He has been a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda
Council on Food Security since 2010.
Not exact matches
* A side event under the title «Bio-sequestration vs. geo - sequestration (CCS)- Organic solutions to Climate Change and
Food security» was held jointly with the World Future
Council on Thursday, December 17.
At a symposium hosted by the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs, several Champions will demonstrate to policy advisors, companies, and leading global research institutions how reducing
food loss and waste is a pillar for achieving
food security.
IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program
on Water and
Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and
Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research
Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to inaugurate the National
Food Security Council on Monday in Abuja.
The
council's vice-chairman, who is also the Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, later told State House correspondents that the
council would strengthen all existing policies
on food security including policies
on trade, agronomy, national planning and national
security.
The National President of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Alhaji Aminu Goronyo
on Wednesday commended the Federal Government for inaugurating the National
Food Security Council with a call for the inclusion of farmers in the c
Council with a call for the inclusion of farmers in the
councilcouncil.
The
council, in its assignment, is also expected to take cognisance of regional and global policies as well as trends which have implications
on Nigeria's
food security.
IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program
on Water and
Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and
Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research
Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).
(2) Any indigent pet owner
on public assistance, including but not limited to the
Food Stamp Program, the Supplemental
Security Income Program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program, or any other similar public assistance program named by the Pet Overpopulation Advisory
Council, shall qualify for low - cost services.
During a panel discussion with senior global leaders at the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs Symposium «Advancing
Food and Nutrition Security at the G8 Summit» in Washington, Jeff Simmons urged leaders to take action now to address the challenge of developing more efficient food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availabil
Food and Nutrition
Security at the G8 Summit» in Washington, Jeff Simmons urged leaders to take action now to address the challenge of developing more efficient
food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availabil
food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger,
food inflation and food availabil
food inflation and
food availabil
food availability.
I recently moderated a conversation
on climate,
food and
security at the Asia Society involving some informed and influential figures, including Maria Blair, who's directing analysis of climate adaptation for the White House
Council on Environmental Quality.
COOPI (Italy, project coordination) and RUAF Foundation (the Netherlands), in cooperation with institutions and organisations involved in the Freetown Multi-Stakeholder Forum
on Urban Agriculture and
Food Security (including the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Food Security; Freetown City
Council; Ministry of Land, Housing and Environment; Ministry of Health and Sanitation; National Association of Farmers in Sierra Leone (NAFSL); Sierra Leone Youth Empowerment Organisation (SLYEO); Njala University; and other stakeholders).
In addition to dozens of scientific papers, he has written chapters in several major Arctic
Council reports, co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences committee that wrote The Arctic in the Anthropocene, and served
on a
Council of Canadian Academies panel
on food security in the North.
Recent reports by the National Research
Council (NRC), the New England Complex Systems Institute (CSI), the UN Committee
on World
Food Security (CWFS), and Iowa State University (ISU) all acknowledge that biofuel policies put upward pressure on food and feed pri
Food Security (CWFS), and Iowa State University (ISU) all acknowledge that biofuel policies put upward pressure
on food and feed pri
food and feed prices.
He was co-chair of the National Academy of Sciences committee
on emerging research questions in the Arctic and a member of the
Council of Canadian Academies panel
on the state of knowledge of
food security in the North.