Today, more than 700 million people around the world drink water from unsafe or untreated sources, such as wells, springs and surface water.

More than 50 million people in 18 African nations face a hunger crisis due to extreme drought and other climate-related disasters, an international aid group says.

In an interview, Doug Casey comments:

The South African Bureau for Agricultural and Food Policy expects the country’s economic recovery to be a prolonged process “with real GDP only projected to exceed 2019 levels by 2026”, according to their newly released baseline report. The fresh produce industry will be significantly affected by shrinking consumer demand and interrupted supply chains.

Flooding is one of the most common and severe hazards disrupting people’s lives and livelihoods around the world.

In the era of social networks, opinions and debates are increasingly taking on the shape of duels between slogans, black-and-white worldviews in which the infinite shades of grey of real life do not exist.

"Phenomes" isn't a term in most Americans' working vocabularies. But connecting healthy phenomes in soil, crops and people can benefit all three, an agricultural scientist says.

There is a big shortfall between the amount of food we produce today and the amount needed to feed everyone in 2050.

Every demographic lands in my inbox, but young people are the most common. There is a panicky tone to their emails.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Nile River started operating in February 2022.

In 2022, I had the privilege of traveling to other southern African countries outside my home country of South Africa, namely Botswana, Zambia, and Namibia.

One of the leading proponents of the burgeoning scene is New Theory, which was set up by Charlie and Thom Bradley. They’ve created low-intervention wines from South Africa that are distributed in retailers such as Selfridges. But this is only part of the story.