Food

World Oceans Day is a great opportunity to remind us about the important responsibility we have in protecting our ocean on a global scale. The ocean’s health is vital in sustaining, and supporting us all. Yet its future well-being is...
  • 8 June 2022
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By Sheri Hinish, IBM Sustainability Services Global Lead Businesses cannot succeed in societies that are failing. The urgency of fulfilling the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 is a global rally for climate action underpinned by systemic reform, social justice,...
  • 14 February 2022
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8 February 2022 / Food, Innovation & Creativity
The next wave of technological progress to sustain the world’s fastgrowing global population will capitalize on artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to improve the precision and sustainability of farming techniques. AI, IoT, connected services and autonomous...
  • 8 February 2022
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28 September 2020 / Food
Reeling from the impact of COVID-19, the number of people suffering from acute hunger is expected to almost double to a quarter of a billion by the end of 2020, according to World Food Programme figures. With only ten years remaining...
  • 28 September 2020
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13 May 2020 / Food, Health
For decades, the number of hungry people was declining. This isn’t true anymore. The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on food systems. But even before COVID-19 began to affect food systems and agricultural livelihoods, 135 million people were...
  • 13 May 2020
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3 June 2019 / Food
Roughly half of the 821 million people considered hungry by the United Nations are those who dedicate their lives to producing food for others: farmers. This is largely attributed to the vulnerability of farmers to agricultural risks, such as extreme...
  • 3 June 2019
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17 November 2017 / Disaster Management, Food, Health
So far this year, thirteen storms have ravaged the Caribbean, leaving millions of people without access to food, water, and shelter. When disasters strike, access to accurate information and a capacity to act quickly is critical for humanitarian organisations to...
  • 17 November 2017
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