Graphics: Dropping The Burger Water Bomb
March 22nd saw this year’s World Water Day kick off a series of upcoming events organised by the UN and other organisations to highlight global water issues. Luckily, there is lots of good news, like...
View ArticleGraphics: How Much Water Do You Eat?
Meat production is thirsty business. Do you know much water do you eat? INESAD’s latest inforgraphic provides some real food for thought. Did you know, for example that a beef burger takes 2,400 litres...
View ArticleCan We Use Trade to Make Us Healthier? A Case Study From Mexico
U.S. exports obesity epidemic to Mexico was the conclusion of a recent Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) report. The study looks at the health consequences of the North American Free...
View ArticleWeekend Links: Diabetes and Climate Change—New evidence!
As part of a new Weekend Links series, Development Roast brings to you the following Press Release, originally published earlier this year, by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) describing a...
View ArticleThe Economist on Obesity: A Disappointing Ideological Conclusion
This week’s The Economist featured a story on rising global epidemic of obesity that was part of the Special Report on Obesity. I was very enthused by the initial discussion that mirrored much of the...
View ArticleGM Crops – Friend or Foe?
Last July billionaire Bill Gates was criticized for donating around US$10 million to the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom to fund their research which helps the developing world. Why? Because...
View ArticleInspiration: Liberty’s Kitchen–Turning School Food and Food Schooling Upside...
As New Orleans braced itself for the arrival of Hurricane Isaac late in August 2012 the thoughts and good wishes of those far away were and remain with city’s residents. It seemed unjust that the city...
View ArticleUncovering Undernutrition (Part I): Is there enough food?
In 1996 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) estimated that the world was producing enough food to provide each person with 2,700 calories per day. Each day an average...
View ArticleThe Cost of Obesity
Being obese or overweight is one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century; it is the fifth leading risk for global deaths according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Yet it...
View ArticleFive Indigenous Andean Crops You’ve Never Heard Of
Today, INESAD’s Ioulia Fenton gave a radio interview to Real Food Empire. The program discussed climate change, sustainability, and all things food and agriculture at INESAD, in Bolivia, and beyond. To...
View ArticleThe Universal Beer Work Constant
By: Lykke E. Andersen* It’s Carnaval week/month in Bolivia – the time of year when most beer is drunk. Beer prices have just gone up again, now reaching an outrageous Bs. 9, or more, for a small can of...
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