Sentences with phrase «of global food security»

These too, he says, are essential to the future of global food security.

The issue of global food security is a problem for us now, and for future generations.

The crucial question of global food security will be determined and shaped largely by this single body's deliberations.

BEIJING, China — The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have agreed to collaborate on scientific research focused on genomics and germplasm enhancement to meet the challenges of global food security.

The center's establishment is a «momentous event in the history of global food security,» claims CIMMYT Director General Thomas A. Lumpkin.

The models show that climate change is a less influential driver of global food security than income, population and productivity — but it could still pose a significant risk to the nutrition levels of people living in the world's poorest regions, Baldos said.

Lead author Dr Ari Sadanandom, in the Durham Centre for Crop Improvement Technology, Durham University, said: «The foundation of global food security is built on three cereals, wheat, rice and maize, and wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food.

They are a CGIAR Research Center, part of a global food security research partnership.

Protecting crop diversity and making sure the genetic heritage preserved in seed banks is shared among nations are cornerstones of global food security.

Extreme weather causes crop production losses, but until now, scientists «did not know exactly how much global production was lost to extreme weather events and how they varied by different regions of the world,» said Navin Ramankutty, a professor of global food security and sustainability at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia, and one of the study authors.

But the issue of global food security is much broader than the supply of food — it also refers to the challenges of our dependence on globally imported food, rising food prices, food waste and the provision of a nutritious, balanced diet.

Genetically modified seed «more powerful than bombs» And what of the future of global food security?

Professor Elliott will be speaking about the controversial issue of sustaining global food supply to the rapidly growing world population and challenge the audience with ideas about the future of global food security and the role we have to play in it.