Not exact matches
Most countries that must import
food, such as Japan, count
on a deep, competitive
world market to
supply their needs.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Some of the
world's biggest retailers and
food companies including Kellogg Co, Walmart Inc, and Nestle backed a new initiative
on Wednesday to improve global
supply chains amid rising consumer demand for slave - free goods and services.
LONDON, April 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Some of the
world's biggest retailers and
food companies including Kellogg Co, Walmart Inc, and Nestle backed a new initiative
on Wednesday to improve global
supply chains amid rising consumer demand for slave - free goods and services.
It is customary in many parts of the developed
world to strip out the effects of
food and energy prices
on CPIs,
on the assumption that such movements are usually due to temporary
supply disturbances and hence will reverse.
I refer to the large spectrum of challenges that we now associate with ecology —
world population,
food supply, pollution, dwindling
supplies of nonrenewable natural resources, and so
on.
Growing consumer markets in the developing
world place enough demand
on a
food supply chain that is already so long and stretched so thin, that suddenly
supply can't meet demand.
Our partnership with
World Link
Food Distributors Inc. is providing us a constant
supply of Canadian Seafood and allow us to be competitive
on the market.
At the Forum, about 300 eminent experts from around the
world will review and debate the investment needs, technologies and policy measures needed to secure the
world's
food supplies on horizon 2050.
Food Safety & Hokto Mushrooms Posted on September 28th, 2010 America's food supply is among the safest in the world, yet the recent salmonella outbreak in eggs has some people wondering about what is safe to eat and what to do to avoid food - borne illn
Food Safety & Hokto Mushrooms Posted
on September 28th, 2010 America's
food supply is among the safest in the world, yet the recent salmonella outbreak in eggs has some people wondering about what is safe to eat and what to do to avoid food - borne illn
food supply is among the safest in the
world, yet the recent salmonella outbreak in eggs has some people wondering about what is safe to eat and what to do to avoid
food - borne illn
food - borne illness.
Organic agriculture has many positive effects
on the environment and contributes to solving the problem of the
world food supply: This is shown in a new FiBL study.
The
world's largest online and mobile marketplace - Alibaba, China leading self - operated E-commerce – JD.com, top qualified specialty food supply chain E-commerce — Benlai, consultants and experts from XTC World Innovation, PWC, Euromonitor International, Marine Stewardship Council and many more delivered speeches on the latest hot topics including food sustainability, import and export policy, food innovation, e-commerce and market tr
world's largest online and mobile marketplace - Alibaba, China leading self - operated E-commerce – JD.com, top qualified specialty
food supply chain E-commerce — Benlai, consultants and experts from XTC
World Innovation, PWC, Euromonitor International, Marine Stewardship Council and many more delivered speeches on the latest hot topics including food sustainability, import and export policy, food innovation, e-commerce and market tr
World Innovation, PWC, Euromonitor International, Marine Stewardship Council and many more delivered speeches
on the latest hot topics including
food sustainability, import and export policy,
food innovation, e-commerce and market trends.
PepsiCo, the
world's second - largest
food and beverage business, and Senomyx, Inc., a leading company focused
on using proprietary technologies to discover and develop novel flavor ingredients for the
food, beverage, and ingredient
supply industries, announced today that they have entered into a four - year collaborative agreement related to Senomyx's sweet - taste technology.
This commitment to ensure that
supply chain waste is measured and reported makes Tesco the
world - leading supermarket
on transparent
food waste reporting, and represents a significant step towards meeting the global goal to halve
food waste by 2030.
«As the
world's largest stevia producer and
supplier, we recognise the unique role we can play in helping the
food and beverage industry to reduce its impact
on the environment and tackle the global obesity challenge, with our goals articulating the significant role we can play in this respect.»
GMA looks forward to working with him
on issues key to keeping America's
food the safest and most affordable
food supply in the history of the
world.»
The
World Resources Institute (WRI) and a large group of stakeholders has developed and will release an accounting and reporting standard for quantifying
food and associated inedible parts removed from the
food supply chain
on June 6, 2016.
