Ammonia plays a vital role in the global fertilizer sector, supporting both agricultural production and food security. This article from the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) introduces the potential of low-carbon ammonia fertilizer.

The first EAT-Lancet Commission report was published in 2019, advocating a planetary health diet (PHD) that emphasizes the consumption of primarily plant-based foods. The EAT-Lancet Commission's latest analysis, recently published, adds analysis of the social foundations of just food systems and incorporates new data and perspectives to provide a global concept of equity in food systems.

As global warming progresses, extreme weather events are occurring more frequently in succession. A study published in Environmental Research Letters shows that such consecutive heatwaves pose a serious threat to global food production. This study also highlights the need to strengthen food system resilience and consider complex climate change issues to avoid the societal impacts of increasingly complex climate risks.

South Asia is experiencing the full range of climate change impacts, from glacial outburst floods to heat waves, droughts, and fires. An editorial in Nature Climate Change offers insights into systems shifts for climate-resilient agriculture.

September 29th is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW). With five years left to achieve Target 12.3 of Sustainable Development Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), action to reduce food loss and waste must be accelerated immediately.

Global interest in the circular bioeconomy is growing, with governments and industry adopting the concept as a framework for minimizing resource depletion, encouraging regenerative agriculture, and promoting the reuse and recycling of bioindustrial by-products. An editorial in Nature Food emphasized the importance of traditional knowledge, which is equally important to scientific knowledge, in the bioeconomy.

Water underpins our societies, fuels our economies, and sustains our ecosystems. However, the world's water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, and at the same time, more serious water disasters are having a greater impact on people's lives and livelihoods. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)'s new report, the State of Global Water Resources 2024, highlights the increasingly irregular and extreme nature of the water cycle, with floods and droughts alternating, and the cascading impacts of water surpluses or shortages on economies and societies.

According to a report published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), food security is projected to improve in most 83 low- and middle-income countries over the next 10 years, while food insecurity is expected to persist in some regions.

The International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South, observed on September 16, provides an opportunity to reaffirm that promoting science, technology and innovation is essential not only to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and leaving no one behind, but also to creating a more equitable, participatory, and inclusive world.