Analysis: Can Bangladesh’s single-use plastic crackdown succeed?

Published on March 4, 2025

Political divisions and industry influence derailed the country’s pioneering 2002 ban on polythene bags. Can the new government enforce lasting change with its new ban?

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UN deputy chief: Strong food systems can deliver progress for everyone, everywhere

March 4, 2025
In a series of meetings in Nairobi, Kenya, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed spearheaded discussions on fortifying global food systems and advancing sustainable development, setting the stage for the upcoming fourth UN Food Systems Summit.

How expensive eggs and dead chickens show the major problems in poultry production

March 4, 2025
The recent volatility of egg prices in the United States has been a hot topic. Media coverage has consistently made the connection between supply problems and virulent strains of avian flu that has been afflicting poultry birds since 2022.Many articles have indicated that, in addition to millions of birds dying from avian flu, infected flocks have widely been killed en masse in an attempt to conta