Tristan Eagling
@teaglingdfid.bsky.social
FCDO Climate and Food Security Adviser, general interest in intersection between climate and food systems, currently based in Accra.
Niche interest in metals in plants, both the good (minerals) and the bad (heavy metals) PhD in #biofortification
Niche interest in metals in plants, both the good (minerals) and the bad (heavy metals) PhD in #biofortification
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
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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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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...
The future of foreign aid is in the future
We need to fight hard to save what we can in the present
open.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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...
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
June 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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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💵 Giving cash simply works: www.povertyactionlab.org/evidence-eff...
Giving cash simply works
When low-income families receive cash with no strings attached, their lives improve in measurable ways.
www.povertyactionlab.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
💵 Giving cash simply works: www.povertyactionlab.org/evidence-eff...
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%
'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%
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
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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%
'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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Earth Day is every day. 🌎
April 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Earth Day is every day. 🌎
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A study out yesterday finds that climate change will add a bunch of arsenic to more than half the world's staple food.
Arsenic and Old Rice: Climate Change Will Make Staple Food More Dangerous
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A study out yesterday finds that climate change will add a bunch of arsenic to more than half the world's staple food.
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#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
Redirecting
doi.org
April 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#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
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' 📚💙
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' 📚💙
April 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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' 📚💙
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' 📚💙
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 )
April 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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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🚨 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
Join us at #N4GParis to find scalable solutions!
🔗 on.cgiar.org/4298Xx9
March 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨 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
Join us at #N4GParis to find scalable solutions!
🔗 on.cgiar.org/4298Xx9
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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
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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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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...
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.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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...
Worth a listen for anyone in or adjacent to global development at this turbulent time. @odi.global odi.org/en/insights/...
Think Change episode 65: what are the costs and impacts of shutting down USAID?
Experts assess what the freeze means for the global development sector and communities dependent on US aid, and what should come next.
odi.org
February 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Worth a listen for anyone in or adjacent to global development at this turbulent time. @odi.global odi.org/en/insights/...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QLcK... Every ! Second ! Of this is perfection #musicsky
February 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QLcK... Every ! Second ! Of this is perfection #musicsky
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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?
February 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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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every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos
February 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos
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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
static.fews.net
The FEWS NET Website, the FEWS NET Learning Platform, and the FEWS NET Data Warehouse and Data Explorer are currently unavailable.
static.fews.net
January 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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
static.fews.net
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 .
Trump administration just suspended all new foreign aid pending review, per State Department cable leaked to me (1/2)
January 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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 .
100% this. "Journalist" need to stop reporting tweets as news, whoever the author.
sorry i know this is basic or whatever at this point but i don't think we should stop reminding ourselves that politics in the UK this week has been mostly about what a ketamine-addled American South African fuckhead has been tweeting at 4am and that's fucking mad? this shouldn't be happening?
January 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
100% this. "Journalist" need to stop reporting tweets as news, whoever the author.
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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...
🧪🧠 #neuroskyence
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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...
🧪🧠 #neuroskyence
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...