Food - security experts from all over the world will converge on Belfast from 28 - 31 May 2018 for a major Summit on how to feed a growing global population — amid massive challenges such as climate change, Brexit, labyrinthine food - supply chains and food fraud on a global sc
Food - security experts from all over the
world will converge
on Belfast from 28 - 31 May 2018 for a major Summit
on how to feed a growing global population — amid massive challenges such as climate change, Brexit, labyrinthine
food - supply chains and food fraud on a global sc
food -
supply chains and
food fraud on a global sc
food fraud
on a global scale.
Target 12.3 calls
on the
world to «halve per capita global
food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce
food losses along production and
supply chains, including post-harvest losses» by 2030.
Americans enjoy the cheapest
food supply in the
world, spending the smallest share of their income
on groceries of any country.
You start having a
food supply you can count
on, and an energy
supply you can count
on, and know they aren't undermining the rest of the
world.
Bill Easterling Dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, Easterling studies global warming and its potential effects
on the
world's
food supply.
Concern over their potential to impact health was stoked in the 1960s, in large part due to Rachel Carson's 1962 book, Silent Spring, which focused
on DDT's harm to birds and the
world's
food supply.
The form of phosphate plants can use is in danger of reaching its peak — when
supply fails to keep up with demand — in just 30 years, potentially decreasing the rate of crop yield as the as the
world population continues to climb and global warming stresses crop yields, which could have damaging effects
on the global
food supply.
And yes, nearly 25 years since the
world agreed to prevent serious impacts
on global
food supply, the natural environment and the economy.
«We need to expand the number of pathogens that we test for in our
food supply, and we need international leadership to reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics
on industrial farms around the
world,» Price says.
Rich nations should spend more
on safeguarding genetic diversity in crop plants or they will jeopardise the
world's
food supply, warns the US National Research Council in a report published last week.
The impact
on the human
food supply is also unclear, says H. Scott Hurd, an animal
food safety expert with the
World Health Organization and the University of Iowa, Ames.
Humanity currently depends
on atmospheric nitrogen to produce enough fertilizer to maintain
world food supply.
The
World Health Organization (WHO)
on May 14 issued a step - by - step guide called REPLACE to eliminate industrially - produced trans fatty acids from global
food supply, a move the agency said would reduce the number of cardiovascular disease - related...
In addition to myself and Sally Fallon, our petition was signed by three worldclass scientists: Kilmer S. McCully, MD, father of the homocysteine theory of heart disease, winner of the 1998 Linus Pauling Award and author of The Homocysteine Revolution and The Heart Revolution; Mary G. Enig, PhD, the
world renowned biochemist and nutritionist who exposed the dangers of trans fats in the
food supply back in the 1970s, vice president of WAPF, author of Know Your Fats and co-author of Eat Fat Lose Fat and Nourishing Traditions; and Galen D. Knight, PhD, a biochemist who has carried out pioneering research
on the role of vitalethine in humoral immunity and cancer development.
Our life
on Earth relies
on these incredible creatures, as more than one - third of our
world's
food supply is dependent
on them.
Narrated by Meryl Streep, this intimate and unprecedented look at butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and flowers is a celebration of life, as a third of the
world's
food supply depends
on these incredible — and increasingly threatened — creatures.
Anyone, anywhere — even city dwellers with only a sunny windowsill — can «take control of their own
food supply, live more lightly
on the planet and make their own corner of the
world safer and cleaner.»
Petfood Forum and Petfood Innovation Workshop provide show visitors from all over the
world with opportunities to network with industry peers, learn from leading pet
food experts, consultants and technical experts, visit with
suppliers, and of course transact business with one another
on a global level.
Petfood Forum and Petfood Innovation Workshop provide show visitors from all over the
world with opportunities to network with industry peers, learn from leading pet
food experts, consultants and technical experts, visit with
suppliers, and transact business with one another
on a global level.
Petfood Forum provides show visitors from all over the
world with opportunities to network with industry peers, learn from leading pet
food experts, consultants and technical experts, visit with
suppliers, and of course transact business with one another
on a global level.
