Nominate for the #AfricaFoodPrize2025 today. Apply now: africafoodprize.org #GoodFood4All

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Developments like this, as reported by @dancharles.bsky.social, make it all the more important that the likes of @cgiar.org and @croptrust.bsky.social manage seed gene banks as international public goods. www.science.org/content/arti...

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The Paris edition of the Nutrition for Growth Summit, which follows the summer Olympics, is coming up next month. One Tanzanian MP outlines how recent developments in Africa will support better nutrition for more resilient societies. #N4GParis www.cnbcafrica.com/2025/africas...

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NEW – Revealed: More than half of nations fail to protect 30% of land and sea in UN nature plans | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social Read here: https://buff.ly/4i76PLJ

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As the #COP16 biodiversity talks resume in Rome tomorrow, it's the first chance to make good on last year's agreement to give Indigenous Peoples a voice. And it's especially important to listen to traditional agricultural knowledge. @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/nature/opini...

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"In 2024, the five villages in the WMA earned more than $1.3 million...the communities decided to build classrooms and dormitories as well as fund stipends for students to attend higher education institutions with the carbon revenue they earned from Carbon Tanzania." www.devex.com/news/opinion...

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‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved. More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:

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Join 150+ Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates in calling for “planet-friendly ‘moonshot’ efforts leading to substantial, not just incremental, leaps in food production" - sign onto the open letter here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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It's #LoveYourPetDay! 😻 From boosting our mood to helping to keep us fit, our beloved pets make our lives so much better 💕 #HumanAnimalBond

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It's the holy grail of plant science: developing cereal crops that source their own nitrogen to do away with fertilisers. @dromius.bsky.social tells @mikeabram.bsky.social how the Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture (ENSA) project is making headway. www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/varieties/im...

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Extraordinary claims. "Experts say [Bolsonaro] could face between 38 and 43 years in jail if convicted."

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"A feminist woman candidate backed by Africa would symbolize a break from the status quo."

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The foot & mouth disease outbreak in Germany was the EU's first in a decade. It's also a reminder of the importance of disease preparedness for animals as well as people, says @roxanefeller.bsky.social @animalhealtheu.bsky.social in @foodnavigator.bsky.social www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025...

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Very sad to learn of the passing of Kanayo Nwanze, former president @ifad.org and @cgiar.org stalwart. Dr. Nwanze was a leading authority on agricultural development, and he was also a really nice, good-natured and humble person. I learned a lot from him. www.cgiar.org/news-events/...

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Access to #HealthyDiets is a challenge for many with 3 billion people unable to afford nutritious food. This @FAO.org report explores solutions to transform agrifood systems, promoting diverse, culturally rooted diets that are affordable and sustainable. 👉 doi.org/10.4060/cd15...

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New York Times is hiring for two climate reporter jobs — descriptions/how to apply at the links: 1) Climate policy reporter: nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/de... 2) Climate adaptation reporter: nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/de...

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Yesterday was the deadline for countries to submit climate goals for 2035 to the UN. Only 12 countries did so, and 7 of 10 world's largest economies did not. UK stood out for its ambition, and UN officials expect vast majority of nations to submit plans by Sept. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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$36 a year to spare an infant from malnutrition. "It may be the single most powerful investment you’ve never really heard of" - Shawn Baker of @helenkellerintl.bsky.social tells @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...

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"PEPFAR, an anti-HIV/AIDS initiative...is estimated to have saved 25 million lives...In a survey of 275 H.I.V. treatment organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa, every single one reported needing to shut down programs or turn away patients." www.persuasion.community/p/trumps-wre...

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700 million+ people facing chronic hunger worldwide 47 million Americans are food insecure 20% increase in US egg prices predicted this year alone Project 2025: "The federal government does not need to transform the food system." www.devex.com/news/devex-d...

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"After two decades of [CAADP] implementation, agriculture has conspicuously risen to the top of Africa's political agenda". Reflections on Africa's new 10-year agricultural development strategy from Akademiya2063 via @globalpolicy.bsky.social www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/05/02/2...

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Calling all #FoodSecurity champions ⭐ The World Food Prize Foundation is searching for its 2026 Laureate – do YOU know someone whose contributions are deserving of the new $500k #FoodPrize26? Submit your nomination before the May 1 deadline! 👉 bit.ly/FoodPrize26

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BREAKING: All USAID staff cut from agency, marking the end of the world’s largest donor. It’s the final gutting of an agency that two weeks ago, employed more than 10,000 people across the world. www.devex.com/news/all-usa...

