Sentences with phrase «global food and agriculture»

Global food and agriculture organizations have transitioned from pushing out reports filled with dire warnings and red flags to white papers focused on how best to manage in an already - changed climate.

Mr. Gendason is Senior Vice President, Corporate Investments of Continental Grain Company, a global food and agriculture company.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) database contains data on global food and agriculture production, price and exports.

The Global Food and Agriculture Program's Panel of Advisors help inform and guide the program's work.

Christopher Shanahan, global food and agriculture program manager with Frost & Sullivan, told FoodProductionDaily.com of a growing trend for food manufacturers to outsource logistical and distribution activity to local third - party logistics companies (3PLs).

Support for the Global Food and Agriculture Program is generously provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Rabobank, a global food and agriculture bank dedicated to building a better food future, reports key trends from FoodBytes!

SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blue River Technology, a leader in the use of computer vision, machine learning and robotics for agriculture, today announced it has raised $ 17 million in Series B funding led by Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund (Pontifax AgTech).

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Such indoor farming — ranging from skyscraper greenhouses to in vitro meat — is altering our definition of agriculture and creating technologies that could stave off a global food crisis.

Global consumption of avocados, now a $ 3 billion industry, has doubled in the last decade, and a third of the 3.8 million tonne annual harvest is currently traded internationally, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.

In its most recent report on the state of global fisheries, the United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization warned that 90 percent of the world's fish stocks are fully or overfished, and increasing production to meet the world's growing demand for animal protein can't be done in a sustainable manner.

Big tech companies, global retailers, clean energy firms, food makers, agriculture conglomerates, and a couple of utilities have all signed on.

Particularly, the overlap between food and water, exemplified here in the case of water - efficient agriculture, an opportunity from Global Opportunity Report 2015, is shaping up to be a booming market in the coming years.

About Avrio Ventures Inc: Avrio Capital was established in 2006 to identify and invest in innovative food and agriculture companies that provide solutions to global challenges in the areas of health, wellness and sustainability.

Francis drew a standing ovation on Monday at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, where he marked the UN's World Food Day by calling for governments to work together to tackle the interconnected problems of hunger, global warming and migration.

Mr. A. H. Boerma, General Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, is calling upon the world to set aside 15 % of the annual grain yield in a global food bank for emergency use to prevent starvatFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, is calling upon the world to set aside 15 % of the annual grain yield in a global food bank for emergency use to prevent starvatfood bank for emergency use to prevent starvation.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Tammi has also had the privilege to attend a variety of meetings of the global food sovereignty movement, including the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, Urgenci: the International Network for Community - Supported Agriculture, Slow Meat, the Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), Slow Food's Terra Madre, and the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) that relates to the UN Committee for World Food Security (Cfood sovereignty movement, including the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, Urgenci: the International Network for Community - Supported Agriculture, Slow Meat, the Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), Slow Food's Terra Madre, and the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) that relates to the UN Committee for World Food Security (CFood Sovereignty, Urgenci: the International Network for Community - Supported Agriculture, Slow Meat, the Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), Slow Food's Terra Madre, and the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) that relates to the UN Committee for World Food Security (CFood & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), Slow Food's Terra Madre, and the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) that relates to the UN Committee for World Food Security (CFood's Terra Madre, and the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) that relates to the UN Committee for World Food Security (CFood Security (CFS).

In May 2015 under the Turkey Presidency, the G20 agriculture ministers highlighted the extent of food loss and waste (FLW) as «a global problem of enormous economic, environmental and societal significance» and encouraged all G20 members to strengthen their collective efforts to prevent and reduce FLW.

IFOAM raised awareness of its campaign messages, high sequestration, low emission, food secure farming which highlights the superior performance of organic agriculture in preventing global warming and adapting to it.

The Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change in The Hague, The Netherlands - 31stOctober - 5th November

A global contest to find world's best agroecology policies has been jointly launched by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Future Council (WFC) and IFOAM — Organics International was launched last week at the 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology, held in Rome (6 April 2018).

DuPont actively supports the SAVE FOOD initiative instituted by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which helps fight global food loss and waFOOD initiative instituted by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which helps fight global food loss and waFOOD initiative instituted by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which helps fight global food loss and waFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which helps fight global food loss and waFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which helps fight global food loss and wafood loss and wafood loss and waste.

It included short presentations and proof points from global dairy leaders as well as from Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on the contribution of the dairy sector to the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals such as ending poverty and hunger, and protecting the environment.

The United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) gave a global update on food waFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO) gave a global update on food wafood waste.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the livestock sector is «one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global».

To meet the world's growing food security needs and face the parallel challenges of improving nutrition and reducing poverty under a changing global climate, a second — science - based — Green Revolution in agriculture is already under way.

