Food & diets
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Lifting the barriers to improve women and child health in Indonesia’s Komodo
Small-scale coastal fishing in Indonesia can benefit women nutritionally and economically, but in some areas, despite plentiful fish stocks, undernutrition…
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COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers
Conservationists have greeted China’s recent clampdown on wild animal hunting and consumption with enthusiasm. The government made the move based…
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Are forests the answer to an uncertain future for coffee?
Our morning cup of coffee is under threat from climate change, scientists have warned. Although projections vary on the crop’s…
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Revolutionize food production system or face mass deforestation, scientists warn
Unless land management strategies are overhauled to reduce the gap between forestry and agriculture, it will be impossible to feed…
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More forest patches, healthier diets
Poor diets have become a major global health concern, as people with overweight or micronutrient deficiencies have come to outnumber…
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Tree initiative in Uganda refugee camps boosts nutrition and incomes
This is an excerpt of a blog originally published on Foodtank. Refugee camps provide crucial safe zones for displaced people…
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Scientists from CIFOR-ICRAF showed examples of successful restoration techniques at the Global Landscapes Forum
A team of four scientists from the merged Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) impressed delegates…
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It’s time for individually determined contributions to reducing emissions
The director-general of World Agroforestry (ICRAF) introduces the Global Landscapes Forum in New York City with a call for immediate…
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Use it, don’t lose it!
“Food in the Anthropocene represents one of the greatest health and environmental challenges of the 21st century,” begins the EAT-Lancet…
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Fungus Friday! Why aren’t more scientists studying mushrooms?
At this year’s 4th Agroforestry Congress in Montpellier, Forests News caught up with Jianchu Xu. Jianchu, a scientist at World…
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Make food a priority in land reforms
Different kinds of land titles and other reforms in forest-dwelling communities in Indonesia, Uganda and Peru have generally improved people’s…
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Cameroon forest superfood scores best for women’s health
When Caleb Yengo Tata travelled to the remote Takamanda rainforest region in southwest Cameroon on a research trip with the…
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Is our global food system broken?
Q: What is the EAT-Lancet report? JI: The EAT-Lancet report is a very recently published document, which has a couple…
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Agricultural intensification has fed the world, but are we healthier?
Grow more food on less land? Agricultural intensification has intuitive appeal. The Earth has a growing human population to feed,…
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Wild meat for today and tomorrow
Worldwide, the meat of wild animals is sought after for a range of reasons. In remote rural communities, it is…
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