Sentences with phrase «world food economy»

The United States looms large in the world food economy: it is far and away the world's leading grain exporter, exporting more than Argentina, Australia, Canada, and Russia combined.

In a section of the paper citing analysis in «The World Food Economy,» a book he co-authored in 2007, Southgate concludes that a low growth scenario for population, leading to just under 8 billion people by 2050, could see a 26 - percent drop in food prices even with substantial rise in consumption.

Not exact matches

Global warming is affecting oceans, food and water supply, coastal areas and biodiversity, and creating what Gore calls «the largest business opportunity in world history, as the global economy decarbonizes and becomes hyper - efficient.»

That is why the United States is working to negotiate in TPP preferential access for the industrial goods, food and agriculture products, textiles, and many other products we export into the fastest - growing economies in the world.

After leading a trade mission with some of Canada's leading Agri - food businesses to the developing economy in November 2014, the Canadian Agri - Food Policy Institute (CAPI) published a report stating that Canadian food and beverage products are not prominent on Chinese market shelves and are not as well - known as their American / European / Australian counterparts in the Chinese consumer wofood businesses to the developing economy in November 2014, the Canadian Agri - Food Policy Institute (CAPI) published a report stating that Canadian food and beverage products are not prominent on Chinese market shelves and are not as well - known as their American / European / Australian counterparts in the Chinese consumer woFood Policy Institute (CAPI) published a report stating that Canadian food and beverage products are not prominent on Chinese market shelves and are not as well - known as their American / European / Australian counterparts in the Chinese consumer wofood and beverage products are not prominent on Chinese market shelves and are not as well - known as their American / European / Australian counterparts in the Chinese consumer world.

BEIJING China will form a powerful new competition and food safety regulator in a bid to ramp up oversight of mergers and acquisitions and price - fixing as the world's second - largest economy seeks to make policymaking more efficient.

An example being how we are to maintain a healthy world economy when fewer and fewer percentages of our population are needed to grow all the food, manufacture all the goods, and service all the needs of society during a time, within the next 60 years, of ultimately a shrinking population.

As the global economy becomes increasingly interconnected and new markets arise in the developing world, there has been a shift in the way food products reach consumers.

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

Emerging economies are expanding at a faster rate than the rest of the world combined, increasing their market share of food and beverage distribution services, said the market research.

Ethiopia is the largest importer of food process and packaging machinery in East and Central Africa and 2nd largest of agricultural technology Ethiopia is East and Central Africa's largest economy and with growth rates of between 6 and 10 % also one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

Food loss and waste costs the global economy US$ 940 billion per year, and generates around 8 % of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

Fergus Ewing, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, comments: «Scottish food and drink exports are at an all - time high — with world - renowned Scottish goods like salmon and whisky being consumed across the globe at record levels.

The findings may help the world's largest dairy exporter restore its reputation globally after the contamination scare this month prompted concerns that New Zealand has food safety issues, threatening exports which make up about 30 percent of the economy.

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 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 Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB 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, Secretary 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 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

With the world economy poised to regain momentum this year and the penchant among wealthy consumers to spend on travel and gourmet food and wine rather than clothes and accessories, the future is bright for high - end hospitality.

And yes, nearly 25 years since the world agreed to prevent serious impacts on global food supply, the natural environment and the economy.

The «Algae for a Healthy World» (A4HW) project has a budget of one million euros for a term of two years, and is co-financed by the European Union via the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) within the «Cooperation Challenges» programme by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (specifically, the «Food Safety and Quality Challenge: Productive, Sustainable Farming, Natural Resources, Marine and Maritime Research»).

The IPCC wishes to destroy the world economy and starve the world of energy and food at a cost of $ 76 trillion over the next 40 year's (UN estimate), to keep global temps below 2C, when even their wildly pessimistic and disconfirmed projections (formally known as predictions) now suggest that climate sensitivity could be as low as 1.5 C, without spending a dime.

