Our Scans · (LF.2) Zero Hunger · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

• [New] Wheat yields fall by more than 5% for every degree of warming - a quiet threat to the food security that India spent generations building. The New Indian Express
• [New] The downstream application potential is enormous: India has 140 million small farmers, 20,000+ kilometers of coastline, climate vulnerabilities across agriculture, water, and disaster that space data is uniquely positioned to address. Deep in DeepTech
• [New] Ensuring safe water access is critical to improving food security, reducing health risks, and supporting healthier communities worldwide. EurekAlert!
• [New] The global south has less capacity to absorb economic and other shocks, which not only reduce food security but also affect longer-term development ambitions, such as the African Union's Agenda 2063. ISS Africa
• [New] The development of new technology across the food production and value-added agriculture sector provides an opportunity for Canada to further strengthen its domestic food processing capacity. BNN Bloomberg
• The imperative to ensure global food security amid changing climate conditions presents substantial opportunities for agricultural resilience technologies including drought-tolerant crop varieties, precision agriculture systems, and climate-smart farming practices. Persistence Market Research
• Climate change is making extreme heat more severe, creating growing risks for public health, water security, agriculture, and economies worldwide. fundsforNGOs News - Grants and Resources for Sustainabi
• Nestle aims to source 50% of its key ingredients from farmers adopting regenerative agriculture practices by 2030. FoodNavigator.com
• Understanding genes such as OsFeSOD3 could contribute to the development of climate-resilient, high-yield crops capable of supporting food security in vulnerable regions worldwide. CNS Media
• Nuclear winter effects could severely disrupt agriculture and fisheries worldwide, with Northern hemisphere high-latitude regions such as the Nordics facing especially acute risks. Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
• MMS is now being introduced in Lumbini province, one of the poorest regions in Nepal, with the potential to reach more than 100,000 pregnant women and their babies with improved nutrition in 2026. Stanford Social Innovation Review
• An important new DEFRA and Innovate UK-funded research project will be unveiled later this month to assess whether proso millet could become a sustainable, climate-resilient spring break crop for UK agriculture. Farmers Guide
• Bangladesh expects irrigation support for 2.88 million hectares, potentially improving crop productivity and food security in drought-prone districts. Legacy IAS Academy
• As use of disaster risk financing instruments, such as catastrophe bonds and parametric insurance becomes more embedded in social safety nets, it provides UN agencies and similar a way to access efficient risk capital that can be responsively deployed when food security disasters strike. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• Without coordinated action across climate and food systems, the growing impacts of ocean acidification will continue to undermine fisheries and aquaculture that underpin global nutrition and livelihoods. The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Indu
• Strengthening fisheries and aquaculture will be essential to meet growing demand, improve food security and sustain livelihoods across Africa. International AquaFeed
• The Asia Pacific region is highly vulnerable to climate change, with unpredictable weather patterns affecting agriculture. IMARC Group
• The Food and Agriculture Organization projects global meat production to increase by 14% by 2030 particularly in Asia and Latin America are intensifying demand for protein-rich animal feed. Market Data Forecast
• The largest loss of working hours in western, northern and southern Europe by 2030 is expected to be felt by the agriculture and construction sectors. The Guardian
• As other sectors rapidly decarbonise, agriculture is on track to become the UK's highest emitting sector by 2050, responsible for nearly half of remaining domestic emissions. GOV.UK

Last updated: 13 July 2026