Sentences with phrase «of national food security»

This is that coordinated action to address food security nationally should begin with the development of a National Food Security Strategy.

But officials and experts warn that these spending plans are now at risk due to the arrival of the National Food Security Act, which was passed last month.

The brief promotes climate - smart agriculture, where: agricultural development is directed along pathways that lead to sustainable increases in agricultural productivity; social and ecological resilience are increased in order to contribute to climate change adaptation; and agriculture is used to support the achievement of national food security and development goals.

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.

The membership of the National Food Security Council include the governors of Kebbi, Taraba, Plateau, Lagos, Ebonyi and Delta States.

Buhari said a key mandate of the National Food Security Council is to «continuously assess and enhance these infant, but impactful programs, thereby guaranteeing they achieve their full potential.»

The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) were endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on 11 May 2012.

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«If you're looking at the national security of the US,» said Horlick, «please include food.»

Thanks to a compassionate Delta agent, I was able to change the flight and get in just in time to look longingly at one of the most beautiful breakfast buffets I've ever seen in my life and shake the president's hand (which is why I'm describing my illness as food poisoning and not a stomach virus... because I'd like to think my presence there did not compromise national security).

IFOAM Food Security Advocacy expert Cristina Grandi will lead the IFOAM delegation and collaborate with the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) and NOGAMU (National Organic Agriculture Movement of Uganda).

The National Food Lab (The NFL) provides that sense of security, President and CEO Kevin Waters says.

For example, software tools are still in the works from the Department of Homeland Security and the National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD) that will securely show a company its vulnerabilities.

We call on governments at all levels to come together as a matter of urgency to develop in collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities, health and community sector peak bodies and other key stakeholders, a policy framework, funding commitments and national action plan for food sovereignty and food security.

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Hangzhou City, People's Republic of China (21 September 2017)- Agriculture research heads of 14 Asian countries supported the ASEAN +3 Rice Breeding and Genetics Initiative - a long - term regional investment and collaboration initiative in rice breeding aimed to address regional food security and national rice sector strategies.

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It is time that we look upon our broken food system, too, as a matter of national security.

In addition to the Great Future Kitchen, The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation is a key supporter of BGCA's national Food Security Initiative to strengthen and expand the impact of food service programming at thousands of Club locations in the Food Security Initiative to strengthen and expand the impact of food service programming at thousands of Club locations in the food service programming at thousands of Club locations in the U.S.

John Bolton's record on the marketing of baby foods John Bolton, President Trump's new national security adviser is considered by many to be the man most likely to lead the US into war.

Hunger, poverty, obesity, malnourishment, disease, sustainability vs. industrialized food, environmentalism, local / regional / state / national economics, food security, national security... there is hardly a conversation going on in this country that can't be followed (like the trail of proverbial breadcrumbs... but let's make them whole wheat breadcrumbs) back into our nation's cafeterias.

The Special Adviser on Food Security to Governor Akinwumi Ambode, Mr. Sanni Okanlawon, made the disclosure in Lagos during the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry National Agriculture Stakeholders Summit.

H.R. 1060, the Young Farmer Success Act, is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Thompson, Rep. Joe Courtney (D - CT) and Rep. John Faso (R - NY) in an effort to preserve America's agricultural economy and the security of its national food supply.

The committee is made up of representatives from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Scholarship Secretariat, Buffer Stock Company, Auditor General's Department, Ghana Education Service Teachers Union and National Security.

He said in addition to ensuring the safety of lives and property, the Federal Government is committed to ensuring food security for the country's growing population, and the transformation of the national economy.

The National President of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Alhaji Aminu Goronyo on Wednesday commended the Federal Government for inaugurating the National Food Security Council with a call for the inclusion of farmers in the council.

A Date with Destiny: 2036 Most scientists concur that two degrees C of warming above the temperature during preindustrial time would harm all sectors of civilization — food, water, health, land, national security, energy and economic prosperity.

The study grew out of work the authors undertook in the Pacific, where scientists met with community members and local, regional, and national government experts to examine issues such as food security, access to fresh water, quality education, sustainable tourism, and protection of marine and terrestrial resources.

«Marine aquaculture provides a means and an opportunity to support both human livelihoods and economic growth, in addition to providing food security,» said co-author Ben Halpern, executive director of the UCSB - affiliated National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS).

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 secNational 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 secNational 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 secnational security...

