Sentences with phrase «increase of food security»

Promoting carbon sequestration in soils, with adapted agricultural and forestry practices, could lead to win - win solutions on mitigation, adaptation and increase of food security.

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«The dilemma,» Holmes says, «is how do you improve the sustainability of water supply to increase food security and food production as we go out into the future?»

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A committee of MPs has recommended that people cut down on the amount of meat they eat to help increase food security in Britain and in poorer countries.

The world's food security would be ensured even with over 9 billion people in 2050, agricultural land area would not increase, greenhouse gas emissions would be lowered and the negative effects of today's intensive food systems, such as nitrogen surplus and high pesticide exposure, would be greatly reduced.

Reducing food loss in supermarkets is an important issue in terms of the efforts to increase profit in supermarkets, to increase income for small farmers supplying to supermarkets, and to improve food security in urban areas, as well as avoid environmental problems caused by food waste.

To continue building my capacity in the field of plant pathology so I can provide farmers with practical scientific solutions to reducing in - crop and post-harvest losses, thereby contributing to sustainable food production, increased financial stability and food security.

The key message of the conference was that from paddock to plate, from farm to fork there are changes that each of us can make to lower our food wastage, increase our production efficiencies which will contribute to food security in 2050.

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.

May 2014 Australian and African farmers tackle food security [Qld] Long - term friendships through ag research Free flowing fish for food security [NSW] Increasing crop yields should be the focus for achieving global food security Ecosystem characterisation of the Bay of Bengal

Agreement increases the number of abattoirs able to export and creates new rules to guarantee food security around sheep and goats.

Some example of these varieties are IR42, IR36, and IR8 which dramatically increased rice's yield potential, ushering in an exciting new era in Asian food security and rural development.

«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.

If the food security budget were to double by 2016, and the aid program increased to 50 cents in every 100 dollars of government income as both major parties had committed to do, food security would be around 11 % of the aid budget.

The project aimed to improve the quality of life for the population by creating more stable local economies, greater food security, improved gender relations and increased social capital.

It said that increased production of meat and dairy products «undermines the ecological foundation of food security due to its contribution to land degradation, water pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change».1

Optimal breastfeeding for the first 2 years of life is the single most effective intervention to prevent child deaths worldwide.1 Breastfeeding saves children's lives, supports their growth and development, preventsmalnutrition, ensures food security for infants, protects maternal and child health, reduces financial pressure on families, supports loving relationships and increases educational attainment.

Supporting families in applying for 3SquaresVT benefits can increase the number of students directly certified to receive free school meals, as well as support student food security at home.

He said the Planting for Food and Jobs policy was a flagship programme of the government to increase food production and ensure food securFood and Jobs policy was a flagship programme of the government to increase food production and ensure food securfood production and ensure food securfood security.

«Additionally, the government through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture opened up more mechanization centres across the regions of the country and this has led to increased food security», he adFood and Agriculture opened up more mechanization centres across the regions of the country and this has led to increased food security», he adfood security», he added.

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.

As climate change is increasing the duration, frequency and severity of extreme weather events, it has become increasingly urgent to identify their effects and provide early warnings, in order to ensure market stability and global food security.

«That can help many break out of cycles of poverty and increase food production and food security.»

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.

«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.

The study assesses the food supply available to more than 140 nations (with populations greater than 1 million) and demonstrates that food security is becoming increasingly susceptible to perturbations in demographic growth, as humanity places increasing pressure on use of limited land and water resources.

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.

Increasing concerns over agriculture and food security as well as an increasing recognition of how fast biodiversity is disappearing has prompted seed banks to ramp up their coIncreasing concerns over agriculture and food security as well as an increasing recognition of how fast biodiversity is disappearing has prompted seed banks to ramp up their coincreasing recognition of how fast biodiversity is disappearing has prompted seed banks to ramp up their collections.