Yes, nanotechnology is becoming ubiquitous in our daily lives and has found its way into many commercial products, for example, strong, lightweight materials for better fuel economy; targeted drug delivery for safer and more effective cancer treatments; clean, accessible drinking water around the world; superfast computers with vast amounts of storage; self - cleaning surfaces; wearable health monitors; more efficient solar panels; safer food through packaging and monitoring; regrowth of skin, bone, and nerve cells for better medical outcomes; smart windows that lighten or darken to conserve energy; and nanotechnology - enabled concrete that dries more quickly and has sensors to detect stress or corrosion at the nanoscale in roads, bridges, and buildings.

You'll help the local economy, support farmers, and reduce your carbon footprint because your food will come from the next town over instead of halfway around the world.

Also, the fact that most of developing or third world regions used their own edible oils for centuries were now more dependent on importing American and European processed edible oils has destabilized their local food and agricultural economies.

Buy on board food options are commonplace on most airlines» short - haul routes all around the world but, when it comes to long - haul flights, it's generally only the low - cost carriers like WOW and Norwegian that ask Economy Class passengers to pay extra for their food.

In addition, British Airways has also recently upgraded the food and drink options in its World Traveler Plus premium economy cabin on all long - haul flights from London Gatwick.

Why does the list not include economists like Amartya Sen of Harvard University, also a Nobel prize winning economist whose career is devoted to promoting well - being particularly among the world's poor (he had an op - ed a couple of days ago in the NY Times re: the food crisis); or Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University, also a former World Bank chief economist and Nobel prize winner who is critical of the globalized free market apparatus run by the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO; or Herman Daley of the University of Maryland, also a former economist at the World Bank whose career is devoted to developing a sustainable economy within the ecological constraints of our environworld's poor (he had an op - ed a couple of days ago in the NY Times re: the food crisis); or Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University, also a former World Bank chief economist and Nobel prize winner who is critical of the globalized free market apparatus run by the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO; or Herman Daley of the University of Maryland, also a former economist at the World Bank whose career is devoted to developing a sustainable economy within the ecological constraints of our environWorld Bank chief economist and Nobel prize winner who is critical of the globalized free market apparatus run by the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO; or Herman Daley of the University of Maryland, also a former economist at the World Bank whose career is devoted to developing a sustainable economy within the ecological constraints of our environWorld Bank, the IMF and the WTO; or Herman Daley of the University of Maryland, also a former economist at the World Bank whose career is devoted to developing a sustainable economy within the ecological constraints of our environWorld Bank whose career is devoted to developing a sustainable economy within the ecological constraints of our environment.

Conscious of our leadership role in meeting such challenges, we, the leaders of the world's major economies, both developed and developing, commit to combat climate change in accordance with our common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities and confront the interlinked challenges of sustainable development, including energy and food security, and human health.

The result of all the maneuvering and manipulating behind the scenes was people rioting over the increase in food costs while Cargill and Monsanto posted record breaking profits in 2008 as the rest of the world's economy crashed and burned.

Director of the Local Economies Project at The New World Foundation Bob Dandrew — «The New World Foundation's Local Economies Project envisions a region where family farms and related businesses are at the heart of a sustainable regional food system.

Now if neuro - scientists were claiming that a particular naturally biologically occurring chemical could drastically raise or lower brain function; but they only knew it because of computer models; and the computer models» prediction so far were garbage; and many of the neuro - scientists were caught lying and fudging data; and the chemical were necessary for normal brain function anyway; but they were arguing that we should reorder the world economy anyway by giving them control of the global food economy to limit the slight increase in ingestion that they claim is so dangerous....

Had these billionaires actually cared about the poor, they could have used that money to stimulate economies and create jobs that would put food on tables across the U.S. and around the world.

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Family farmers produce 57 percent of the world's food while increasing food security, boosting local economies, and improving nutrition.

These climate - related effects are causing sudden shifts in local economies and food security across the world, including agriculture, subsistence farming and fishing.

