Sentences with phrase «food security need»

To meet the world's growing food security needs and face the parallel challenges of improving nutrition and reducing poverty under a changing global climate, a second — science - based — Green Revolution in agriculture is already under way.

«While IRRI has historically helped India to meet its overall food security needs through the green revolution high - yielding rice varieties such as IR8, the challenge now is to deliver increased livelihoods for farmers through increasing the value of rice, and increasing the well - being of farmers and consumers through enhanced nutrition outcomes.

Down the road, he says, «scientists should not be blamed for not being sensitive for meeting the future food security needs of the country.»

He went on to say, «Intensifying south - south collaboration will help meet the SDGs as well as the region's food security needs to ensure that we are improving farmers» livelihoods.

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.»

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.»

Not exact matches

The original Social Security program was dependent on half the population dying without receiving benefits, We need to eliminate welfare, food stamps, child tax credits, low income tax credits and Medicaid.

There are also concerns of harm to industry, and to people already struggling with food security — who need calories wherever they can get them.

The same people who protest international support for third - world countries saying «we need to take care of our own first» are ironically the same people who actually want to abolish food stamps, the WIC program, free school lunches, welfare and social security in the US, never mind the fact that the people who benefit from these programs are the ones who cut their lawns, clean their homes, serve their meals in restaurants, and build their houses, all while going home to a tiny apartment they share with 6 other people and finding nothing to eat in the house but a can of green beans because payday is still 2 days off and there's only enough gas in the car to get them to work the next two days, so driving around town for 2 hours trying to find an open food bank isn't an option.

The self system plays a powerful role in enabling persons to meet the two sets of basic human needs — the need for bodily satisfaction (food, sleep, sex, closeness to people) and interpersonal security (esteem, belongingness, acceptance, the power to meet one's needs).

It meant taking those who were in some sort of need or danger, and providing them with food, lodging, safety, and security.

This vision needs to be articulated regarding specific areas such as: food security, housing, health, education, transportation, land use and land distribution.

BTW, prior to the existence of social security, over 50 % of elderly people lived in poverty and couldn't meet their food needs.

So, as governments oversee matters of security, we will care for the hurting, calling Christians to embrace refugees through their denomination, congregation or other non-profits by providing for immediate and long - term needs, such as housing, food, clothing, employment, English language classes, and schooling for children.

So that is things like livelihood, and security, and education and health care, kind of those soft targets, not providing food and water and shelter, the basic needs, but what overall will make a community more stable?

In a world where food security is one of the most pressing development challenges, finding immediate ways to address the needs of a growing and rapidly urbanising population, while limiting food losses and waste, is becoming a key priority for our sector.

As the world's population explodes, so does the need for food security.

Since its initial report in 2011, the committee has monitored global progress on food and nutrition security issues and explored three aspects in greater depth — the role of technology and innovation in agriculture, opportunities for advancing nutrition security, and the need for environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable agricultural systems.

The crisis that phosphorus scarcity and uncertainty will pose to global food security is one we needn't have.

The increasing importance of food and nutritional security in view of climate change factors affecting Pacific Islands Countries intensifies the need to reduce horticultural food loss.

The innovation represented by the DuPont Awards winners is one part of the solution needed to improve global food security.

Specifically, the Senate Committee recommended: (1) that the ACCC re-open its informal review of ADM's proposed acquisition of GrainCorp and obtain independent expert advice when conducting that review; (2) that the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) consider evidence from the committee's hearings, potential loss of taxpayer revenie, the potential for the takover to «distort the capital market to the detriment of Australian farmers and Australia's economy due to food security concerns» and the need to «protect the public interest and the interests of grain growers» when making its recommendation to the Treasurer.

I think there are going to be, need to be, a lot of practical outcomes for food security in the world in the not too distant future.

Concern over future food and nutritional security is rapidly rising on the global agenda amidst studies showing crop yields are far from increasing at the rates needed to meet projected demands for 2050.

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Ask any breastfeeding mother why she has chosen to breastfeed and she is likely to tell you about the benefits to her baby, family and herself, as well as the joy and satisfaction of being able to meet her baby's needs for food, protection, and security through breastfeeding.

Baby food, formula, and milk are exempted from the 3 - ounce rule for liquids, but you do need to declare it at security so it can be inspected separately.

