SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 14 (TNSrpt) -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today released its sixth annual Goalkeepers Report, noting that nearly every indicator of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is off track at the halfway point for achieving them by 2030. Despite significant setbacks caused by overlapping global crises, the report is optimistic, underscoring opportunities to accelerate progress  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 14 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: The warning lights are flashing on high: armed conflict, climate-related emergencies, economic hardship and political obstacles are leading to a growing wave of hunger in countries around the world. The misery for millions will deepen without immediate urgent action. Systems-level improvements must be made to escape a cycle of recurrent crises, including investment  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 14 -- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: The warning lights are flashing on high: armed conflict, climate-related emergencies, economic hardship and political obstacles are leading to a growing wave of hunger in countries around the world. The misery for millions will deepen without immediate urgent action. Systems-level improvements must be made to escape a cycle of recurrent cris  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Sept. 13, 2022: * * * Rebuilding Ukraine's Agriculture Sector: Emerging Priorities By Caitlin Welsh, Director of the Global Food Security Program, and Emma Dodd, Program Coordinator for Global Food Security Program The aim of the bipartisan and international CSIS Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Commission is to produce a policy framework that will help attract private secto  more

MILTON, England, Sept. 13 -- The Journal of Crop Improvement, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features crop improvement and production, including seed science and technology, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 36, No. 6 edition: Research Articles: * Variability for cell-wall and yield components in commercial sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) progeny: contrasts with parental lines and energy cane * Evaluating responses of Caucasian apple (Malus orientalis) from Hyr  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2022: During a state visit from a Taiwanese delegation, officials from the east Asian country agreed to purchase 66 million bushels of wheat from U.S. farmers over the next two years. The grain deal, which is worth approximately $576 million, will be fulfilled significantly by Kansas wheat farms. The Kansas Departments of Agriculture and Commerce jointly hosted a Taiwanese Wheat Procurement Signing C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following foreign news center briefing on Sept. 16, 2022, by Kaveh Khoshnood, associate professor at Yale School of Public Health, Nathaniel A. Raymond, executive director of Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab and Lecturer in Department of the Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health, and Caitlin Howarth, director of Operations for the Conflict Observatory at Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, on Russi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: President Putin's unjustified war against Ukraine puts millions around the globe at risk of increasing food insecurity. The Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, one of the world's largest exporters of food, has led to the damage or outright destruction of many of Ukraine's arterial roads, railways, ports, and food storage facilities that are essential to getting its agricultural goods to international mark  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following remarks on Sept. 15, 2022, by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a Security Council briefing on hunger and conflict: * * * As many of you have heard me say since arriving in New York, this issue is important. Hunger caused by conflict has been the centerpiece of our two Security Council presidencies since I arrived. So Under-Secretary General Griffiths, I am deeply appreciative of the White N  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following transcript of an interview on Sept. 16, 2022, by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield with Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports": * * * QUESTION: Joining me now, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield. Thank you so much, Madame Ambassador. It is very good to see you again. I know this is a very busy time for you, so thanks for taking time to talk to us. I want  more