Sentences with phrase «conflict with food production»

This will encourage development of sustainable, low - carbon fuels that avoid conflict with food production and minimize harmful environmental impacts.

But if bioenergy is to become more common, we must find solutions so that the cultivation of biofuel does not come into unnecessary conflict with food production or biodiversity.

Not exact matches

Some agri - food scholars argue that their ever - expanding transnational supply chains have established an era of stable production - consumption relations (or Food Regime), while others point to the conflicts they are encountering with governments, social movements and «alternative» consumfood scholars argue that their ever - expanding transnational supply chains have established an era of stable production - consumption relations (or Food Regime), while others point to the conflicts they are encountering with governments, social movements and «alternative» consumFood Regime), while others point to the conflicts they are encountering with governments, social movements and «alternative» consumers.

That determination was made by consulting firm Maplecroft in their Food Security Index 2010 based on 12 criteria developed in cooperation with the World Food Programme: Nutritional and health status of populations, grain production and imports, GDP per capita, natural disasters, conflict, and effectiveness of government, and more.

Global food production must rise to meet global food needs, but predicted increases in extreme weather events — combined with stresses such as poverty, conflict and weak governance — threaten food security.

However, cumulative targets appear to conflict with the concept of a «floor» in emissions caused by sectors such as food production.

found to exist among these different factors, the international (Chinese, French, German, Norwegian) team of researchers concluded that «food production during the last two millennia has been more unstable during cooler periods, resulting in more social conflicts,» while specifically noting that «cooling shows direct positive association with the frequency of external aggression war to the Chinese dynasties mostly from the northern pastoral nomadic societies, and indirect positive association with the frequency of internal war within the Chinese dynasties through drought and locust plagues,» which have typically been more pronounced during cooler as opposed to warmer times.»

«In analyzing the linkages they [Zhang et al.] found to exist among these different factors, the international (Chinese, French, German, Norwegian) team of researchers concluded that «food production during the last two millennia has been more unstable during cooler periods, resulting in more social conflicts,» while specifically noting that «cooling shows direct positive association with the frequency of external aggression war to the Chinese dynasties mostly from the northern pastoral nomadic societies, and indirect positive association with the frequency of internal war within the Chinese dynasties through drought and locust plagues,» which have typically been more pronounced during cooler as opposed to warmer times.»