Sentences with phrase «focuses on food security»

In particular, this publication focuses on food security and climate change.

I believe this is an important stepping - stone to a career focused on food security and sustainability in developing nations.

With our industrial process technologies and solutions, we contribute significantly to feeding the world's population, setting the focus on food security and safety.

Since then, Global Gap Year has evolved somewhat (it's now six countries in 28 weeks), and TBB has launched semester - long programs as well, one focused on food security and public health in Asia and another focused on empowerment and sustainability in South America.

She worked in Malawi for 6 years in varying capacities, focusing on food security for rural, subsistence farmers.

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There were librarians and archivists focused on copyright term extension and digital locks; several doctors spoke to the impact of the TPP on public health and access to medicines, food experts highlighted the dangers associated with food security, environmental activists focused on the TPP and climate change, and speakers of all ages (including a 92 year old woman) expressed concern with the investor - state dispute resolution provisions.

APF Canada is dedicated to strengthening ties between Canada and Asia with a focus on expanding economic relations through trade, investment and innovation; promoting Canada's expertise in offering solutions to Asia's climate change, energy, food security and natural resource management challenges; building Asia skills and competencies among Canadians, including young Canadians; and, improving Canadians» general understanding of Asia and its growing global influence.

The debate will focus on whether GMOs are safe, its impact on the environment and whether it can improve food security around the globe.

Our research focuses on biologically - based mechanisms to reduce pest issues, soil erosion, fossil fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions; increase nutrient and water use efficiencies; improve pollinator activity and food security; and apply a systems approach to soil, crop, animal, human and planetary health.

While claiming to promote food security and benefit small farmers, Grow's focus on a few high - value commodities — like potatoes, maize, coffee, tea and palm oil — exposes the programme's real objective: to expand the production of a handful of commodities to profit a handful of corporations.

The debate focused on whether genetically modified food is safe, its impact on the environment and whether it can improve food security around the globe.

On 17 — 21 October, the annual meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome.During the first day, FAO launched its flagship publication on The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this yeaOn 17 — 21 October, the annual meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome.During the first day, FAO launched its flagship publication on The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this yeaon World Food Security (CFS) took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome.During the first day, FAO launched its flagship publication on The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this yeaon The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this yeaon climate change this year.

LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES — The world's premier research organization focused on rice makes a commitment to keep working toward food and nutrition security for at least the next few generations.

A particular focus will be on novel approaches that have been used in developing countries and will highlight the impacts on food loss and waste, livelihoods and food security.

I have spent most of my research career focussing on the production and yield elements of food security.

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The workshop focussed on multi-stakeholder research initiatives addressing issues of food, energy and water security in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

The Crawford Fund's 2016 food security conference focused on food loss and waste along the supply chain — in production, in getting product to market, and in the management and reuse of waste.

This year, the focus was on food loss and food waste, two different, albeit intertwined aspects of improving food security and the agriculture sector as a whole.

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Honourable guests from all around the world present at to moment to attend the three - day International Conference on Food Science and Technology focusing on Emerging Food Processing Technologies towards Global Food Security.

Through the CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program, a research that focuses on the development and adaptation of climate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in progress.

The Task Force's report, Never an Empty Bowl: Sustaining Food Security in Asia, outlines a strategy focused on three key areas:

Our aim is to diversify our economy by focusing on agriculture and food security; power and infrastructure.

On trade and investment, Buhari said his government's aim was to diversify the country's economy by focusing on agriculture and food security; power and infrastructurOn trade and investment, Buhari said his government's aim was to diversify the country's economy by focusing on agriculture and food security; power and infrastructuron agriculture and food security; power and infrastructure.

Christopher Scott is an interdisciplinary scholar and practitioner whose work focuses on water security, river - basin resilience, groundwater depletion, the water - energy - food nexus, water reuse, transboundary adaptive management, climate resilience and science - policy dialogues.

Aside from its work on grasses, CIAT has focused on breeding improved varieties of beans, rice and cassava — staple crops that are important to the food security of the rural poor.

He also leads the institute's Global Landscapes Initiative, which focuses on the nexus of global land use, agriculture, food security and environment.

Through the CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program, a research that focuses on the development and adaptation of climate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in progress.

LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES — The world's premier research organization focused on rice makes a commitment to keep working toward food and nutrition security for at least the next few generations.

SciDevNet — The initiative known as Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is focusing on eight priority areas — self - sufficiency in rice, intensification of cassava, food security in the Sahel, transforming savannas as a breadbasket, restoring tree plantations, expanding horticulture, increasing wheat production and expanded fish farming.

«Food insecurity and the hunger crisis was much more widespread and posed a serious threat to national security and the economy,» says Matt Sharp, senior advocate for the California Food Policy Advocates, a public policy organization focused on antipoverty initiatives.

For that reason, the coursework will focus on the promotion of healthier homes, food security, challenges of poverty, security, access to world knowledge, and sustainable local change.

The LDCF plays a key role in addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs of least developed countries, focusing on reducing the vulnerability of sectors and resources that are central to human and national development, such as water, agriculture and food security; and infrastructure, as identified and prioritized in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs).

SAC focused on graduation requirements, security, access to humanities and civic engagement courses, hall sweeps, food and nutrition, grading systems, and student socialization.

The SAC met four times over the course of the 2016 - 2017 school year and selected seven key topics that the SAC feels can be changed or improved in the DC education system.The proposals submitted by the SAC focused on graduation requirements, security, access to humanities and civic engagement courses, hall sweeps, food and nutrition, grading systems, and student socialization.

The proposals submitted by the SAC focused on graduation requirements, security, access to humanities and civic engagement courses, hall sweeps, food and nutrition, grading systems, and student socialization.

At Elanco, we focus on two causes - Food Security and the Human - Animal Bond.

He is currently working to develop the WCVM's human and technological resources in the areas of veterinary oncology and food safety and security — two areas that the college is focusing on for the future.

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If we can ever get around to stop destabilizing large parts of this planet, then they won't seem so «threatening» — then, we can shrink the military back from the $ 600 billion monstrosity that it is now (as poster # 4 rightly said) and focus on human security at home and abroad: adequate shelter, food, health, education, and an energy system that won't fry the only livable planet we have.

FAO considers climate change a top - line corporate priority and focuses its work on enhancing institutional and technical capacities of Member Nations and improving integration of food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries within the international climate agenda.

India water Portal: India like many other developing countries has focused its agricultural policies on increasing agricultural production to meet food security.

It also focuses on the project level and provides a tool that can be used to assess how an existing or planned agricultural operation with a bioenergy component may affect food security.

This analytical document focuses on the higher temperatures, sea level rise, and extreme weather events linked to climate change are having a major impact on the Asia - Pacific region, harming its economies, natural and physical assets, and compounding developmental challenges, including poverty, food and energy security and health.

In this paper, we focus on the issue of how climate change affects the way that agricultural systems and the people that manage and govern them need to change in the next 20 years in order to achieve food security... [bold added]

This guidance document focuses on how forests and trees are fundamental for food security and improved livelihoods.

As challenges associated with globalization, food - and energy security and climate change emerge, a renewed focus on gender in forestry is needed.

This guidance document provides some insight on the data and tools necessary when dealing with the analysis of the effects of Climate - Smart Agriculture (CSA) on food security, focusing on a gender perspective.

f Support the integration of an increased focus on resilience in the context of climate impacts, market shocks, food price hikes and increasingly frequent and / or intense weather - related disasters; increased action on disaster risk reduction and the inclusion of food security, rights and justice;