This is what let him know that he had a place, was loved, and his basic food / soothing / safety / security needs would be met when he communicated he wanted something.

Some parents will have a false - sense of security if nuts are banned, however these are the parents that are in dire need of food allergy education (education that is not as yet available when an adult, or child is first diagnosed).

Security and theft are big issues, and the dining room is just a big, scary place... If I could hope for one change it would be for smaller schools... it is just one solution for a system that needs a lot of solutions and a lot of change... longer lunch periods, teachers willing to eat with the students, nutrition education, getting rid of the soda and snack vending machines that fund the sports programs, and more money and support for school food service programs...

Updated December 2015 LLLGB Mothers Photo: Athena courtesy of Lena Ostroff Ask any breastfeeding mother why she has chosen to breastfeed and she is likely to tell you about the benefits to her baby, family and herself, as well as the joy and satisfaction of being able to meet her baby's needs for food, protection, and security through breastfeeding.

To us, AP Principles just seem like no - brainers: go to your child when he cries — he needs you, breastfeed your baby — it's food that's literally made for him, sleep with your child — because you are a parent at night too, use positive discipline to teach your child — negativity punishes, hold and wear your baby — it fosters bonding and security, etc..

The same rules that apply to taking baby food on an airplane also apply to formula and juice, in that you may bring as much as you need for the journey, but you MUST declare it to security staff and present it for inspection (with your baby present).

So it beggars belief that at a time when there are more than 80,000 empty homes in London alone, when concerns about food supply and the need for agricultural security are becoming more urgent, when our cities are at last beginning to revive thanks to densification strategies and the link between suburban sprawl and car dependency is so obvious, that politicians and think - tankers should begin to consider sacrificing the green belt for greedy house builders.

He said «Federal Government through the coordinating agency, NEMA and relevant line Ministries, Departments and Agencies have been trying to meet the needs of the IDPs in the provision of food, nutrition, non-food items (NFIs), temporary shelter, medicament, psycho - social therapy, security and protection.

If we want to increase food security and resilience of farmers in Ghana, we need to start by restoring the fertility of soils,» she added.

«Before policy makers can integrate energy considerations into food security interventions, it is necessary to consider the state of wood fuel research and how it might be expanded to better serve social needs,» Mendum said.

NRC called for an «end - to - end» approach going «from understanding causes and processes to supporting actions needed to cope» with likely impacts on natural disasters, freshwater availability, agriculture and food security, ecosystems management, human health, and economics.

The authors added that governmental and non-governmental agencies will need to collaborate across disciplines, and countries, to ensure that the potential benefits of development do not occur at the expense of regional food security and the integrity of the Amazon ecosystem.

The evidence supports the need for considerable investment in adaptation and mitigation actions toward a «climate - smart food system» that is more resilient to climate change influences on food security.

Senior scientist at Woods Hole Research Center Eric Davidson said the excessive fertilizer use is inspired by the need for food security.

One of Glover's main messages is that perennial crops and trees — those that regrow every year instead of needing to be replanted — have the potential to address food security, climate change and energy supply needs by improving the soil that supports agriculture.

We're going to need the entire region and all these food - producing areas to help achieve food security.»

«The proponents of these projects include some very powerful economic interests, and no one can dispute the dire need to increase food security and economic development in Africa, where populations are growing very rapidly,» Laurance says.

Many extol the virtues of synthetic biology as providing potential solutions to human health problems, food security, and energy needs.

«A broad range of efforts are needed to move towards sustainable food security for all,» Aschemann - Witzel writes, «and each individual consumer contributes both to the problem and the solution.»

Pollination is crucial to providing food security with 84 % of European crops benefitting, at least in part, from insect pollination and 78 % of temperate wildflowers needing biotic pollination.

For example, a large body of research has found switching to an entirely vegetarian diet would make a huge difference on the carbon footprint of our food system — the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the cafood system — the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the caFood Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the cards.

Research suffers from bad press nowadays, and some of it is justified (data doctoring, nonreproducible published data), so our mission is to remind people that science is still as relevant, fascinating, and useful an endeavor as it has always been and that our society needs science to help tackle the big problems that we are facing, ranging from the transition toward nonfossil - based energies to food security.

Agroforestry is one of the most common land use systems across landscapes and agroecological zones in Africa but need much more adoption in order to increase the impact on food security.