Sentences with phrase «future food supplies»

As noted early on, securing future food supplies now goes far beyond agriculture.

Experts from around the world are discussing the investment, technologies and policy measures needed to secure future food supplies.

In addressing future food supplies and environmental degradation, Jonathan A. Foley's «Can We Feed the World and Sustain the Planet?»

«To meet our current and future food supply demands, without destroying our planet, we need every efficacious tool available,» they write.

Agriculture must feed 7bn people, and to do this already emits somewhere between 25 % and 33 % of all greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, to drive global warming and put future food supplies at hazard.

But the scientists see few signs that government leaders anywhere are even prepared to take the simple measures of stockpiling food or of introducing the variables of climatic uncertainty into economic projections of future food supplies.

As wheat is one of the world's most vital crops, the new genomics resources will help secure future food supplies.

The untapped potential of northern Australia's abundant resources is proving a major drawcard for overseas investors keen to secure a long - term stake in Asia's future food supply.

They are actively working to raise awareness of issues and concerns regarding our current and future food supply and to educate local communities about sustainable and healthy alternatives to food production and supply.

This, and many other countries run on oil, and if the Peak Oil theorists are correct, this will be a Hobsons» Choice with regards to our future food supply and where it comes from: Think Soilent Green: Yet it may look suspiciously like a twinkie or a Slim Jim processed by slaves from third world countries... Hey wait, I think I'm talking about our present food supply.

That is arguably the most serious threat to future food supplies, and yet in climate coverage more attention is paid to sea level rise, heat waves, and coastal disruption from hurricanes and superstorms.

Dimick cited water and food scarcity, pointing to the effects of countries that have lots of money but little water: «They are in the business of trying to buy up land or long - term leases on land in other continents so they can secure a future food supply.»

In Outgrowing the Earth, Brown investigates these issues and outlines the steps needed to secure future food supplies.