Since its initial report in 2011, the committee has monitored global progress on food and nutrition security issues and explored three aspects in greater depth — the role of technology and innovation in agriculture, opportunities for advancing nutrition security, and the need for environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable agricultural systems.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Dr. R.R.A. Wijekoon, Director General of Agriculture, Government of Sri Lanka, said «This will strengthen rice research development activities in the country especially to ensure food and nutrition security and sharing of global innovative technologies for the country's successful rice production.»

CSIRO Agriculture and Food is transforming productivity, profitability and sustainability in Australia's food and fibre industries and is a leader in the global response to food and nutritional securFood is transforming productivity, profitability and sustainability in Australia's food and fibre industries and is a leader in the global response to food and nutritional securfood and fibre industries and is a leader in the global response to food and nutritional securfood and nutritional security.

33 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, SAVE FOOD: Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste ReductFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, SAVE FOOD: Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste ReductFOOD: Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste ReductFood Loss and Waste Reduction.

These were developed by applying a food and agribusiness lens to previous megatrend analysis including CSIRO's global megatrends6 and the agriculture megatrends developed in partnership with the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) 7.

Numerous reports have emphasized the need for major changes in the global food system: agriculture must meet the twin challenge of feeding a growing population, with rising demand for meat and high - calorie diets, while simultaneously minimizing its global environmental impacts1, 2.

March 2015 IFPRI — Advances and Setbacks in Global Food Security African Communication Vale Dr Lloyd Evans Tree Seed Training [ACT] Cow talk [Vic] Plant Breeders Without Borders [Vic] Climate Smart Agriculture From Famine to Feast in 40 Years

The report — Less Is More: Greenpeace vision of the meat and dairy system towards 2050 — claims that unless the way we farm for food changes radically, then agriculture will soon be responsible for pumping out 52 per cent of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

We discussed a wide range of topics related to food security, youth engagement in international agriculture and global agriculture research dynamics.

1600 SESSION 6: AFTERNOON KEYNOTE Closing Chair Dr Daniel Walker, Research Director, Agriculture and Global Change, CSIRO Agriculture and Food

We continue to support the wheat and barley industries in the face of global challenges such as climate change, food and fuel security and sustainable agriculture practices.

International conference on Food chemistry and Technology November 05 - 07, 2018, Berlin, Germany; International conference on Agriculture and Food chemistry July 23 - 24, 2018, Rome, Italy; International Conference on Food Chemistry and Nutrition, May 23 - 25,2018, Montreal, Canada; Global Summit on Nutritional Science and Food Chemistry May 24 - 25, 2018, Valencia, Spain; International Conference on Food Safety and Regulatory Measures, June 11 - 13, 2018, Barcelona, Spain; International Conference on Food Microbiology November 29 - 30, 2018, Dublin Irelend; International Conference on Food Processing and Analysis October 11 - 13, 2018, Moscow, Russia.

She will be joined by Chris Sturman (chief executive, Food Storage & Distribution Federation), Ian Wright (director general, Food & Drink Federation), Gavin Partington (director general, British Soft Drinks Association), Mike Berthet (market development manager EU, Global Agriculture Alliance), and Nigel Jenney (CEO, Fresh Produce Consortium).

The Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition (GSF) document is the strategic plan on the priorities and actions that will be undertaken by the CFS and the key overview document it is therefore critical that Organic Agriculture is included.

Recent Tel Aviv University plant research is set to revolutionize agriculture and strengthen Global Food Security.

As a global food company, we believe we have a significant role to play in helping to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture (UN SDG 2).

Global food prices fell by 1.4 % in the last month but seem to have stabilised at a relatively high level, says the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (Ffood prices fell by 1.4 % in the last month but seem to have stabilised at a relatively high level, says the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

As a global food company, we believe we have a significant role to play in helping end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture (UN SDG 2).

Associate Professor, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland; Centre Leader, Hermitage Research Facility; College of Experts, Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland

And lost and wasted food consumes about one quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and generates roughly 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissioAnd lost and wasted food consumes about one quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and generates roughly 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissioand wasted food consumes about one quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and generates roughly 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissioand generates roughly 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The G20 agriculture ministers highlighted the extent of food loss and waste (FLW) as «a global problem of enormous economic, environmental and societal significance» and encouraged all G20 members to strengthen their collective efforts to reduce FLW.

Food group and beverage giant Danone and Veolia, the global resource management group, have announced an innovative strategic partnership focusing on the water cycle, waste management, sustainable agriculture and energy efficiency, to meet the challenge of climate change.

Food that is ultimately lost or wasted consumes about one - quarter of all water used by agriculture each year, requires cropland area the size of China to be grown, and generates about eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions annually.