Because of the war in Ukraine we have seen 6.8 million Ukrainians flee into Europe (ODP, 2022) and we have seen the logistical and social problems the EU has faced in managing the refugees. These refugees seem likely to stay in the EU for an indefinite period and require their host countries to provide shelter, …
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Fishing and food security
The most recent report by the FAO on the state of world fisheries, has touted the importance of fishing to help achieve SDG2 – ZERO Hunger. Accordingly 1kg of Tuna production only takes about 1.1kg of feed compared to beef where 1kg take 5-12kg of feed (Fitt, 2022). On paper this all seems good and …
Botanical Education Extinction – opinion piece
A recent study has cautioned that the rate of plant scientists is rapidly declining and furthermore the general population has become disconnected and ignorant of plants and how they play an important role in our existence and balance of the planet eco system. Students and people in general now know less about plants than previous …
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Food Miles – An inflated issue?
A recent study was published in the nature food journal which estimates that the global food transportation networks emissions are 3.5-7.5 times higher than previously estimated and that we should move production closer to population centers and a more plant based diet adopted, especially in wealthy countries. A recent news article coverings this publishing has …
Series on global food security: our reality after the covid-19 pandemic.
The impact of the Ukraine – Russia war on global food security. Since the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic we have seen that one of the major fallouts of lockdowns has been the disturbance of global supply chains. Every economic sector on the planet has been impacted by this unprecedented stop in the movement of …
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Series on global Food Security
Credit: Mooganic @ Flickr.com India has broken all previous known record temperatures and it has occured far earlier than previous years with the country already experiencing multiple heatwaves since March and we have not even entered the peak summer months yet. In the next series of blogs I want to explore the current trends in …
Covid 19 – Building back greener – oppertunities seized/lost.
The covid-19 pandemic is one of the most serious crisies faced by humanity at least in the last 50 years. It has had an impact on every country and individual in the world and the initial outbreak left our globalized world at a standstill and nearly 5.5 million people dead with nearly 300 million people …
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Outcome of COP26
“Boris Johnson launch of COP26” by UK Prime Minister is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Writen by Bozhidar Tsvetkov, MScCCAFS student – affiliated with the Ryan Institute at NUI Galway. For the past 6 years since the creation of the Paris climate agreement one issue that has prevented the finalisation of the guidelines for the full implementation of the …
Key issues raised at the IFIAD 2021 conference
This past Wednesday marked the occasion of the annual IFIAD conference which discusses recent development in the Agri food sector both at home and abroad. This was my first time attending this conference and I was very impressed with the lignup of speakers assembled. Among those was Pippa Hackett the Irish Minister for Land Use …
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Small beginnings.
Hi there, nice to meet you. Thank for checking out the about me section of my blog! First things first, this blog is going to be discussing serious, scientific, political and complex issues revolving around climate change and food security. However, I am trying to currate an environment with my blog which is lighthearted and …