Sentences with phrase «on food security»

The evidence presented describes the significant consequences of climate change impacts on food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and global food trade.

What responses are needed from donors, governments and civil society to reduce impacts of climate change on food security?

Year - to - year climate variability in the form of drought or flooding already has large - scale effects on food security today.

In particular, this publication focuses on food security and climate change.

Rising Chinese investments in Australian agriculture have triggered an emotional national debate on food security and foreign ownership of national assets.

I will continue to work on food security as I strive to achieve the delicate balance of work and family life.

It analyzes the effect of climatic shocks on food security for 77 developing countries from 1960 to 2008.

The degree to which peoples experience food sovereignty has a direct bearing on their food security.

The evidence supports the need for considerable investment in adaptation and mitigation actions toward a «climate - smart food system» that is more resilient to climate change influences on food security.

The program's perspective on food security is local and global covering both rural and urban situations.

This will most likely increase human vulnerability in concerned areas, and have major impacts on food security.

This combination of melting glaciers, rising seas, and their effects on food security and low - lying coastal cities could overwhelm the capacity of governments to cope.

With our industrial process technologies and solutions, we contribute significantly to feeding the world's population, setting the focus on food security and safety.

While there has been extensive research on the effects of climate change on food security, less well - known is the effect of climate change on food safety.

Meanwhile, at the World Summit on Food Security in Rome, UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon said the Rome and Copenhagen summits «must craft a single global vision to produce real results for people in real need».

The warning by the world's largest trader of agricultural commodities comes ahead of the UN World Summit on Food Security in Rome, the first since 2002.

I had a thought - provoking and inspiring couple of days as a scholar at the Crawford Fund's Annual Conference on food security which I had the honour of attending as a scholar funded by the Gardiner Foundation.

«There is a clear opportunity for positive change, but the economic and regulatory incentives for such change are not yet in place,» said Naylor, the William Wrigley Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford.

«They must not put pressure on food security and we must make sure the greenhouse gas reductions are real and verified.»

actively participated in the global food sovereignty movement by attending conferences of La Via Campesina and the International Planning Committee on Food Sovereignty, as well as participated in global food security governance negotiations at the World Committee on Food Security;

Food Losses and Waste in the context of sustainable food systems UN FAO High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition.

David Lobell Assistant Professor Program on Food Security and Environment Stanford University Stanford, Calif..

Such determinants permeate through food «systems» to impact on food security at various levels.

The launch of these initiatives will be announced on Friday, May 6th at the United Nations Headquarters in New York during a panel discussion on food security and food safety, surrounding the exhibition titled «We Are What We Eat».

Special Guest at the ceremony, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Lagos State, Mr. Oluwatoyin Suara, who was represented by the Director of Fisheries, Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture, Mrs. Tokunbo Emokpae, noted that BYETA was in line with the vision of the Lagos State Government on food security and job creation in the state.

«That is why the office of the Special Adviser on Food Security headed by Mr Sanni Okanlawan was established.

The document explains the rationale and structure of the BEFS AF, provides a general overview of the tools and their application, and illustrates how the analytical information generated assists policy makers in making informed decisions concerning the many varied consequences of bioenergy developments on food security, agriculture development and economic growth.

And Canada is further sharing its expertise on food security by developing innovative sustainable agricultural kits for Nepalese farmers, and improving food security for Cambodian farmers through new farm ventures.

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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.

The council's vice-chairman, who is also the Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, later told State House correspondents that the council would strengthen all existing policies on food security including policies on trade, agronomy, national planning and national security.

Through its conclusions and recommendations the Forum will contribute to the debate and outcome of the World Summit on Food Security scheduled at FAO headquarters on November 16 - 18, to be attended by Heads of State and Government from FAO's 192 Members.

The community visits served to deepen the appreciation and inspire both the communities and the participants to intensify participatory processess to address the local realities on food security and food sovereignty.

He has been a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Food Security since 2010.

(b) Regularly monitor and assess effectiveness of policies and programmes on food security and nutrition of children, including school meal programmes and food banks, as well as programmes addressing infants and young children;

(a) Systematically collect data on food security and nutrition for children, including those relevant to breast - feeding, overweight and obesity, in order to identify root causes of child food insecurity and malnutrition;

Special Adviser to the Governor on Food Security, Mr. Ganiyu Okanlawon who signed the partnership agreement on behalf of the Lagos State Government said the agreement will ensure that residents get LAKE Rice not just from designated sales centres but also from the open market at the official government price.

A representative of the United Nations, Mr Patrick David, made this warning in Abuja during a stakeholders» meeting on food security in northern Nigeria.

Speaking on partnership on food security, the monarch said it was important for the South West States to explore partnership for the benefit of the people.

He added: «Everything Ooni has said on food security is in consonance with our believe and we believe that if we move forward, Nigeria will also move foward.

This week's Science features a series of articles on food security, including an Editorial, Review articles, a series of Perspectives, a Policy Forum, and a special news package.

«It is important to expand the work being done on improving wood - fuel systems with clear attention paid to the impacts of such improvements on food security and agricultural productivity.»

«Reliable estimates of climate change impacts on food security require an integrated use of climate, crop and economic models,» Asseng said.

Land use related negative emission technologies (LUNETs)-- their implications on food security and relevant SDGs - More

Sustained economic growth, the quality of life, and the social stability of a rapidly growing Bangladesh depend largely on food security.