The latest study from the Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) reveals the stark reality of where global food systems transformation stands: For most indicators on health, environment, livelihoods, governance and resilience, a vast majority of countries will not meet the internationall...
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has initiated enforcement action against several alcoholic beverage manufacturers for the use of artificial or nature-identical flavouring substances in whisky and rum, ordering the prohibition of sale of select product variants after laborato...
The New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia has announced financial and practical support for commercial abalone fishers as the state moves to a new operating model aimed at improving the long-term sustainability of its abalone fishery on the South Coast.
Under the Minns Labor Government&rsqu...
India has made significant strides in improving food security and reducing hunger over the past decades. Despite this, according to the latest NFHS-6 (2023-2024), 29.3 per cent of children under five are stunted, 31.8 per cent are underweight, and 19 per cent are wasted, while the prevalence of diet...
Researchers at Adelaide University are investigating the potential of black soldier fly larvae as a sustainable, protein-rich ingredient that could help address rising global protein demand while converting agricultural waste into valuable biomass.
The research is being conducted in partnership wit...
Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in th...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) scaled up its conditional cash assistance program to support a total of 1 500 small-scale farmers in the Gaza Strip to cultivate at least 1 dunum (0.1 ha) of land each. Through this support, FAO projects that the farmers will produce ...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is putting faster and more flexible crisis response tools in place to help its members in Asia and the Pacific protect people, keep essential services running, and manage energy supply and food price shocks.
“Ongoing instability from the Middle East conflict i...
International prices of coffee, cocoa and tea have recently experienced large fluctuations, exacerbated by structural vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), highlighting the need to strengthen production systems, improve mar...
This progress reflects Tetra Pak's growing focus on translating emissions reductions into long-term food system resilience
Tetra Pak has launched its full-year 2025 (FY25) Sustainability Report, outlining how its continued emissions reductions are supporting greater resilience across the global ...
The World Bank's warning that nearly 30 per cent of food produced in South Asia is lost or wasted, an amount sufficient to feed nearly 300 million people, deserves urgent attention from policymakers. Speaking at the workshop "Unlocking Value: Advancing Food Processing for Employment Generation ...
The project was developed in collaboration with National Chung Hsing University's AIMIA research team, with support from Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council
In a significant advancement for climate-smart agriculture, Taiwan-based Rice House Smart Agri has successfully scaled commerc...
Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine remain hotspots of greatest concern, with Nigeria and Somalia joining the list as acute hunger risks deteriorate towards catastrophic levels
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)...
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not a regional issue – it is a global food security risk
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that the ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz poses a significant threat to global food security, with fertiliser supplies emerging as a ...
Ajay Kandhari, Director at DSS Imagetech and Spokesperson for Seqlo
As the world observes Food Safety Day, it is important to recognise that food and water safety are closely interconnected. In a country with a population of over 1.4 billion, clean drinking water is a precious resource. For most...
At World Nutrition Day 2026, the FAO Director-General calls for effective collaboration to ensure that basic, nutritious, healthy, and functional foods reach those who need them most
At World Nutrition Day 2026, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations ...
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses the event on the Middle East conflict with Spain Prime Minister
The actions taken now will be critical in determining whether the world can manage the shock caused by the disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz or face a far more serious food security crisis ...
Conflict, displacement and restricted humanitarian access leave more than 825,000 children at risk of death from severe malnutrition in 2026
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF warned that nearly 19.5 million people – two out of every five peo...
