Global Food Crisis Demands Support For People, Open Trade, Bigger Local Harvests
Unprecedented humanitarian challenge requires rapid action to ease suffering of those without enough to eat and provide financing to countries in need. Read More Here
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Agriculture After The Pandemic
After suffering severe labour shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems unlikely that advanced-economy farmers will return to business as usual. Instead, many will probably attempt to mitigate the risks stemming from dependence on foreign seasonal workers by automating more of their operations. Read Here – Project Syndicate
Why The Melting Of The Hindu Kush And Himalayan Glaciers Matters
Global warming is increasingly disrupting weather patterns and precipitation across the planet. In the Hindukush and Himalayan region, however, this will initially result in greater river flows by 2050-60 due to rapidly melting glaciers. Increase in water volumes will mean a higher risk of frequent floods, landslides, bursting of dams, soil erosion and crop failure. […]
The Sikhs Who Saved Parmesan
What do Punjab and Italy’s Po Valley have in common? More than you might imagine, which explains why immigrant Sikhs from the Indian state became the backbone of Italy’s most famous cheese-making industry. Read Here – BBC
Is A Borderless World For Real?
Ecuador, inspired by a vision of a pre-modern world with more freedom to wander, has been experimenting in recent years with making political boundaries more flexible. It’s one of the world’s boldest contemporary efforts to reinvent human migration. Is it working? Read Here – The Atlantic
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