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When it comes to making sense of the implications of Trump's recent orders for the rest of the world, @devex.com is indispensable.

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📆 Coming up, Feb 15-16: 38th African Union Assembly, where Heads of State and Governments will launch this year's theme of "Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations" 🌍 au.int/en/pressrele...

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"For low-income countries, livestock is crucial to people’s diets, particularly pregnant women and children." The answer to the climate-diet dilemma is better livestock, not fewer. Via @bloomberg.com @ilri.org @cgiar.org www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Africa faces a projected deficit of 11 million tonnes of fish and aquatic foods annually by 2030. A new report from the Malabo Montpellier Panel highlights strategies for sustainably ramping up production. Read more via @thefishsite.bsky.social thefishsite.com/articles/rep...

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Food security = national security. "In DRC & South Sudan, military spending has risen sharply — by 105% & 78% respectively — while millions remain stuck in conflict and on the brink of starvation." via @fao.org @devex.com www.devex.com/news/opinion...

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I always knew rock would save us 🤘🏼. Farm fields treated with crushed basalt & planted alternately with corn and soy pulled 10 MT more CO2/ha out of the air than untreated plots. And crop yields were 12-16% higher. Via @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/coul...

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A nugget of optimism from @wemeanbusiness.bsky.social: companies with long-term investments in clean energy are unlikely to suddenly change course. "The market fundamentals show that the energy transition is unstoppable." @jefftheyoung.bsky.social @newsweek.com www.newsweek.com/clean-energy...

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New report alert 🚨: Malabo Montpellier Panel will present their next publication on the policies needed to tap into the full potential of fisheries and aquaculture for African food security and economic growth in a webinar next Thursday. Check it out: www.mamopanel.org/Forum/15th-m...

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"The good news is that solving hunger seems scientifically tractable...the less palatable news is that it will involve nourishing public acceptance of an altered food landscape." via @anjahuja.bsky.social @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/89ef...

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Research and policy to support Africa's newly endorsed agricultural development programme may be strong, but finance remains an area of weakness, explains Namukolo Covic of @cgiar.org and @ilri.org on CNBC Africa. www.cnbcafrica.com/media/636738...

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Meanwhile: www.cnbc.com/2024/12/20/m...

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For the early risers at #Davos2025: CEO and ministerial breakfast for corporate climate leaders at 7am today, hosted by @wemeanbusiness.bsky.social and @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social, hours after Trump withdrew US from #ParisAgreement again. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-mean-bu...

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Davos: an exclusive watch party for the season premiere of Donald Trump’s second term via @petertl.bsky.social #Davos2025 www.reuters.com/breakingview...

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As the world reached a new climate threshold of 1.5C of warming, top climate scientists began scoping out their next report, due 2028-29. IPCC author & @cgiar.org scientist @aditimukherji.bsky.social sets out three questions they must answer to feed a burning world: www.scidev.net/global/opini...

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I'm a journalist with Bloomberg News. I am trying to connect with climate scientists affected by the LA fires. If you would be interested in sharing your thoughts or experience, please reach out here or eroston at bloomberg dot net. Thank you. 🙏

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Coming up this Thursday, 10AM EST: hear from @nobelprize.bsky.social Laureate Brian Schmidt and World Food Prize winner Cary Fowler on an urgent call for agricultural "moonshots" to avoid hunger's tipping point: www.youtube.com/live/kazh9IW...

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We're "not even close" to meeting our future food needs, warn 150+ of the world's greatest minds. But investing in moonshots like crops that don't need fertiliser & food created from fungi could avert catastrophe. By @tracymcveigh.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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“This seems important but the way it is written is so boring I can’t get to the end. Could the authors maybe sound excited about what they’re doing?” Kids review scientific papers, sound like PR professionals. www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

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NASA discovers women are more tired than we realise. Up next: a study on the religious inclinations of the Pope. www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

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Reducing malnutrition is high on the global agenda this year, with several major events on the horizon. For low-income countries, small fish can have a big impact, especially for women and children. Check out this new piece from @cgiar.org experts www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/smal...

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