Sentences with phrase «at improving food security»

That effort led to collaboration between The Miriam Hospital and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank to develop a six - week cooking program research protocol aimed at improving food security — or the ability to afford adequate food — for food pantry clients by using plant - based olive oil diet recipes.

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Announced at the Building Sustainable Futures Forum sponsored by Olam International, the newly - formed GAA is a CEO - led private sector initiative seeking to contribute significantly to the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, most notably SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture [1].

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines - His Excellency Arjun Bahadur Thapa, secretary general of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and his colleagues are at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) this week to be acquainted with the Institute's research accomplishments and explore opportunities for further collaboration to improve food security in South Asia.

Meanwhile, countries like Kenya and Ethiopia where the United States and aid groups have worked with governments to improve irrigation and other measures aimed at boosting food security are faring far better in the crisis.

Since 2012, Oliver and her colleagues have been working to develop a food technology undergraduate program at Herat University in Afghanistan aimed to improve food safety, quality, and security sponsored by USAID.

This could improve the resilience of agriculture to climate related shocks, which can improve food security in many areas across the globe», says Matias Heino, a doctoral candidate at Aalto University.

The paper (DOI 10.1038 / ngeo2957), published May 29 in Nature Geoscience, is the first to look at biosphere - atmosphere interactions using purely observational data and could greatly improve weather and climate predictions critical to crop management, food security, water supplies, droughts, and heat waves.

«Ultimately, the extent to which large land deals can generate real development, secure access to natural resources for all, and improve food security will depend on their terms and conditions,» said Jose Graziano da Silva, director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, at a 2012 Cornell University conferefood security will depend on their terms and conditions,» said Jose Graziano da Silva, director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, at a 2012 Cornell University confereFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, at a 2012 Cornell University conference.

In a November 11 keynote address at Sigma Xi's «Food Safety and Security: Science and Policy» symposium, Buchanan charted out several examples of how GM crops could improve agricultural productivity.

In the summer of 2015, Dr. Smyth was part of a large group of scientists at the University of Saskatchewan that received $ 37 million targeted towards designing crops that will improve global food security.

For the Green Belt Movement which has empowered communities to conserve the environment forover 37 years, ensuring food security at household level is vital to having improved livelihoods, economic empowerment and build resilience against climate change in the rural Kenya.

While at the same time improving food security, biodiversity outcomes and building resilience to floods and droughts.

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