New claims of human rights abuses are emerging every week as citizens of The Gambia come to terms with 22 years of President Yahya Jammeh’s brutal regime. Witnesses have told a truth and reconciliation commission about summary executions, torture and rape. But, points out Sophie Gallop, the chances of the exiled former dictator returning home to face justice are remote.

The global food system is in crisis, and the future of food looks bleak if nothing changes. But according to Mike Hamm, the solution is not as simple as changing what you eat (although that is part of it). The system can become the solution rather than the problem, if we make some radical changes to it. He lists eight ways we can avert a food crisis – including changes to supply chains, farming practices and new reward structures for farmers, as well as altered consumption patterns.