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Financing childhood growth
News, Joel E Cohen & John E Rogers, Published on 18/07/2023
» In 2020, chronic undernutrition stunted the growth of nearly a quarter of the world's children under five years old. Being too short for one's age, as a result of chronic undernutrition, can cause irreversible physical and cognitive damage and increases the risk of dying from common infections.
Food systems hurting the planet
News, Kathleen Rogers & Shenggen Fan, Published on 12/08/2019
» The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is clear from the newly released UN climate change report which warns that we must rethink how we produce our food -- and quickly -- to avoid the most devastating impacts of global food production, including massive deforestation, staggering biodiversity loss and accelerating climate change.