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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It should never have been news. the world is burning and there is literal genocide happening in the year of our lord 2026 , and the press were obsessing about if some guy copied someone else's fucking homework!

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CGIAR @cgiar.org · 17/07/2026

You can't see or taste it, but zinc changes lives 🌾 Around 2 billion people don't get enough. CGIAR, @cimmyt.bsky.social and partner breeders are now building zinc straight into elite wheat, so better nutrition comes baked into the varieties farmers already choose 👉 on.cgiar.org/4w0DcDj

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The only time society has reduced emissions was during Covid, when less of us worked. The authors’ proposal for a 2.5 day work week will no doubt be dismissed by a culture that treats full‑time employment as a kind of secular virtue but I hope someone listens. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Last week I visited the largest rice millers in Ghana, to see our fortification project in action. Cereals fortified with minerals and a selection of vitamins remains one of the most cost effective ways to deal with micronutrient deficiency. With thanks to @wfp.org and @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social

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Gawain @niawag.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The future of foreign aid is in the PRESENT. If we surrender today, tomorrow’s models won’t matter. Share the facts, hold the line. More here: open.substack.com/pub/niawag/p...

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The future of foreign aid is in the future

We need to fight hard to save what we can in the present

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Great, travel friendly #boardgame for two players (with the option to expand to 4 in case you met people in the bar\ have mini adults ). Highly recommend #seasalt&paper

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This reminds me of a quote by R.H.Tawney, the famous British economist. 'What thoughtful rich people call the problem of poverty, thoughtful poor people with equal justice call the problem of riches.' www.theguardian.com/environment/... *if you're reding this you're likely in the richest 10%

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Two-thirds of global heating caused by richest 10%, study suggests

Paper in Nature Climate Change journal reveals major role wealthy emitters play in driving climate extremes

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Earth Day is every day. 🌎

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Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

#Senegal: Fortification of wheat flour with iron, refined edible oil with #vitaminA & salt with #iodine is mandated to address #micronutrient deficiencies, but quality gaps remain & further action is needed to realize the potential of #fortification for public health: doi.org/10.1016/j.cd... #health

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Loved @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social's book on the history of Big Ag. I wish I could have read it at the start of my career. Don't be put off by the cover there's loads about our contemporary food system too, and to quote Pearl S Buck 'If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday' 📚💙

Front cover of Titans of Industrial Agriculture depicting a horse drawn 19th century harvesting machine.

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

On the plus side dollar weakness lowers the value of dollar-denominated debt, which would alleviate some fiscal constraints for highly indebted economies in Africa . (Would love an actual economist to confirm if that’s true )

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CGIAR @cgiar.org · 19/03/2025

🚨 Investment in agricultural R&D is declining, yet it will cost $1.3 trillion/year to help the world’s diet-poor afford healthy food. Join us at #N4GParis to find scalable solutions! 🔗 on.cgiar.org/4298Xx9

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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The US pulled out of a board overseeing the “loss & damage” fund for vulnerable countries hit by climate disasters; and the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) that'd help several large developing countries move away from fossil fuels, particularly coal. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Trump just reversed course on two key U.S. climate pledges

By pulling out of two global climate finance programs, the United States has increased challenges for vulnerable countries.

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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos

A seagull drinks from a container marked “DOGS ONLY, NO SEAGULLS.”

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Hope Michelson @hopecm.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The US Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) website is now offline. Since 1985, FEWS NET has provided assessments of the location and severity of food crises. These assessments are used by gov and non-government humanitarian organizations across the world to allocate aid. static.fews.net

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The FEWS NET Website, the FEWS NET Learning Platform, and the FEWS NET Data Warehouse and Data Explorer are currently unavailable.

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Seems to be an exception on food assistance, Egypt and Israel . Everything else is a big (?) . US up to now largest dev donor , impacts could be huge .

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

100% this. "Journalist" need to stop reporting tweets as news, whoever the author.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Research suggests a massive expansion of mining & the processing of metal ores caused airborne lead pollution to soar during the peak of the Roman empire, leading to an estimated 2-3 point drop in IQ. 🧪🧠 #neuroskyence www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Roman Empire’s use of lead lowered IQ levels across Europe, study finds

Widespread use of metal caused estimated 2- to 3-point drop in IQ for nearly 180 years of Pax Romana

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Josh Zembik @jzembik.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Carter used the power of his post presidency to nearly eradicate guinea worm. There were 3.5 million cases when the Carter Center’s work began in 1986. He said in 2015 that he wanted to see “guinea worm completely eradicated before I die.” There’ve been 7 cases this year. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

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Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed

Carter targeted diseases primarily affecting the poor in remote areas — notably "Guinea worm disease." Because of his commitment, case numbers plummeted from 3.6 million a year to just 13 in 2022.

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I worked on our locust response in 2019-2021 when in East Africa .This tool could massively reduce cost and environmental impact of current control strategies and more importantly make new strategies viable. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

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Early warning tool will help control huge locust swarms

A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in

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Megan Evans @megcevans.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

New article: "We estimate that less than 16% of the carbon credits issued to the investigated projects constitute real emission reductions... Carbon crediting mechanisms need to be reformed fundamentally to meaningfully contribute to climate change mitigation." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Systematic assessment of the achieved emission reductions of carbon crediting projects - Nature Communications

Carbon markets are key in climate strategies, but only 16% of carbon credits represent real emission reductions, based on a study of 2,346 projects. Reforms are needed to improve the effectiveness of ...

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Great paper on challenges and opportunities of climate change. Although I remain sceptical of our ability to breed 'under-utilized crops' with increased yield, without breeding out the traits which make them climate resilience (i.e small grains) #plantscience www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci... .

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Frontiers | Enhancing food security amid climate change through rewilding and de novo domestication

Global food production is dominated by a few major crops such as maize, wheat and rice.Historically, the breeding of these crops has primarily focused on inc...

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I'm working on a study to assess levels of heavy metals in the environment, near gold processing sites, and today found out people were growing tomatoes 10 metres from a site using mercury. This is the dark side to the current high price of gold. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

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Polluted rivers, uprooted farmland and lost taxes: Ghana counts cost of illegal gold mining boom

Estimated $2bn lost in missed taxes from environmentally destructive practice some blame on political corruption

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Stolen from the ATNi (Access to Nutrition initiative), figure unsurprisingly shows LMIC's have the least healthy processed food. full report accesstonutrition.org/app/uploads/...

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Lots of new people joining Bluesky, and lots of great starter packs floating around, so here’s another idea: if you work at the intersection of food/agriculture, nature, and climate, introduce yourself and what you do below so folks can keep connecting. Who’s here now?

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Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Recommend reading for all those who want a clear eyed view of the global food system without the hype or alarmism. 💙📚 , 🔧🌏 '⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'

picture of burger on book cover for Vaclav Smil

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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Presented without comment from COP29: Natural Gas for Sustainable Development

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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

This is rough news for an insect farming pioneer, and I won’t say anything about the fact that its CEO ran a vertical farming pioneer that went bankrupt except…rough news. agfundernews.com/exclusive-as...

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Exclusive: Aspire Food Group cuts staff, temporarily scales back production at cricket farm

Aspire Food Group has laid off an undisclosed number of employees and will be scaling back production at its new cricket farm in Canada.

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