Sentences with phrase «increase global food supplies»

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When the European farmers returned to production, it increased the food supply beyond global demand.

As all of these trends and developments illustrate, safety in the cross-border global food supply chain is receiving ever - increasing attention by U.S. and Brazilian officials.

In addition, climate change continues to wreak havoc on small - scale farmers and increase pressures on the global food supply.

Moreover, the global population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 which increases pressure on the food industry to produce supply to meet the growing demand.

An October report showed that current organic production was not meeting consumer demands for products; despite projections by Allied Market Research that the global organic food and beverages market is expected to triple the 2015 market by 2022, organic supply is still not able to meet increasing consumer demand.

Global trade in food ingredients has increased dramatically in recent years, and companies are in a position to purchase ingredients and additives directly from an increasing range of suppliers worldwide.

According to Andy Green from Cert ID, risks of food safety and fraud were increasing in global supply chains.

Although food fraud certainly isn't a new phenomenon, the issue is growing in importance, thanks to ever - increasing complexities in the global food supply chain and new regulations suppliers have to adhere to.

Without them our regular supply of food would reduce by about a third, at a time when we need to increase our food production to cope with a ballooning global population.

Borboroglu and the Global Penguin Society are working with the Argentinian government to create a marine sanctuary for Magellanic penguins, an effort Borboroglu hopes will help increase the penguins» food supply and reduce chick deaths.

The most recent report concluded both, that global temperatures are rising, that this is caused largely by human activities and, in addition, that for increases in global average temperature, there are projected to be major changes in ecosystem structure and function with predominantly negative consequences for biodiversity and ecosystems, e.g. water and food supply.

There's been a lot of talk lately about the food crisis, and particularly linking it to growing crops for biofuels (a highly inefficient process which seems to drive prices up, particularly in US policy), but Frances More Lappe argued in her books several years ago that there is, in fact, enough food on the planet to feed us all, but localized political troubles (grain rotting in Haitian ports), increasing desertification, food waste, and problems with global supply chains are better explanations for why so many go hungry.

In Session Four we learned that meeting the food, energy and income needs of the poorest would require only 3 % of the global food supply, a 1 % increase in CO2 emissions, and 0.2 % of the global income.

The multiple harms that global warming is causing, especially to human access to adequate food supplies, will only increase if the science deniers continue to provide politicians with excuses to do nothing about the problem, while the media remains nearly silent.

The recent dramatic losses of thousands of honey bee colonies due to colony collapse disorder (CCD) and other causes [6], [7] has not only created great concerns in the scientific and agricultural community but has also highlighted the ever increasing risk of future crises in the global food supply due to our sole dependence on single pollinator species [8].

However, as the United States Agricultural & Food Law and Policy Blog (USAFLPB) notes, global food supply may be approaching its limit, we are currently seeing considerable price increases, and we could see much more in the futFood Law and Policy Blog (USAFLPB) notes, global food supply may be approaching its limit, we are currently seeing considerable price increases, and we could see much more in the futfood supply may be approaching its limit, we are currently seeing considerable price increases, and we could see much more in the future.

This increases frequency of drought, thus placing even more strain on global food supplies.

We've been talking about flaws in the RFS for some time, and the chorus of voices has grown because requiring increasing volumes of ethanol in the nation's fuel supply could affect vehicle owners, consumers paying for fuel and food, the environment and the global food supply.

The critical global problem is increasing food and energy supplies by 3 % a year for the rest of the century.

Moreover, at a time when we should be making massive cuts in the emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere in order to reduce the threat posed by climate change, the food system is lengthening its supply chains and increasing emissions to the point where it is a significant contributor to global warming.

However, the ability of organic agriculture to contribute significantly to the global food supply has been questioned owing to low yields, increased land use and insufficient quantities of organically acceptable fertilizers (Badgley & Perfecto 2007).

«half the world is vulnerable to social instability and violence due to rising food and energy prices, failing states, falling water tables, climate change, decreasing water - food - energy supply per person, desertification and increasing migrations due to political, environmental and economic conditions... With nearly three billion people making $ 2 or less per day, long - term global social conflict seems inevitable without more serious food policies, useful scientific breakthroughs and dietary changes».

Global warming will increase deaths from: Heat and disruption of food supply.