Sentences with phrase «increases food security»

«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?»

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.

Other technology options for increased food security were explored during the conference as well.

Organic Agriculture can help farmers increase food security by:

«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 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.

«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.

«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.»

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.

Income generation projects have not yet taken off the ground enough to generate sufficient income to protect refugees from leaving the camps to seek illegal employment, but they do increase food security by providing vegetables to a primarily rice - based ration while teaching valuable agricultural skills for environmental sustainability.

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

CLimate servics aims to provide suitable climate information to governments, communities and individuals so that they can take better decisions to increase their food security and resilience.

The World Food Programme's work in climate services aims to provide suitable climate information to governments, communities and individuals so that they can take better decisions to increase their food security and resilience.

For this reason, ACR has prioritized pathways for the development of innovative and transformative offset project types that can achieve major emissions reductions, strengthen the resiliency of natural systems, increase food security and benefit people.

Cotappers help the poor adapt to climate change by funding the planting, restoration, and protection of forests which increase food security, reduce erosion, protect and enhance biodiversity and watersheds, provide shade, and serve as critical hydrological sponges.

Family farmers produce 57 percent of the world's food while increasing food security, boosting local economies, and improving nutrition.

Agriculture is considered to be climate - smart when it «contributes to increasing food security and increases capacity for climate adaptation and mitigation in a sustainable way,» according to the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).

The Oakland Institute has been talking for years about increasing food security by increasing food sovereignty in poor nations, rather than fighting hunger by dumping cheap, overproduced food from rich countries, driving local farmers in those poor countries out of business.

The World Bank has been subversively spearheading the idea of climate - smart agriculture — sustainable agriculture that is a triple - win: farmers increase food security, adapt to climate change, and carbon is mitigated.

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Our research focuses on biologically - based mechanisms to reduce pest issues, soil erosion, fossil fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions; increase nutrient and water use efficiencies; improve pollinator activity and food security; and apply a systems approach to soil, crop, animal, human and planetary health.

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.

It aimed to see whether the technologies delivered benefits such as increased productivity for rice farmers, improved livelihoods and food security, and bolstered social cohesion.

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.

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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

Concern over future food and nutritional security is rapidly rising on the global agenda amidst studies showing crop yields are far from increasing at the rates needed to meet projected demands for 2050.

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.

Under the program, we will modernize agriculture, improve production efficiency, achieve food security, and increase profitability for our farmers.

The U.S. official said that with Nigeria's increasing population, the new partnership with Chi Farms and Niji Foods would boost Nigeria's efforts at achieving food security.

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.

So opportunities to work in food security are available and likely to increase.

Even the World Bank endorses small farms as the way to increase agricultural output in developing nations where food security remains a pressing issue.

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 researchers said improvements in food security depend on increasing research spending, especially over the next two decades.

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.

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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...