The prevalence of hunger or undernourishment is also higher in SIDS than globally (17.5 per cent compared to 10.7 per cent), according to the latest SOFI report. (Image source: Sasin Tipchai/Pixabay)

Obesity affecting populations of the small island developing states (SIDS) is a health emergency and these nations need to take ownership of measures to address this worrying trends underlying causes, said FAO director-general José Graziano da Silva

It is essential that farmers impose practices that do not alter the natural environmental cycles while producing avocados, coffee and citrus fruits. (Image source: sandid/Pixabay)

A study by researchers at University of Maryland found how Western appetites for foods like avocados, coffee and citrus fruit are threatening global food security, having looked at 40 years of data

The outlook project yield improvements and higher production intensity, driven by technological innovation. (Image source: Pexels/Pixabay)

Global demand for agricultural products is projected to grow by 15 per cent over the coming decade, while agricultural productivity growth is expected to increase slightly faster, according to an annual report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Cabbage stem flea beetle numbers have been increasing since the 2013 ban on neonicotinoid seed treatments in OSR with serious yield losses, especially in the East and South-East of the country. (Image source: AJC1/Flickr)

Rothamsted Research is asking oilseed rape (OSR) growers to send samples of adult cabbage stem flea beetles collected at harvest to assess levels of both pesticide resistance and parasitisation by natural enemies in the UK