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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Aug 21, 2024 | FeedVSFood, Fish farms, Fishery
Opposite views among politicians, producers and fishermen at the last FAO summit, which celebrated the overtaking of fish farming over fishing. Can aquaculture be a sustainable answer to feed the growing world population? The latest summit of the United Nations Food...
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