Wheat and maize are the most important crops for food security; they are also at the center of Ethiopia's increasingly vibrant agricultural output markets and have been the focus in recent years of public investment to raise national production.

In 1974, the United Nations named Spirulina «one of the best foods for the future» and a 2008 UN Food and Agriculture Organization report stated that «there is a need for both national governments and inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&raFood and Agriculture Organization report stated that «there is a need for both national governments and inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&rafood security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.»

And a 2008 UN Food and Agriculture Organization report stated that «there is a need for both national governments and inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&raFood and Agriculture Organization report stated that «there is a need for both national governments and inter-governmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of Spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.&rafood security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development emergency response efforts.»

The LDCF plays a key role in addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs of least developed countries, focusing on reducing the vulnerability of sectors and resources that are central to human and national development, such as water, agriculture and food security; and infrastructure, as identified and prioritized in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action national development, such as water, agriculture and food security; and infrastructure, as identified and prioritized in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs).

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Then, with their freely - chosen support, the sky is the limit: reallocate sections of the defense budget to selective nation - building; change agricultural policy to favor sustainable home - grown food where possible in the interests of health and national security; create programs that encourage Americans to help with sanitation, agriculture and birth control in developing countries; slice away the parts of government that get in the way (thereby freeing up the budget); protect citizen and consumer's rights; strictly regulate pollution; shut down destabilizing financial schemes, and eventually earn enough respect in the world that we're not the only ones on the bandwagon.

Governmental policies of export and import restrictions, hoarding, subsidies, panic buying, and infrastructure standards of food storage and transport, as well as investor speculation, currency valuations, individual national inflation rates, weather and climate change, the evolving monoculture genetics, rising input costs, and global macro economic health all impact food security.

A relevant paper, published in 2010 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is: «Solar - powered drip irrigation enhances food security in the Sudano — Sahel.»]

While Congress members like Fred Upton (Republican, Michigan) yowl about the EPA's efforts to regulate carbon emissions as «an unconstitutional power grab» and attach the term «job - killing» to every piece of environmental legislation with a political pulse, national security officials have been offering dire warnings about the perils of climate disruption and its offshoots like food shortage, water depletion and massive migration.

They warn of water shortages, food shortages and national security risk.

If you are evaluating this statement: «national security officials have been offering dire warnings about the perils of climate disruption and its offshoots like food shortage, water depletion and massive migration,» then you should also review the analysis provided by our intelligence services, which have looked at climate change, and are part of the «national security apparatus.»

Broadly speaking, food security is less seen in terms of sufficient global and national agricultural food production, and more in terms of livelihoods that are sufficient to provide enough food for individuals and households (Devereux and Maxwell, 2001; Devereux, 2003; Gregory et al., 2005).

COOPI (Italy, project coordination) and RUAF Foundation (the Netherlands), in cooperation with institutions and organisations involved in the Freetown Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (including the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security; Freetown City Council; Ministry of Land, Housing and Environment; Ministry of Health and Sanitation; National Association of Farmers in Sierra Leone (NAFSL); Sierra Leone Youth Empowerment Organisation (SLYEO); Njala University; and other stakeholders).

Relevant local and national authorities, civil society organisations, farmer groups and youth groups improved their coordination and enhanced their capacity to identify and develop solutions to issues of land tenure and agriculture - related job creation in the context of the multi-stakeholder forum on urban agriculture and food security.

The available technologies need to be complemented by risk - reducing agricultural diversification without compromising the national objective of food security and income stability.

Regardless of how you measure the impacts of climate change — whether it be food, water, health, national security, our economy — climate change is already taking a great toll.

In addition to dozens of scientific papers, he has written chapters in several major Arctic Council reports, co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences committee that wrote The Arctic in the Anthropocene, and served on a Council of Canadian Academies panel on food security in the North.

This analytical report aims to catalyse thinking about the ways in which agriculture — which has a vital role in global food security, development and natural resources use — can and must be fully integrated into national strategies and a consensus - based multilateral framework to address the challenges of climate change.

A «Global Trends» report prepared by the U.S. Director of National Intelligence's office, released on Jan. 9, warned that climate change posed security risks because of extreme weather, stress on water and food, and global tensions over how to manage the changes.

A Date with Destiny: 2036 Most scientists concur that two degrees C of warming above the temperature during preindustrial time would harm all sectors of civilization — food, water, health, land, national security, energy and economic prosperity.

America's ability to maintain robust food and energy production is a matter of national security.