New Jersey: A Purrfect
World: Bloomfield (temporary foster program) Animal Alliance: Belle Mead (pet
food and
supplies, spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Companion Animal Advocates: Hillsdale (pet
food, spay / neuter, and rehoming assistance) Friends of Randolph Animal Pound (All Our Orphans): Randolph (spay / neuter assistance) Humane Society of Atlantic: Atlantic City (spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance: Statewide (veterinary care assistance) Oakland Animal Hospital: Oakland (pet
food) One Step Closer Animal Rescue (OSCAR): Statewide (pet
food bank and spay / neuter assistance) PetPALS of Southern New Jersey: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Prince Chunk Foundation: Statewide (pet
food and veterinary care assistance) Save U.S. Pets Foundation: veterinary care assistance (A veterinarian must apply
on behalf of the pet owner.)
- Gaysville, VT DOOG (Dog Owners Outdoor Gear)- Spokane, WA Dublin Dog Co., Inc. - Charlotte, NC Duty Mitt, LLC, The - Saint Petersburg, FL Easy - Clean Water Bowl, The - Ramona, CA Elite Pet Products, Inc. - Ontario, CA EPO Brands, Inc. - Lancaster, PA Eurow & O'Reilly Corporation - Camarillo, CA Exclusive Group LLC (dba Binatone North America)- Indianapolis, IN Fair Mare Products, LLC - Bonita Springs, FL Flava Puff - Pembroke Pines, FL Floppy Ears Design - Bath, ME Forever Fresh Forever Life, Inc. - Bonita Springs, FL Foris International, Inc. - Anaheim Hills, CA FreeHand, LLC - Santa Monica, CA Front Porch Pets, Inc. - Genesee Depot, WI Fruitables Pet
Food (Vetscience, LLC)- Dallas, TX Garmin International - Olathe, KS Gen7, Inc. (dba Gen7Pets)- Elverson, PA GiftWorksPlus - Waukesha, WI Good Life LLC - Medford, OR Grandma Mae's Country Naturals / NexPet - New York, NY Great Life Pet Products / Pioneer Naturals Pet Foods - Simi Valley, CA Groomy - USA, Inc. - Park Ridge, IL Hangzhou Jiaoling Textile Co., Ltd. - Palatine, IL Happy Jack, Inc. - Snow Hill, NC Healers PetCare, Inc. (dba Bowserwear)- Vancouver, WA Healgen Scientific LLC - Houston, TX HedzUPpets - Baton Rouge, LA Herbs For Life, Inc. (dba Pet Wellness Blends)- York, ME High Desert Distribution, LLC - El Cajon, CA High Tech Pet Products, Inc. - Ventura, CA Howard Pet Products LLC - Landing, NJ Iceland Pure - Vista, CA Innovet Pet Products (TLM Research Labs LLC)- Gardena, CA Intromark - Pittsburgh, PA ION Labs, Inc. - Clearwater, FL ITI Ltd. (dba Kitty Kaviar)- San Diego, CA It's A Dog's
World - Center Moriches, NY JCLA, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA Jobar International / Pet Parade Division - Carson, CA John Masters Organics - Stamford, NY Kanberra Group - Lancaster, NY Karykion, Inc. - Princeton, NJ KenGro Corporation - Charleston, MS KidCo, Inc. (dba Command Pet)- Libertyville, IL Kinfine USA, Inc. - Chino, CA Kitty Stick - San Francisco, CA Klein Brands, Inc. - Hollywood, FL Lahens Intec, Inc. - Pembroke Pines, FL Lava Rubber - Allenhurst, NJ Lazy Dog Cookie Co., Inc., The - Ballston Spa, NY Litter One - Columbus, OH Loft 312, Inc. - Chicago, IL Lola Bean International - South San Francisco, CA Lucky Champ - Rancho Cucamonga, CA Made In The Shade, Inc. (dba No Mo «O»)- Savannah, GA MilkOpet - MOPNA, Inc. - Coral Springs, FL MODGY - Cleveland, OH Monoflo International, Inc. - Winchester, VA Morez Marketing LLC - Clearwater, FL Morton Salt, Inc. - Chicago, IL Murr, Inc. - Leominster, MA My Canine Kids, Inc. - New York, NY Nature's