Sentences with phrase «improve global food»

«Sunshade Geoengineering More Likely to Improve Global Food Security, Research Suggests ScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2012)» http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120122152615.htm

In the summer of 2015, Dr. Smyth was part of a large group of scientists at the University of Saskatchewan that received $ 37 million targeted towards designing crops that will improve global food security.

The identification of genes that improve crop salt tolerance will be essential to our efforts to improve global food security.»

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

This year food programs have addressed nutrition and food security, food waste has been measured, and a growing group of young leaders have worked to improve the global food system.

University of California Launches Program to Reduce World Hunger and Improve the Global Food System

For instance, IBM's recent blockchain collaboration is poised to improve global food supply chain safety, and some realtors are experimenting with payment options by accepting Bitcoin for real estate transactions (CNBC).

This annual conference allows students, academic researchers, industry professionals and government agents to network, share ideas and brainstorm new initiatives for improving global food security policies.

Not exact matches

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Some of the world's biggest retailers and food companies including Kellogg Co, Walmart Inc, and Nestle backed a new initiative on Wednesday to improve global supply chains amid rising consumer demand for slave - free goods and services.

LONDON, April 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Some of the world's biggest retailers and food companies including Kellogg Co, Walmart Inc, and Nestle backed a new initiative on Wednesday to improve global supply chains amid rising consumer demand for slave - free goods and services.

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.

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The team was selected for its comprehensive and innovative approaches to support and improve food safety across the dairy industry, as well as its drive to share cutting - edge research conducted by its world - renowned scientists with the global dairy industry.

It also encompasses social, economic and ecological considerations, such as infrastructure, storage, waste reduction and improving and preserving water quality — all of which are critical to achieving global food security.

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.

We are part of a global project to improve cowpea production in Africa and are making progress towards incorporating «built - in» insect pest protection that could help to reduce food shortages in the region.

Because of our work, 18,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices in an effort to eradicate childhood obesity; 21,000 African farmers have improved their crops to feed 30,000 people; 248 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced in cities worldwide; more than 5,000 people have been trained in marketable job skills in Colombia; more than 5 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV / AIDS medications; and members of the Clinton Global Initiative have made nearly 2,300 Commitments to Action to improve more than 400 million lives around the world.

Sixteen global food businesses are being asked by a team of investors to sell more plant - based protein and less meat, with a view to improving the health of people and planet... and their company profits.

«GLG's high Reb M product line provides many different options for our customers who are seeking improved taste, greater calorie and added sugar reduction, and clean label solutions for their latest food and beverage innovations,» adds Rod Schanefelt, director, ADM, GLG's global sales and marketing partner.

This provided an ideal time to delve deeper into the way ahead around food loss and waste for improved food security, rather than going over the extensive global discussions to date.

Chicago, IL — July 7, 2016 — ArrowStream, Inc. (ArrowStream), a supply chain innovator that combines proven expertise with data science and analytics to improve the way supply chains perform, today announced that Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global food supply chain, has named the company a supply chain innovator and a Top Green Provider for 2Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global food supply chain, has named the company a supply chain innovator and a Top Green Provider for 2food supply chain, has named the company a supply chain innovator and a Top Green Provider for 2016.

As a global food company, we believe we have a significant role to play in helping to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture (UN SDG 2).

New farmland is being developed in South America, rising global temperatures should increase the area of arable land in north America and northern Europe and improved governance in Africa is leading to increased food production there.

We are currently working with other nutrition scientists in improving global nutrition indicators that will reflect changing food quality and an evolving food environment.

As a global food company, we believe we have a significant role to play in helping end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture (UN SDG 2).

Many multinational food and beverage brands are missing their biggest chance to address climate risks, according to the global non-profit group CDP, which says companies need to work closer with suppliers to improve agricultural emissions.

By approaching global food security from different directions, with equal emphasis on reducing waste, improving supply and working with consumers and governments to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production, we can truly make a systemic difference.

The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation has joined forces with global food giant Mars Incorporated to improve food safFood and Agriculture Organisation has joined forces with global food giant Mars Incorporated to improve food saffood giant Mars Incorporated to improve food saffood safety.

This report highlights the enormous opportunity we have to improve the effectiveness of our global food supply chains.

As a global food company, we work to reduce hunger, improve nutrition and protect the planet,» said Maria Fernanda Mejia, Sr..

The Wellcome Foundation, London Friday 15th January 2016 I attended the Gates - Wellcome - CIFF - funded ATNI index that was created by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) in 2012 and scores major food...

This clarification was necessitated when our Global Council, on behalf of IBFAN, had to take a strategic decision whether or not and under what conditions IBFAN should participate in two new initiatives by UNICEF and WHO, WHO NetCode, and the UNICEF Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative, both receiving funding from the BMGF, which has direct links and gets its returns from the baby food industry and also engages with entities such as the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) that create situations of risk of conflicts of Interest in infant and young child feeding.

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The rise in fortification interventions since the establishment of the Scaling Up Nutrition and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has been dramatic — and has given the ultra-processed food corporations a big boost.

Rising fish populations could improve food security for seafood - eating societies and boost global fishing profits by $ 53 billion per year, creating a «triple win» scenario, the researchers predict.

Increased global productivity improved the availability of food over the last 50 years, but this trend must continue between now and 2050 to buttress food security.

In addition, last fall, Syngenta put forward a more global strategy called The Good Growth Plan which makes six commitments to improve resource use efficiency, including finding ways to produce more food with less waste, degradation, and poverty.

But not everyone agrees large - scale investment and industrial farming is the way to improve global water and food capacity.

Improved agricultural water management could halve the global food gap by 2050 and buffer some of the harmful climate change effects on crop yields.

«Action is urgently needed to understand risks better, improve the resilience of the global food system to weather - related shocks and to mitigate their impact on people,» said Tim Benton, a population ecologist at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, who heads the GFS program, in a statement.

«We focused on agriculture because global food demand is expected to double by mid-century, and new or improved roads are vital for farmers,» said Dr Gopalasamy Reuben Clements from James Cook.

The Caribou technology platform also has the potential to offer new treatments for unmet medical needs within livestock and address the growing global demand for reliable food sources and improved food safety.

Science Minister, Jo Johnson MP, said: «From disease protection to improving management of global food shocks, these research projects will help tackle the serious threat of food shortages.

Alexander Richter, a graduate student in North Carolina State University's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has won a $ 15,000 Lemelson - MIT Student Prize for work to improve agricultural pest control that could strengthen the global food supply.

A transformative technology such as the daughterless mouse project has the potential to rapidly increase global food production, reduce the use of rodenticides, improve human health and protect biodiversity around the world.

As part of an effort to improve health, the WHO teleased «REPLACE,» a step - by - step guide for eliminating unhealthy trans fatty acids from industrially - produced foods in the global food supply.

Thrive ® Culinary Algae Oil launched in 2015 and is a consumer brand under Corbion N.V., a Netherlands - based global leader in food ingredients that is committed to developing sustainable solutions to improve the quality of life for people today and generations to come.

He said: «Our work has three key objectives: to remove hunger as a barrier for learning; improve wellbeing outcomes for children and families, both physically and mentally; and lastly to highlight the global issue of food waste.

The Biomimicry Institute's Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, sponsored by the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, asks participants to tackle any aspect of the food system that could be improved by looking to nature for design guidance.

A global leader with a 60 - year track record of growth, Elanco provides comprehensive products and knowledge services to improve animal health, welfare and food animal production with 125 brands in 90 countries.