Voting has opened in the Longitude Prize 2014, which offers a £10m reward to whoever can first or most effectively solve a great scientific challenge selected...
Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide may cause some crops to become significantly less nutritious in the coming decades, with potentially significant impacts on the health...
Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report that said all aspects of food security were at risk of being affected by...
World hunger could be prolonged for decades because our global food system is “woefully” unprepared for the impacts of climate change, an Oxfam report has warned....
The crisis in Crimea could cause instability and unrest in the Middle East and North Africa by causing a spike in global food prices, researchers from...
Climate change will hit crop yields in temperate and tropical regions earlier than first thought, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal...
As people from all corners of the world are living off an increasingly similar diet, decreasing crop diversity is making the global food system more vulnerable...
The case against three men accused of stealing food from bins outside an Iceland store in Kentish Town, north London, has been dropped. Paul May, William...
The Chinese government has revealed that 3.33m hectares of its land – an area nearly as large as Belgium – is too polluted to grow crops,...
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has called for collaborative measures to tackle the issue of food and nutrition security, saying that a global commitment to sustainable agriculture...
A new study has suggested that bees not only increase the crop yields, but also their quality and commercial value. A team of German researchers has...
The environment, food and rural affairs committee is seeking submissions for an inquiry assessing food security in the UK. The last time the committee looked into...
If countries fail to take action to sustainably harvest fish, food security could be at risk, the Ocean Health Index has found. The index scored food...
Scientists from across the globe gathered last week at a conference in the Netherlands to address the issue of global food security, discussing how their fields...
One hundred women, including scientists, activists, policymakers and cultural leaders from around the world met this weekend in a conference discussing the relationship between climate policy...