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EU biofuel projects in the ‘breadbasket of Congo’ could threaten food security, investigation finds

Jul 14, 2025 | Biofuels, Feeding the Congo Basin, FeedVSFood

The company claims it is using ‘degraded lands’, but Congo is in dire need of more homegrown food according to the UN Francesco De Augustinis This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting Grant. Some fields are abandoned, others are being...

The Italian strategy to boost biofuels in Europe

Jun 21, 2025 | Biofuels, Feeding the Congo Basin

The Italian government is engaged in a discussion with the EU on the topic of biofuels. The thesis is that they could be a solution to make car transport in Europe zero-impact Francesco De Augustinis This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting...

DRC’s plans to dramatically increase palm oil production

Apr 22, 2025 | Deforestation, Feeding the Congo Basin, FeedVSFood, Human rights

Plantations et Huileries du Congo, the DRC’s leading palm oil producer, plans to exponentially increase its palm oil production, but this strategy could exacerbate land conflicts. Francesco De Augustinis and Jonas Kiriko This story was supported by the Pulitzer...

A journey to Boteka: where only oil palms enjoy the right to land in DRC’S Northwest

Apr 22, 2025 | Feeding the Congo Basin, FeedVSFood

Already in conflict with local communities over land grabbing, Plantation et Huilerie du Congo (PHC) has just acquired new concessions to expand its palm oil plantations in Boteka. This deprived local communities of nearly 2,500 hectares of arable land. By Jonas...

A healthy diet can save the lives of 50 million people a year

Apr 20, 2025 | Diets, FeedVSFood, One Health

The common paths of the Planetary Health Diet, by the Eat Lancet Commission, and the Mediterranean diet by Francesco De Augustinis A drastic reduction in animal proteins, a larger use of “healthy” fats, such as olive oil or dried fruit, the central role of vegetables,...

In DRC bid to grow more food, smallholders are overshadowed by industrial farming

Dec 31, 2024 | Deforestation, Feeding the Congo Basin, FeedVSFood

More than 25 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo suffer food insecurity, largely due to insecurity and inadequate infrastructure, but national and international strategies mostly incentivize massive agro-industrial plantations, even at the expense of...