Animals, Inc. - Mamaroneck, NY NL Enterprises, LLC (dba Nature's Logic)- Lincoln, NE NoClean Aquariums - Palatine, IL Number 2 Pet Products, LLC - Houston, TX NVMK Sales (dba Nandog Pet Gear)- Mission Hills, CA Odor - No - More, Inc. - La Mirada, CA Oliver Bentleys - Savannah, GA Pampered Pets - North Port, FL Paw Matts - Freeburg, IL Paw Pods LLC - Lake Orion, MI Pawabunga, LLC - Minneapolis, MN Paws & Co. - Englewood, CO Peace Dog Design - Denver, CO Pet Age Magazine - Somerset, NJ Pet Cooler Carrier, LLC - Troy, IL Pet Head, Inc. - West Hollywood, CA Pet Pal Distribution Corp. - San Francisco, CA Petote Group, LLC - Chicago, IL Pfizer Animal Health - Madison, NJ Plangea, Inc. - Vista, CA Pouncy Pets - El Segundo, CA Pound Bakery, The - Harvard, IL PrideBites, LLC - Los Angeles, CA Priority Pet Products - Pawtucket, RI Pure Ocean Botanicals - Petaluma, CA Purina Animal Nutrition, LLC - Shoreview, MN Rasta Imposta, Inc. - Runnemede, NJ Robert DuGrenier Associates, Inc. - Townshend, VT Royal Trade USA, Inc. - Bristol, PA Ruby Reef, Inc. - Randallstown, MD Ruff Puppies Collars - Durango, CO Ruff Wear, Inc. - Bend, OR Samsung Opto - Electronics America, Inc. (dba Samsung Techwin)- Ridgefield Park, NJ Select - A-Vision - Collegeville, PA Silver Lining Herbs - Buhl, ID Sixtrees Ltd. - Carteret, NY Small Dog Wonders Bakery LLC - Fairfax, VA Soggy Doggy Productions LLC - Larchmont, NY ST International - Las Vegas, NV Stengel Oils - Milbank, SD Stud Stopper - Hampton, VA Swamp Dogs of LA, LLC - Lafayette, LA Tea Tree Solutions LLC - Corte Madera, CA Tin Tin Trading, Inc. - Monterey Park, CA Trone Brand Energy, Inc. - High Point, NC Venison Joe's, Inc. - Van, TX Vets Choice - Deer Park, NY Vital Animal Health, LLC - Colorado Springs, CO Waggo - Brooklyn, NY Wash»n Zip Pet Bed LLC - Longwood, FL Wild Calling Pet Foods - Greeley, CO Wild Wings, LLC - Lake City, MN Wireless Whiskers - Clearwater, FL XPet LLC - Belleville, NJ Yeti Corporation - Bothell, WA Zippy Dynamics, Inc. - Brooklyn, NY International Members 4pets - Romanshorn, Switzerland AdyGil (Hong Kong) Products Company Limited - Hong Kong Alexans Technology (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd. - Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Angel Pet
Supplies, Inc. - Vaughan,
ON, Canada Bosco and Roxy's Inc. - London,
ON, Canada Branheim Co., Ltd. - Boeun - gun, Chungbuk, South Korea Caldex Ltd. - Halifax, West Yorkshire, England Californian Products (H.K.) Ltd. - Kowloon, Hong Kong Carna4, Inc. - Toronto, QC, Canada cdVet - Fuerstenau, Niedersachsen, Germany Class Art Productions, Inc. & Buddy Belts - Toronto,
ON, Canada Dalian Tangrong International Trading Co., Ltd. - ShenYang, Liaoning, China Danawares Corporation - Montreal, QC, Canada Dongyang Company - Busan, South Korea Eco Group - Montreal, QC, Canada Elmira Pet Products, Ltd. - Elmira,
ON, Canada Estella SRL - Valenza, Alessandria, AL, Italy Grainea Petfood Sp. z.o.o. Sp. k - Runowo, Poland Groupe Intersand Canada, Inc. - Boucherville, QC, Canada Gummi Pet Products International - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia HoundHouse LLC - Maroochydore, Australia Huzhou Meemoon Pet Products Co., Ltd. - Huzhou, Zhejiang, China Jiangsu Yongsheng Pet Products Co., Ltd. - Huaian, Jiangsu, China Jiangxi Welton Pet Products Co., Ltd. - Jian, Jiangxi, China Jinhu Huaxing Industry Co., Ltd. - Huaian, Jiangsu, China Kumar Steels, Inc. - Sonepat, Haryana, India