Food constitutes a tangible and fundamental link to nature. How can we produce it sustainably?

Nobody is suffering more from a global chocolate standoff than the Côte d'Ivoire cocoa farmer.

World total grains (wheat and coarse grains) production is forecast to rise to a record of 2.2 billion tonnes in the 2020-21 marketing year, according to the latest International Grains Council (IGC) grain market report released .

The projection includes record harvest totals for wheat (768 million tonnes) and barley (158 million tonnes).

The next director-general of the World Trade Organization faces Herculean challenges. Hercules succeeded at his tasks in the end by trying new tactics, so perhaps fresh approaches should be tried for trade too.

 Converting large areas of land for farming to boost food supplies increases planet-heating emissions and places a greater burden on poorer nations already bearing the brunt of climate change, researchers warn.

Between now and 2040, almost every second person born worldwide will be African, and the continent will account for more than 60% of growth in the world’s working-age population. Africa has boundless potential. And yet the income gap between Africa and the rest of the world has been growing since the 1960s.