Sentences with phrase «of food security»

The index measures the drivers of food security in 107 countries.

Regular sharing of climate information to address the issues of food security including policy making.

Our work under this pillar contributes to tackling the global challenge of food security by helping to build sustainable food value chains.

A very important aspect of food security is the safety of foods.

«If crop yields go down 10, 20, 30 percent, that would have had an enormous impact across the world in terms of food security,» he said.

The whole problem of food security is bound to become a serious problem.

Surely it is there that most research efforts should be targeted, especially in the area of food security.

This should lead to more knowledge and understanding about living organisms, including crops and livestock that are the basis of food security for the world population.

Both developments contribute to climate change and loss of food security, the availability of water and the natural protection against flooding and drought, leading to further societal instability.

To mitigate this risk, a stock reserve equal to 110 days of consumption would produce a much safer level of food security.

And, really, making the logical connection between lack of food security and citizen unrest is pretty easy.

Second, to improve integration of food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries within the international climate agenda.

Sustainable agriculture and good farming practices may be the best way to counter the growing threat of food security in the region.

The same is true of food security, public health and access to water.

They are used as storage of wealth and guarantee of food security in times of crop failure.

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

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.

In effect, the competition for land and water, in the form of land acquisitions, has crossed national boundaries, opening a new chapter in the history of food security.

By attending this conference I was fortunate to meet passionate eminent scientists from around the world who are doing their utmost to solve the issue of food security.

I learnt about how others play their collective part in solving problems of food security.

While emphasizing that the south west holds the future of food security in Nigeria, Governor Ambode said the available massive arable and fertile land had placed the region on a sound footing to use agriculture not only to grow the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the region but also to ensure food availability for the country.

This quiz which fits with the 2016 Fairtrade Fortnight theme of food security, but can be used at any time.

[W] hile looking at seed technology to enhance agricultural productivity is important, it is only a small component of our food security partnership with the government.

He also served as associate director of food security at the Rockefeller Foundation.

The NGO, Right to Food Campaign, has written an open letter to the Prime Minister of India and his Council of Ministers, rejecting the EGoM - cleared draft of the Food Security Bill.

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) has cleared the draft of the Food Security Bill.

The concepts of food waste and food loss form a major part in the achievement of food security for us, and in that light, this year's Crawford Fund's annual conference hit the nail on the head with regards to facilitating discussion and interaction on these issues.

Damage to infrastructure and loss of water security are already felt keenly, as is the loss of food security due to the loss of fish stocks and coral reefs, soil degradation and decreased agricultural yields.

First and foremost would be bringing the issues of climate change and the many dimensions of the food security situation, especially the inequity of food distribution and food wastage to the top of the policy agenda everywhere.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday described the south west region as the next frontier of food security in Nigeria, revealing that...

Huffingtonpost: In a world where almost one billion people are chronically hungry and the current and future state of food security is beset by challenges such as climate change, knowledge and information are powerful.

If it grew Western GMO crops, the country would become reliant on foreign sources of necessary seeds — the opposite of food security.

«In contrast, the British Columbia Local Food Act «s primary purpose is to increase agriculture production in our public land trust, which is in the best interests of our economy and of our food security during a time of advancing climate change.»

The consequence is the collapse of food security and the emergence of global environmental crises, which in the end may turn out to be even worse than colonization.

Income is also set to eclipse population as the dominant driver of food security, a «historical first,» said Baldos.

I have spent most of my research career focussing on the production and yield elements of food security.

The 2016 Crawford Fund Conference presented proactive talks in the realm of food security and Research for Development (R4D).

Prior to attending the Waste Not, Want Not: The Circular Economy to Food Security conference, I thought we, the human race, were not making any palpable efforts to deal with the scourge of food security issues affecting peoples in developing countries.

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