Kunshan Dobaz Co., Ltd. - Kunshan, Jiangsu, China L. S. Arts and Crafts Co., Ltd. - Weihai, Shandong, China Laboratorios Bilper S.A. - Zamudio, Spain Lilmar GmbH / Maelson - Kirchheim Teck, Germany Linyi Qianyuan Arts and Crafts Co., Ltd. - Linyi, Shandong, China Luciana Gomes Bragion - EPP (Pet Med)- Rio Das Pedras, Sao Paulo, Brazil Luvgear - Dorval, QC, Canada Moderna Products - Izegem, Belgium Nanjing XiRong Clothing Factory - Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Ningbo Angel Leisure Products, Ltd. - Ningbo, Zhejiang, China Ningbo Hongdu Model Plastics Co., Ltd. - Ningbo, Zhejiang, China Ningbo Mass Joy Handicraft Articles & Gifts Co., Ltd. - Yuyao, Zhejiang, China Petsland Product Limited - N.T., Hong Kong Qingdao Yalute Foods Co., Ltd. - Qingdao, Shandong, China Rugao Lanbiao Pet Products Co., Ltd. - Rugao, Jiangsu, China Safcol Canada, Inc. - Burnaby, BC, Canada Shandong Sinchem Silica Gel Co., Ltd. - Tengzhou, Shandong, China Shanghai Pet Collection, Ltd. - Shanghai, China Shanghai TianMao Paper Products Co., Ltd. - Shanghai, China Shenzhen Jianfeng Electronic Pet Product Co., Ltd. - Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Smart Pet Solutions - Calgary, AB, Canada Southpoint S.A. - Santiago, Chile State Corporation Development, Ltd. - Kowloon, Hong Kong Sunner
World Trading Co., Ltd. - Shanghai, China Taizhou Sbelle Arts & Crafts Factory - Taizhou, Zhejiang, China Tianjin Ranova Petfood Co., Ltd. - Tianjin, China Tianjin Yiyi Hygiene Products Co., Ltd. - Tianjin, China Waggers Pet Products, Inc. - Calgary, AB, Canada Weihai Longfeng Silica Gel Co., Ltd. - Rushan, Shandong, China Yiwu Xiangsheng Stationery Co., Ltd. - Yiwu, Zhejiang, China Zee.Dog - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Zhejiang Kunyue Industrial and Trade Co., Ltd. - Taizhou, Zhejiang, China Zoo Active Products AB - Karlskoga, Sweden
With the
world of man
on the brink of extinction and
supplies running low, refugee's have to make due with what they can find, from cans of old
food to broken scissors, anything can mean the difference between life and death.
These wall hanging videos are based
on futuristic
food supplies, which are set in the artist's
world and completely manufactured.
It could be that the fragile agricultural / distribution (energy intensive)
food supply, energy procurement / production / distribution infrastructure, quality of basic life skills education, and social «getting alongness» between the various religions, countries, and «independent» peoples are larger here and now priorities than a new
world wide hedge fund modeled carbon trading scam that will make ZERO impact
on the weather and climate we live within for generations.
As oil exporting nations experience both declining oil production and increased domestic oil consumption, they will reduce oil exports to the U.S. Because the U.S. is highly dependent
on imported oil for transportation,
food production, industry, and residential heating, the nation will experience the impacts of declining oil
supplies sooner and more severely than much of the
world.
This, and many other countries run
on oil, and if the Peak Oil theorists are correct, this will be a Hobsons» Choice with regards to our future
food supply and where it comes from: Think Soilent Green: Yet it may look suspiciously like a twinkie or a Slim Jim processed by slaves from third
world countries... Hey wait, I think I'm talking about our present
food supply.
