The Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy acknowledges the recent statements by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (KPKM) regarding the Suku-Suku Separuh healthy plate model. The MOH has warned that Suku-Suku Separuh risks becoming a privilege for the few if affordability is not addressed. Agriculture and…
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 — Malaysia cannot make healthy meals affordable without structural reforms in farmland access, subsidies, and farmer support, said Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member and former deputy agriculture minister told CodeBlue that while the government promotes the “Suku-Suku Separuh” healthy plate model, limited production of…
A federal program helps families eat healthy meals. Trump’s new legislation cuts it. On a sweltering afternoon this week, Ana Garcia, 41, and her three-year-old son, Elliott, arrived at the Goodhue Community Center on Staten Island to pick up their weekly haul of fresh, affordable produce. Garcia tasted a sample of tabbouleh salad. She and…
In Michigan, one of the eight goals in our state’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan is to improve the health, safety, and wellness of all learners. To learn, children must have consistent access to healthy and tasty food. As Crystal FitzSimons, president of the Food Research & Action Center, says, “Hungry kids can’t learn. School…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China could lose 35 per cent of its cropland by 2100, scientists warn A peer-reviewed study published earlier this month estimated that 35 per cent of China’s…
A peer-reviewed study published earlier this month estimated that 35 per cent of China’s cropland could disappear by 2100, even if the world delivers on its pledge to limit global warming under the Paris Agreement. The research raises concerns about food security and highlights the need for updated cropland protection policies. According to the scientists,…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has highlighted the importance of food security, saying it was a “political responsibility” for major agricultural areas. During a tour of northeastern China, Xi also said that “further reform and opening up” was crucial to revitalising the region’s economy, and urged the area to create a better “market-oriented, rule- and law-based,…
China has announced an action plan to reduce food loss and waste. It came days after President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the Group of 20 summit in Brazil, declaring that China was joining the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty and would remain a committed host of the International Conference on Food Loss…
By Mei Mei Chu, Florence Lo and Xiaoyu Yin YANQING, China (Reuters) – In a research facility in the northwest of Beijing, molecular biologist Li Jieping and his team harvest a cluster of seven unusually small potatoes, one as tiny as a quail’s egg, from a potted plant. Grown under conditions that simulate predictions of…