The budget's proposed increases for the National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy's Office of Science and ARPA - E, NASA, and the Agriculture Food Research Initiative would help build our economy, improve health, and strengthen our national security...

«We know that the pressures of increasing food security will only get bigger as population and economic growth pressure the world's food system,» writes Foley, who is not involved in the work, «and understanding how and where yields can still improve is vital to improving food security.»

Growing population and climate change are likely to increase the pressure on already limited water resources and diet change has been suggested as one of the measures contributing to adequate food security for growing population.

The 2016 annual report highlights the organization's efforts to provide farmers throughout the drylands with the latest tools, resources, and training to ensure that their livelihoods — and food security — are resilient to the increasing onslaught of climate change.

«The increased use of clean energy sources that do not emit greenhouse gases or conventional air pollutants... would be doubly beneficial to global food security, as they do not contribute to either climate change or increased surface - ozone concentrations,» she said.

The school would combine the departments of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences; Horticulture; and Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science under one roof that will allow the college to make new investments to increase capacity and tackle the many challenges in agriculture and food security, the green industry, plant biology, and the environment.

Flagship Project 5 will speed up genetic gain for the development of improved and climate - resilient rice varieties to increase farmers» income, overcome challenges of climate change, and increase farmers» and consumers» food and nutritional security.

SciDevNet — The initiative known as Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is focusing on eight priority areas — self - sufficiency in rice, intensification of cassava, food security in the Sahel, transforming savannas as a breadbasket, restoring tree plantations, expanding horticulture, increasing wheat production and expanded fish farming.

Furthermore, scientists and technologists working in the public sector have developed breakthroughs in disease resistance and resistance to drought and other stresses; some of these advances are being used to increase productivity of crops of importance in Africa and Asia and reflect a growing interest in food security around the world.

Examples of these varieties are IR42, IR36, and IR8, which dramatically increased rice's yield potential, ushering in an exciting new era in Asian food security and rural development.

Food security and soil fertility could be significantly improved by greater grain legume usage and increased improvement of a range of grain legumes.

This gift can provide families living in poverty with a pair of locally sourced and vaccinated goats, helping to increase their food security and financial independence.

The layout of the terminal has also been reworked in order to increase the number of food and retail venues located past the security checkpoint.

In the food security article, «The team found that, in the model, sunshade geoengineering leads to increased crop yields in most regions, both compared with current conditions and with the future projection of doubled carbon dioxide on its own.»

The FDA has responded to over 100 cases of Salmonella linked to papayas exported from Mexico by increasing food security at the border.

Global climate change risks are high to very high with global mean temperature increase of 4 °C or more above preindustrial levels in all reasons for concern (Assessment Box SPM.1), and include severe and widespread impacts on unique and threatened systems, substantial species extinction, large risks to global and regional food security, and the combination of high temperature and humidity compromising normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors in some areas for parts of the year (high confidence).

Global temperature increases of ~ 4 °C or more above late - 20th century levels, combined with increasing food demand, would pose large risks to food security globally and regionally (high confidence).

U.S. biofuels policies are a leading cause of increased global food prices and market volatility, which threaten food security for communities both domestically and abroad.

According to the report, by the end of the century, temperatures in the deltaic region could increase by four degrees Celsius, affecting weather in the Indus and over the Arabian sea with serious implications for food security.

The City of Eugene has developed and is implementing strategies include increasing water conservation; increasing investment in the urban forest; removing essential services from the 100 - year flood zone; and increasing energy efficiency to reduce demand for hydroelectricity, a resource that is expected to decline with climate change; conducting a food security assessment

Among the risks the continent faces are reductions in food security and agricultural productivity, particularly regarding subsistence agriculture, increased water stress and, as a result of these and the potential for increased exposure to disease and other health risks, increased risks to human health.»

Climate - smart agriculture, which sustainably increases agricultural productivity and enhances achievement of national food security goals, provides a window of opportunity to avert the impact of drought.