Sentences with phrase «food and agriculture organizations»

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.

Paris 30 Nov: Six Cooperative Initiatives Driving Climate Resilient, Productive and Low Emissions Agriculture Paris, 1 December 2015 — Governments and food and agriculture organizations join today at the LPAA Focus on Agriculture to respond to the urgent climate challenges facing agriculture with six cooperative initiatives that will protect the long - term livelihoods of millions of [continue reading...]

Governments and food and agriculture organizations join today at the Lima - Paris Action Agenda Focus on Agriculture to respond to the urgent climate challenges facing agriculture with six cooperative initiatives that will protect the long - term livelihoods of millions of farmer and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Looking further out, the UN Food & Agriculture Organization, World Bank, Group of 20 and other organizations warn that food production must rise to meet the world's ongoing population explosFood & Agriculture Organization, World Bank, Group of 20 and other organizations warn that food production must rise to meet the world's ongoing population explosfood production must rise to meet the world's ongoing population explosion.

Prior to PIC, Laurie was Executive Director for an agriculture and agri - food industry organization that delivered an innovative Federal Government funding program.

This ecological point of view underlies such international organizations as The Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (and consequent establishment of a Trade Board), UNESCO, the UN Special Fund and Technical Assistance program, and others.

Churches and nonprofit organizations can also be important in this effort because they can offer small grants and loans to support not only direct food services (food pantries and soup kitchens, traditionally), but also the development of sustainable agriculture.

In 1992, AOECS received observer status for the Codex Alimentarius Commission - an organization consisting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) with the task to adopt standards as guidelines for food legislation in the various countrFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) with the task to adopt standards as guidelines for food legislation in the various countrfood legislation in the various countries.

Kansas City - based TechAccel is a tech and venture development organization focused on agriculture, animal health and food technology.

A network of organizations opposing genetically - modified organisms (GMOs) on Wednesday made an appeal to agriculture secretary Emmanuel Piñol to provide sustainable agricultural production and safe food for Filipinos.

«We have estimated corporate emissions from livestock, using the most comprehensive methodology created to date by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),» the organizations said.

To that end, we support organizations that work in the areas of sustainability, food and organic agriculture through donations and sponsorships.

As a non-profit research and education organization, The Center covers up - to - date studies on sustainable agriculture and health, and collaborates with academic and governmental institutions to fill gaps in the current knowledge base about the many benefits of organic food and farming.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2016 / PRNewswire / — Today, The Rockefeller Foundation announced its collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and a partnership of 10 private sector and non-profit organizations to create «Further With Food: Center for Food Loss and Waste Solutions,» an online hub for the exchange of information and solutions that can help realize the national goal of cutting food waste in half by 2Food: Center for Food Loss and Waste Solutions,» an online hub for the exchange of information and solutions that can help realize the national goal of cutting food waste in half by 2Food Loss and Waste Solutions,» an online hub for the exchange of information and solutions that can help realize the national goal of cutting food waste in half by 2food waste in half by 2030.

One of the primary initiatives within the strategy is the establishment of a partnership with actors from all parts of the food value chain — from agriculture to industry, retail, commercial kitchens and consumer organizations, in all 29 partners.

Food Alliance is a non-profit organization that certifies farms, ranches, food processors and distributors for sustainable agriculture and management practiFood Alliance is a non-profit organization that certifies farms, ranches, food processors and distributors for sustainable agriculture and management practifood processors and distributors for sustainable agriculture and management practices.

Speaking about Agricultural Literacy and Food System Education was Sue Knott of Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom, an organization with a huge wealth of online resources for teachers to integrate nutrition education into existing subject areas.

Chicago Food Policy Action Council is a not - for - profit organization that since 2002 has advocated for responsible food and agriculture policy recommendations and promotes systemic policy changes allowing all communities to obtain healthy fFood Policy Action Council is a not - for - profit organization that since 2002 has advocated for responsible food and agriculture policy recommendations and promotes systemic policy changes allowing all communities to obtain healthy ffood and agriculture policy recommendations and promotes systemic policy changes allowing all communities to obtain healthy foodfood.

More than 100 stakeholders, including school food service and nutrition directors, teachers, current students, youth ambassadors, district and school administrators, and representatives of the state departments of education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Parent Teacher Association, nonprofit organizations, and industry, attended a meeting October 16 - 17, 2014, in Washington, D.C., hosted by the... Read More

More than 100 stakeholders, including school food service and nutrition directors, teachers, current students, youth ambassadors, district and school administrators, and representatives of the state departments of education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Parent Teacher Association, nonprofit organizations, and industry, attended a meeting October 16 - 17, 2014, in Washington, D.C., hosted by the...

Over the past five years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the Cochrane Collaboration (an independent research organization that receives funding from the government but none from the formula industry) have all published research concluding that ARA and DHA are not effective at improving infant's visual and neurological development.

Located at 387 Massachusetts Avenue, the Farmhouse will be a hub for food and agriculture - based education, resources and volunteer opportunities for Buffalo residents, schools, community gardeners and organizations.

