Tag: Food Security

  • UN Specialized Fund & Program Combats Hunger In World’s Fragile Contexts

    UN Specialized Fund & Program Combats Hunger In World’s Fragile Contexts

           JOINT PRESS RELEASE IFAD and WFP work together to combat hunger in fragile contexts Rome, Italy, March 2024. The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have today launched an action plan to work together in fragile contexts — countries simultaneously affected by economic shocks, and extreme weather, in combination with little…

  • Philippines Strengthens Coastal Ecosystems- What Canada Can Learn

    Philippines Strengthens Coastal Ecosystems- What Canada Can Learn

    Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 2023 – The Government of the Philippines’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources announced yesterday at COP28 that it is joining the World Economic Forum’s Blue Carbon Action Partnership to accelerate the restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems. South-East Asia is home to almost one-third of mangroves globally, with nearly 20%…

  • Canada Fights Food Crises By Committing highest-ever funding to UN agency IFAD

    Canada Fights Food Crises By Committing highest-ever funding to UN agency IFAD

    Rome, December 2021 – At a time when rural people in low-income countries face steep increases in food prices and the devastating impacts of climate change are contributing to a rise in hunger and poverty, Canada has announced today its commitment to support the resilience of small-scale farmers and the prosperity of rural communities by increasing its funding to the UN’s…

  • Ontario Law Protects Bees By Reducing Neonicotinoid Corn And Soybean Crops

    Ontario Law Protects Bees By Reducing Neonicotinoid Corn And Soybean Crops

    On July 1, 2015, Ontario was the first jurisdiction in North America to protect bees and other pollinators through new rules to reduce the number of acres planted with neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seeds by 80 per cent. To support this goal, new requirements were put in place for the sale and use of neonicotinoid-treated…