July 21, 2023 Check out our roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

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After decades of steady progress, the number of people without access to electricity increased in 2022. About 80% of people worldwide who don’t have electricity live in sub-Saharan Africa.

A special guest commentary piece explaining the historic breakthrough for a durable and safe solution for late-blight potato disease.

Just over ten years ago, the world was shaken not by a pandemic but by skyrocketing food prices.

Agriculture has great potential for carbon offsets, but implementation will be complicated.

The world is facing three global water crises—it's imperative that we respond to them.

With investment from governments, philanthropists, and the private sector, the world can halt the spread of pandemic-induced food insecurity.

England is the latest in a string of countries to test giving its residents a guaranteed amount of money every month, also known as a universal basic income (UBI).

Farmers’ decisions to change the way they have farmed for years and start using new conserving agricultural practices such as conservation tillage, cover cropping, or buffer strips will depend in large part on how much it will cost.