NFI says fisheries management belongs to the regional fishery management organizations like ICCAT and that a proposed CITES listing should be put to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization first.

Schmid sees «an opportunity for the future of nutrition for humankind in the untapped potential of biodiversity» — a promising prospect as the OECD and the United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are giving off worrying signals: Both organizations predict that agricultural productivity will rise less steeply in future than has been the case thus far.

StarAfrica — Two women - led farmers» organizations, the Bunadin Women's Organization and the Dordealah Farmers Organization in Nimba County in north - central Liberia, is this weekend scheduled to launch the first harvest of improved rice varieties being developed with the support of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Agriculture.

Pam Hess, the Executive director of Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture, discusses what we can do as individuals and organizations to make whole, real foods available in cities and rural areas where choices are limited.

In 1974, the United Nations named Spirulina «one of the best foods for the future» and a 2008 UN Food and Agriculture Organization report stated that «there is a need for both national governments and inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&raFood and Agriculture Organization report stated that «there is a need for both national governments and inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&rafood security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.»

And a 2008 UN Food and Agriculture Organization report stated that «there is a need for both national governments and inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&raqAnd a 2008 UN Food and Agriculture Organization report stated that «there is a need for both national governments and inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&raFood and Agriculture Organization report stated that «there is a need for both national governments and inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&raqand Agriculture Organization report stated that «there is a need for both national governments and inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&raqand inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&rafood security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.»

Farm - Based Education Association: The organization's Web site serves as a clearinghouse for numerous food - and agriculture - related educational resources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture in the Clasagriculture - related educational resources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture in the ClasAgriculture's Agriculture in the ClasAgriculture in the Classroom site.

It would be made up on representatives of Ohio family farms, farming organizations, food safety experts, veterinarians, consumers, the dean of the agriculture department at an Ohio college or university and a county humane society representative.»

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Building leaders in agriculture as well as fighting food insecurity and hunger have been common connection points for the two organizations and are the pillars of their partnership.

While veterinarians work on small animal and large animal clinical health, they also serve positions in Homeland Security, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense, research laboratories, the US Agency for International Development, United States Department of Agriculture, the US Public Health Service and many other organizations.

Together with Caramoor, the partnering organizations include Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (Peekskill), The Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville), Lyndhurst (Tarrytown), The Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, SUNY, and the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture (Pocantico Hills).

Food Tank identified 17 organizations fighting hunger around the world through regenerative agriculture and agroecology.

focused on the eradication of hunger and malnutrition by 2030 — there are many organizations fighting hunger through regenerative agriculture, an approach to food and agriculture that regenerates topsoil and increases biodiversity, and agroecology, an approach that applies the principles of ecology to the design and management of food systems.

The purpose of CITYFOOD is to raise awareness on resilient city - region food systems and (intra - and peri --RRB- urban agriculture, create an advocacy platform for cities to gain political recognition and support from national governments and international support organizations, to provide information to cities around the world, stimulate exchange of experiences, identify and disseminate important lesson and good practices, and facilitate cooperation between cities worldwide and between local governments and civil society in this area.

This work initiated in 2013, has sparked t the development of regional agroecology encounters and formation processes around the Nation that include grassroots farmworker organizations as well as international partners, overlapping work with critical national coalitions and organizations in the food, agriculture and climate movement.

All entries should be based in the United States and be nonprofit organizations doing exemplary work in the field of food and agriculture, nutrition and health, hunger and obesity, and / or food justice.

RUAF member organization MDP (Municipal Development Partnerships, Zimbabwe) organized jointly with the Zimbabwan Ministry of Local Government, FAO, the FANRPANetwork (and with financial support from UNDP, IDRC and UNICEF) the Ministers» Conference on Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture: Prospects for food security and growth in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Instead of creating one more body for business - as - usual, governments, funding agencies, and international organizations should be taking bold action: committing to shift resources away from climate - damaging practices of chemical - intensive industrial agriculture and meat production and towards investment in and commitment to agroecology, food sovereignty, and support to small - scale food producers.

Initially, the organization established regulations that, according to Patty Martin, director of Safe Food and Fertilizer, would have been like «driving a hazardous waste truck into organic agriculture.»

But several major organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a primary data clearinghouse, have documented significant inconsistencies surrounding global land - cover estimates.

The Organic Center is a non-profit organization that provides peer - reviewed scientific studies on organic food and agriculture.

Food and agricultural organizations are very excited about climate - smart agriculture; it actually seems to be becoming a buzz - word, appearing in several publications from different organizations.

Sound knowledge about the principles and programs of the Food and Agriculture Organization and other national and international organizations involved in aAgriculture Organization and other national and international organizations involved in agricultureagriculture.

Job seekers will find themselves applying via OpenHire if they look for jobs at companies including Urban Outfitters, food and agriculture giant The J.R. Simplot Co. or Hillel, the world's largest organization of on - campus Jewish groups.

Sheilah has spent over 30 years as an activist, working with organizations dedicated to developing and advocating for grassroots - developed solutions to social problems, ranging from environmental issues to sustainable agriculture to public school reform to improving school food.