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El Niño events have far-reaching consequences for food production, water availability, and the wellbeing of both people and ecosystems. The implications for India are significant. : Anil Xavier via Unsplash Unsplash Licence

India’s vital monsoon rains can be disrupted by an El Niño which is a major concern for crop production.

El Nino returns

What will an El Niño bring next to India?

India’s vital monsoon rains can be disrupted by an El Niño which is a major concern for crop production.

Water rationing due to droughts should be expected if an El Niño hits Southeast Asia this year. : ‘Drought’ by Ivan Radic is available at https://tinyurl.com/238umdcb CC BY 2.0

The dry weather could result in prolonged droughts and haze affecting millions across the region as it did in 2015.

El Nino returns

Southeast Asia braces for more droughts and haze

The dry weather could result in prolonged droughts and haze affecting millions across the region as it did in 2015.

Key advantages of long-read sequencing make it the technology of choice for many new scientific projects. : DNA sequence by ssalonso is available at https://bit.ly/3YaOmDL CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Cost, availability and sample preservation are the main concerns but progress is rapid.

The race to improve DNA sequencing

Cost, availability and sample preservation are the main concerns but progress is rapid.

New sequencing technologies bring valuable benefits but equitable access may be a challenge. : ‘Strawberries at Out Standing in the Field’ by SanFranAnnie is available at https://bit.ly/41mGl16 CC BY-SA 2.0

Advances in the field are revolutionary but require safeguards to curb misuse.

DNA could ensure strawberry fields forever

Wheat, grown in vast fields, cannot easily be protected by glasshouses : Dag Endresen CC 2.0

As climate change enters uncharted territory, we will need all the skills of the past, and some from the future, to keep feeding the world.

Science against the clock

Future food depends on the cutting edge

Dialogic accounting would better serve women’s empowerment in the microfinance context. : ‘Guatemala – Rural Women’ by UN Women is available at https://bit.ly3SIqx4b CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Microfinance doesn’t always empower the women reliant on it, but a different form of accounting could help level the playing field.

Empowering women to reduce poverty

Accounting for microfinance’s flaws

The nutritional quality of many Indians’ diets have deteriorated since the start of the pandemic. : Melissa Viiron, Unsplash CC BY 4.0

One in five children in India are too thin, and yet at the same time obesity levels are on the rise.

Affordable nutrition

India’s double edged nutrition problem

Corn in the USA is often grown to feed cattle : Ammodramus (Wikimedia) cc 4.0

The world’s farmers grow crops for food as well as other uses. Those other uses threaten to crowd out our chance to feed the world’s hungry.

Affordable nutrition

Non-food crops are eating up our food

Affordability of nutritious food is a major problem in many parts of the world. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

Backgrounder: 602 words

360info is exploring the evidence on nutritious and affordable food from multiple country perspectives.

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Affordable nutrition