To ease global
food crisis, rice with submergence tolerance is needed: -2007 Bangladesh Tista / Jamuna Rivers flooded million hectares up to 3 weeks; cyclone Nargis flooded 1.75 M Irawaddy - grain
supply affected by population growth, diversion of grain to biofuels and to livestock as more people eat meat - funding contraints
on R&D - crippled developing
world extension systems
, lightning related insurance claims, Lyme disease, Malaria, malnutrition, Maple syrup shortage, marine diseases, marine
food chain decimated, Meaching (end of the
world), megacryometeors, Melanoma, methane burps, melting permafrost, migration, microbes to decompose soil carbon more rapidly, more bad air days, more research needed, mountains break up, mudslides, next ice age, Nile delta damaged, no effect in India, nuclear plants bloom, ocean acidification, outdoor hockey threatened, oyster diseases, ozone loss, ozone repair slowed, ozone rise, pests increase, plankton blooms, plankton loss, plant viruses, polar tours scrapped, psychosocial disturbances, railroad tracks deformed, rainfall increase, rainfall reduction, refugees, release of ancient frozen viruses, resorts disappear, rift on Capitol Hill, rivers raised, rivers dry up, rockfalls, rocky peaks crack apart, Ross river disease, salinity reduction, Salmonella, sea level rise, sex change, ski resorts threatened, smog, snowfall increase, snowfall reduction, societal collapse, songbirds change eating habits, sour grapes, spiders invade Scotland, squid population explosion, spectacular orchids, tectonic plate movement, ticks move northward (Sweden), tides rise, tree beetle attacks, tree foliage increase (UK), tree growth slowed, trees less colourful, trees more colourful, tropics expansion, tsunamis, Venice flooded, volcanic eruptions, walrus pups orphaned, wars over water, water bills double, water supply unreliability, water scarcity (20 % of increase), weeds, West Nile fever, whales move north, wheat yields crushed in Australia, white Christmas dream ends, wildfires, wine — harm to Australian industry, wine industry damage (California), wine industry disaster (US), wine — more English, wine — no more French, wind shift, winters in Britain colder, wolves eat more moose, wolves eat less, workers laid off, World bankruptcy, World in crisis, Yellow f
world), megacryometeors, Melanoma, methane burps, melting permafrost, migration, microbes to decompose soil carbon more rapidly, more bad air days, more research needed, mountains break up, mudslides, next ice age, Nile delta damaged, no effect in India, nuclear plants bloom, ocean acidification, outdoor hockey threatened, oyster diseases, ozone loss, ozone repair slowed, ozone rise, pests increase, plankton blooms, plankton loss, plant viruses, polar tours scrapped, psychosocial disturbances, railroad tracks deformed, rainfall increase, rainfall reduction, refugees, release of ancient frozen viruses, resorts disappear, rift
on Capitol Hill, rivers raised, rivers dry up, rockfalls, rocky peaks crack apart, Ross river disease, salinity reduction, Salmonella, sea level rise, sex change, ski resorts threatened, smog, snowfall increase, snowfall reduction, societal collapse, songbirds change eating habits, sour grapes, spiders invade Scotland, squid population explosion, spectacular orchids, tectonic plate movement, ticks move northward (Sweden), tides rise, tree beetle attacks, tree foliage increase (UK), tree growth slowed, trees less colourful, trees more colourful, tropics expansion, tsunamis, Venice flooded, volcanic eruptions, walrus pups orphaned, wars over water, water bills double, water
supply unreliability, water scarcity (20 % of increase), weeds, West Nile fever, whales move north, wheat yields crushed in Australia, white Christmas dream ends, wildfires, wine — harm to Australian industry, wine industry damage (California), wine industry disaster (US), wine — more English, wine — no more French, wind shift, winters in Britain colder, wolves eat more moose, wolves eat less, workers laid off,
World bankruptcy, World in crisis, Yellow f
World bankruptcy,
World in crisis, Yellow f
World in crisis, Yellow fever.
In the first major study to examine the effects of climate change
on ocean fisheries, a team of researchers from UBC and Princeton University discovered that catch potential will fall 40 percent in the tropics and may increase 30 to 70 percent in high latitude regions, affecting ocean
food supply throughout the
world by 2055.
Despite the complexity of global
food supply, here we show that simple measures of growing season temperatures and precipitation — spatial averages based
on the locations of each crop — explain ~ 30 % or more of year - to - year variations in global average yields for the
world's six most widely grown crops.
Based
on Lester Brown's latest book,
World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, this presentation highlights just a few of the most urgent threats to our global
food supply and the trends that created them.
Farmers and others who depend
on rural livelihoods for income are benefitting from rising agricultural productivity around the
world, including in parts of Asia and Africa where the need for increased
food supplies is most critical.
With 60 percent of the
world's grain harvest produced
on irrigated land, anything that reduces the irrigation water
supply reduces the
food supply.