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How green is the energy from our hydro dams?
Oped, Kongpob Areerat, Published on 29/05/2024
» Thailand’s National Energy Plan (NEP), a blueprint for the country’s energy strategy from 2023 to 2037, has earned praise for its noble goal of increasing the use of clean, renewable energy. The plan states that by 2050, half of the electricity consumed locally must be clean and renewable energy — solar cells, wind, biomass, small nuclear and hydro dams.
Give women farm sector power
Oped, Jong-Jin Kim, Published on 06/03/2024
» Despite women's significant contributions to our agrifood systems in the Asia-Pacific region, women continue to face persistent obstacles, including limited access to resources, services, and discriminatory practices all along the food value chain. As we gather to celebrate this year's International Women's Day (IWD), it is time for action to fully recognise women's indispensable role in the fields, in the factories, and those running small and medium-sized companies, associations and cooperatives -- all of which produce the nutritious food we eat each day.
Water the key to food security
Oped, Qu Dongyu, Published on 11/10/2023
» This year's World Food Day celebrates one of the planet's most precious resources: water. It's essential to life on Earth. It covers the majority of the planet's surface, makes up over 50% of our bodies, helps keep us fed, supports livelihoods and is central to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Russia-Ukraine war's effects on global food security
Oped, Qu Dongyu, Published on 15/03/2022
» Over the past two years, Covid-19 has presented many challenges to global food security. Today, what is happening in Russia and Ukraine adds another significant challenge.
Transforming our agrifood systems
Oped, Qu Dongyu, Published on 03/03/2022
» The current nutrition situation in Asia and the Pacific is difficult in many areas across the region. About 40% of its inhabitants cannot afford a healthy diet, and in some areas the fight against hunger has seen reversals rather than advances.
Agri-food systems need to shape up
Oped, QU Dongyu, Published on 15/10/2021
» This year's World Food Day, which wraps up tomorrow, finds us at a critical moment. The Covid-19 pandemic remains a global challenge, causing untold losses and hardship. The impact of the climate crisis are all around us. Crops have gone up in flames. Homes have been washed away. Lives and livelihoods have been thrown into turmoil due to conflict and other humanitarian emergencies. Global food security challenges have not been this severe for years.
FAO ready to act on food systems
Oped, Qu Dongyu, Published on 16/09/2021
» The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has entered a new era with a new structure and new dynamics.
Fighting two pandemics in Asia and the Pacific
Oped, Qu Dongyu, Published on 04/09/2020
» Global hunger has been on a regrettable rise in recent years, and despite Asia's economic clout, the continent -- home to more than half of the world's undernourished -- has not been spared. Now Covid-19 is leading to a slowdown of regional economic growth and further threatening food security.
Time to restore human relations with biodiversity
Oped, Qu Dongyu & Inger Andersen, Published on 30/05/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic is a deep and lasting shock at global level; we all know that returning to "business as usual" is not an option. It is imperative that we perceive the crisis as an opportunity to rebuild -- and even improve -- livelihoods in a sustainable way. High on the agenda is restoring harmony to humanity's relationship with nature, and particularly with biodiversity.
Don't let Covid-19 crisis become a hunger game
Oped, Qu Dongyu, Published on 03/04/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic is putting enormous strains on public health systems around the world. We know the human toll will be high, and that massive efforts to turn the tide carry a heavy economic cost. To reduce the risk of an even greater toll -- shortage of food for millions, even in affluent countries -- the world must take immediate actions to minimise disruptions to food supply chains.