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… through this mass of documents and derive clear messages about what needs to be done, by whom, when and how. Tough challenges One thing is … by 2050, when there will be nine billion people. Economies are also growing, and as incomes rise, diets will likely shift towards more … — nitrous oxide from chemical fertilisers, methane from livestock and rice paddies, and carbon dioxide from land clearance and ploughing. We …

… maintaining social distancing is almost impossible. Communal water sources for hand washing are scarce. So too are health centres for … have reduced their diet to as little as one meal a day, and replaced more expensive, protein-rich foods like chicken, fish, and beef with cheaper staples such as lentils, potatoes and rice. To buy food, they have had to borrow, sell their belongings or …

… Over recent years, the term “Sustainable Intensification” – producing more outputs with more efficient use of all inputs on a durable basis, … underneath and allowing for sunlight to pass through during the growing season Conservation Farming in Zambia as a replacement for the traditional long fallow system of the region New Rice for Africa (NERICA), a cross-fertilisation between Asian and …

… shoulder high. Fields of millet, sorghum and maize are ripening, and rice is turning gold. In the pre-harvest pause, farmers are making … land, a few fields cut close to the settlement, but probably no more than three per cent of the total land area under the plough. … started to crumble. Some fell down. Luckily no one was hurt. 4. A growing population We've done a new census and the village has trebled …