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316. Merits of Controlling the Size and Shape of Soybeans
315. Biofortification for Healthier, Inclusive and Resilient Food Systems
314. Balancing Soil Conservation and Livelihoods in the Ethiopian Highlands
313. Improving Rice Productivity in Burkina Faso through “Local Production for Consumption of Local Fertilizer” Using Phosphate Rock
312. Lessons for Building a Sustainable Food System
In May 2021, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the 2021 Food Systems Summit, wrote an article in Nature Food on the importance of maximizing the use of science, technology and knowledge to build a sustainable food system.
311. Unlocking the Key to Predicting the Behavior of the World's Most Destructive Locust Pest
310. June is “Environment Month”
June 5 is "World Environment Day", commemorating the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm as proposed by Japan and designated by the United Nations. Today, June 8, is also "World Oceans Day", which was proposed by Canada in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and approved in 2009. In Japan, June is designated as "Environment Month" and events are held to raise awareness and recognize the importance of environmental conservation.
309. World Food Safety Day and Traditional Asian Foods
308. Use of Heat Insulation Film Covering for Tomato Cultivation in Tropical and Subtropical Regions
Tomatoes are said to have originated in the Andes region of South America, but are now an important vegetable eaten all over the world, and in recent years, demand for tomatoes has been increasing in tropical and subtropical regions such as Southeast Asia. The use of a heat insulation film covering for tomato cultivation in tropical and subtropical regions can mitigate the damage caused by high air temperatures and strong sunlight.
307. Approval of First Insect as Novel Food in the EU
306. Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI): Breakthrough in the Use of Nitrogen Fertilizer to Ensure Stable Food Supply and Reduce Environmental Impact
Modern agriculture is faced with the major dilemma of minimizing the environmental damage caused by agriculture while ensuring an adequate food supply. Nitrogen fertilizer is essential for crop growth, and farmers have traditionally increased nitrogen fertilizer inputs to increase food production per unit of land and reduce deforestation caused by the expansion of farmland. At the same time, however, nitrogen fertilizer has become the major cause of greenhouse gas emissions lately and groundwater pollution. Retaining nitrogen in the soil in ammonium form could be the decisive factor in solving the dilemma of increased food production without environmental pollution. The “Opinion” of JIRCAS and Princeton University scientists on these debates was published on June 1 issue (vol. 118 no. 22) of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), one of the prestigious journals. JIRCAS and Princeton University had held a press release about this article.
305. World Milk Day
304. Need for Investment in Nature-Based Solutions to Avert Planetary Crisis
303. Likelihood of Temporarily Reaching 1.5°C Rise in Temperature Within 5 Years
On May 27, 2021, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, a global forecast conducted with the UK Met Office and other collaborating organizations, showing a high probability of temporarily reaching the lower limit of the Paris Agreement's temperature rise control target of 1.5°C since industrialization.
302. United Nations: World Economic Situation and Prospects as of Mid-2021
301. Global Report on Food Crisis: 155 million people are acutely food insecure
300. The Anthropocene Perspective
299. Recent Topics on Global Temperature Rise and Icebergs
A video released this month by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows that temperatures on the Earth's surface have risen since 1950, showing a trend of unusually hot days and less frequent cold days. Meanwhile, in Antarctica, it was confirmed that one of the largest icebergs, A-76, which is 40 times the size of Paris, has begun to drift.
298. International Biodiversity Day 2021 - We’re Part of the Solution -
The slogan for the celebration of International Biodiversity Day 2021 is "We're part of the solution #ForNature", and we would like to share our thoughts on biodiversity by summarizing the Pick Up articles on biodiversity that we have covered so far.
297. Joint Report on Child Malnutrition
The UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank released this month the 2021 edition of the joint global and regional estimates of malnutrition among children under 5 years of age. The report shows that the number of children with stunting has been declining rapidly in recent years, but the rate of decline needs to accelerate to reach the 2030 target. The estimates do not take into account the impact of COVID-19 which is expected to exacerbate all forms of malnutrition in the future.