The United Nations report mentions calamitous outcomes from continuing global warming that would affect the world's food supply, economies, and ways of life.

Wednesday, May 30, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, Upper Valley Food Co-op Gathering Room, WRJ Free Workshop and Discussion: The Future of Money: Creating a Human Scale Local Economy Presenters include Gwen Hallsmith, Co-author Creating Wealth: Growing Local Economies with Local Currencies Monday, June 4, 6:30 pm, Colatina Exit, Upstairs 1st Monday Film: Gas Hole What caused America to go from being a leading exporter of oil to the world's largest importer?

But it was cold this winter and C02 is plant food and only a trace gas and the greenhouse effect has been disproved anyway and even if the greenhouse effect does exist, C02 has negligible impact compared to water vapour and our only source of heat is the sun so it must be the sun, unless it is due to the C02 from volcanoes, but C02 follows warming so it can't be the C02 and the medieval warm period was warmer anyway and all the temperature reconstructions that show this not to be true are produced by corrupt scientists being paid by corrupt governments that have colluded to create an excuse to form a one world unelected social - ist government and even if the scientists are not that corrupt, although the e-mails prove they are, they have still got it wrong as the climate sensitivity is not as high as they think it is because it is basically the planets orbits and cosmic rays so we can say for a fact that the warming that probably does not exist is definatley not due to humans and even if it was the evidence is not sufficient to make drastic changes to the economy and increase taxes so that the politicians and scientists and business leaders get rich and leave us all poor — do they think we are stupid or something?

Notice, too, that Monsanto is drastically raising prices while it is making phenomenal profits, while food prices are rising dramatically (related often to its grains), leading to food riots around the world, and while fuel is skyrocketing and Monsanto's corn is now the basis of biofuel, and while our economy is tanking.

Now, scientists meeting at World Water Week in Sweden are reinforcing and broadening that point, saying that without serious reforms to the way many Asian countries manage water chronic food shortages may result — even without the impact of climate change on water supplies: Food & Feed Demand to Double by 2050 In Revitalizing Asia's Irrigation, the International Water Management Institute and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization say that food and animal feed demand in Asia is expected to double by 2050 and that relying on trade to supply this will «impose a huge and politically untenable burden on the economies of many developing countries.&rafood shortages may result — even without the impact of climate change on water supplies: Food & Feed Demand to Double by 2050 In Revitalizing Asia's Irrigation, the International Water Management Institute and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization say that food and animal feed demand in Asia is expected to double by 2050 and that relying on trade to supply this will «impose a huge and politically untenable burden on the economies of many developing countries.&raFood & Feed Demand to Double by 2050 In Revitalizing Asia's Irrigation, the International Water Management Institute and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization say that food and animal feed demand in Asia is expected to double by 2050 and that relying on trade to supply this will «impose a huge and politically untenable burden on the economies of many developing countries.&raFood and Agricultural Organization say that food and animal feed demand in Asia is expected to double by 2050 and that relying on trade to supply this will «impose a huge and politically untenable burden on the economies of many developing countries.&rafood and animal feed demand in Asia is expected to double by 2050 and that relying on trade to supply this will «impose a huge and politically untenable burden on the economies of many developing countries.»

In some parts of the world, street vendors have noticeably increased due to a rough economy, rampant unemployment, and the rapidly growing demand of urban dwellers who need cheaper food products in the face of a difficult economy.

BlockFood is the world's first decentralized food ordering and delivery platform, and they're also the first project from the Open Sharing Economy foundation.

We can see this in the real world everywhere; people in France and Spain laying down an array of sunglasses on a towel and selling them for a few dollars each every day, vendors selling food on the street, and much of the informal person - to - person trade that happens over the internet.Much of this trade is never registered in censuses or tax forms, and operating costs and revenues are very low, and yet the value generated by this so - called «shadow economy» for its participants is all too real.