Food & Agriculture

• [New] The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to grant emergency use authorization next week to Pfizer/BioNTech' s coronavirus vaccine for teens and children ages 12 to 15. / Kaiser Health News
• [New] Consumption of meat products has more than doubled since 1961, and an 80% increase in global food GHG emissions is projected from 2009 to 2050 due to population growth and income-related dietary shifts toward more meat. / Wiley Online Library
• [New] The largest share of the 3D food printing market is expected to be held by North America, and the market in the Asia Pacific region is expected to expand at the highest rate in the forecast period. / Expert Market Research
• [New] The United States is expected to grow rapidly as a result of rapid technological advancements and the introduction of advanced machines that can produce food using 3D printing technology. / press-release
• [New] Participants in the United States, Canada and Jamaica will raise funds to provide 1 million lifesaving meals to children and families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Caribbean and Latin America. / Race For Hunger
• [New] The remarkable growth of the food and beverage industry in India and the increase in purchasing power parity of consumers are expected to boost the demand for healthy and functional foods rich in protein content. / grandviewresearch
• [New] Climate change in Iraq is expected to reduce annual rainfall, which will lead to a surge in dust storms, a reduction in agricultural productivity and increased water scarcity. / FRANCE 24
• [New] 5.5% of the total feed produced in a year could be cross-contaminated with different levels of antimicrobials when antimicrobial medicated feed represented 2% of the total annual feed produced in a country. / Frontiers
• [New] The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine for use among adolescents by early next week. / CBS News
• [New] Over seven million people across South Sudan are projected to fall into crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity, including over 100,000 at catastrophe level. / Development Diaries
• [New] Politicians and populists around the world have captured nativist fears about reliance on others for everything from food to COVID-19 vaccines to urge that production be brought home. / East Asia Forum
• [New] Climate change will force 63 million South Asians and 1.7 million Mexicans from their homes by 2050, while another 1.5 million Ethiopians will have to search for new sources of food and water. / Reimagining the Future
• [New] The unprecedented use of antibiotics and subsequent antimicrobial resistance is currently one of the largest threats to global health, food security, and human development. / Frontiers
• [New] Southwestern Indian farmers often cultivated several different fields and crops in different locations and environments to reduce the risk of crop failure. / Wikipedia
• [New] As drugs approved under emergency use authorizations transition to full Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, expenditures for agents like remdesivir and monoclonal antibody cocktails will move from the federal government to the sectors where care is delivered. / Medical Express
• [New] Although climate change is a global food production risk, the associated risks on aquaculture are expected to differ across geographical or climatic zones, national economy, water environment, production systems, the scale of production, and cultured species of the aquaculture producers. / Frontiers
• [New] The application of novel biotechnological strategies to agriculture will contribute to the expanding agriculture sector and become part of the solution to global challenges. / Science Direct
• [New] Global meat consumption is expected to break a new record in 2021, with estimates from UNFAO projecting growth of more than 1% in 2021 alone - and where demand for meat goes, emissions from meat production are likely to follow. / the weekly ledger
• [New] Insofar, as the labour problem is concerned, increasing the cohort of young people takes decades, as babies born now will reach working age in about 18 to 24 years. / The Financial Express
• [New] In India, farmers and workers unions have been protesting since November against new agriculture laws that represent a corporate takeover of the food system, handing power to big business and threatening the livelihoods of millions. / War on Want
• To reduce greenhouse gases emissions and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, Brazil will need to control deforestation induced by the expansion of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal biomes. / Frontiers

Last updated: 09 May 2021