Sentences with phrase «global agriculture needs»

In order to stay below the two - degree warming limit, global agriculture needs to slash non-CO2 emissions, like methane and nitrous oxide, by one gigaton per year by 2030.

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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.

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.

Numerous reports have emphasized the need for major changes in the global food system: agriculture must meet the twin challenge of feeding a growing population, with rising demand for meat and high - calorie diets, while simultaneously minimizing its global environmental impacts1, 2.

DuPont Agriculture offerings deliver global nutrition through higher crop yields and healthier foods while developing solutions to help meet the world's energy needs.

He lamented over what he regarded as era of extinction of crude oil in the world, saying the sharp drop in the global prices of crude oil was a signal to the fact that government at all levels need to shift face to agriculture.

They point to last week's UN international agriculture assessment - which the UK government signed up - that saw no clear role for GM crops in tackling global food needs.

Friends of the Earth food campaigner Vicki Hird said: «Gordon Brown is right to draw attention to the need to waste less food, but he must also use his sway at the G8 to urge a rethink on global agriculture and food production.

Agriculture already monopolizes 90 percent of global freshwater — yet production still needs to dramatically increase to feed and fuel this century's growing population.

«Our findings capture which critical regions around the world hold the wild diversity we need for the stability of global agriculture,» says study co-author Colin Khoury, a crop diversity specialist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Caliagriculture,» says study co-author Colin Khoury, a crop diversity specialist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in CaliAgriculture (CIAT) in Cali, Colombia.

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 cards.

BOSTON — How will agriculture be able to meet the needs of a growing global population?

This report discusses the need for a sustainable intensification» of global agriculture in which yields are increased without adverse environmental impact and without the cultivation of more land.

In order to meet the needs of our global society, the WVA partners with other international associations (e.g., The World Medical Association, The World Health Organization, and The Food and Agriculture Organization).

In order to meet the needs of our global society, the WVA partners with other international associations (for example The World Medical Association, The World Health Organization, and The Food and Agriculture Organization).

The guidelines are intended to be used by decision - makers, authorities and experts working on the agriculture sectors and global climate change experts in developing countries to better understand the need and opportunities for adaptation in the agricultural sectors.

On this panel, we consider how global agriculture will need to evolve in order to provide modern diets for everyone without converting what remains of the planets undeveloped areas into farms.

Agriculture needs massive investment to avoid hunger, scientists warn Group of leading scientists urge investment in sustainable agriculture to solve hunger crisis and reduce global warming Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent theguardian.com, Wednesday 16 November 201Agriculture needs massive investment to avoid hunger, scientists warn Group of leading scientists urge investment in sustainable agriculture to solve hunger crisis and reduce global warming Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent theguardian.com, Wednesday 16 November 201agriculture to solve hunger crisis and reduce global warming Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent theguardian.com, Wednesday 16 November 2011 13.30 GMT

The issue, the study notes, is that «how much mitigation is needed in agriculture to meet a global target versus how much is feasible remains poorly understood.»

The Global Alliance for Climate - Smart Agriculture, however, will not deliver the solutions that we so urgently need.

The need to examine effective action and partnerships at the intersection between climate and agriculture is more pressing than ever as recent estimates show that agricultural production will need to increase by at least 70 percent to meet global demand by 2050.

When we speak of hotter periods in the paleoclimate record or more absorption of radiation and other historical - pre-historical climate conditions, keep in mind that 6.6 billion people were not here and that the conditions needed to sustain such a global population (with advent of agriculture, and urbanization) both in way of climate and economics has changed dramatically.

Chu recently told the Los Angeles Times that global warming might melt 90 percent of California's snowpack, which stores much of the water needed for agriculture.

The report predicts that world demand for crops — whether for food, livestock feed or biofuels — will double in the next 50 years, while natural resources necessary to agriculture are becoming scarce or degraded due to the impacts of global climate change.According to the report, areas of focus include sub-Saharan Africa, with the report indicating that farm subsidies for commodities such as cotton and oilseeds in wealthier countries need to be changed as they force prices down for small farmers in developing nations.

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Changes in global trends such as the need for food security, interest in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and health (etc.) have led to a significant interest in sectors (such as agriculture, FMCG and healthcare).