Sentences with phrase «part of a global food security»

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

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They also understand that Asia is the source of, and increasingly a big part of the solution to, challenges to global security, the environment, health, and food safety.

Livestock were emphasised by several speakers as an important aspect of global food and nutrition security, forming part of stable ecosystems when incorporated properly.

The innovation represented by the DuPont Awards winners is one part of the solution needed to improve global food security.

Professor Peter Horton FRS, Chief Research Advisor to the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures at the University of Sheffield and corresponding author of the paper, said: «Our findings bring into focus a key part of the food security challenge — resolving the major conflicts embedded in the agri - food system, whose primary purpose is to make money not to provide sustainable global food security.

For example, a large body of research has found switching to an entirely vegetarian diet would make a huge difference on the carbon footprint of our food system — the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the cafood system — the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the caFood Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the cards.

During the evening, the team highlighted the GM's work to support communities across the Sahel in climate resilient development, as part of the Great Green Wall initiative and its efforts to scale up the Great Green Wall Initiative, to jointly «Grow a World Wonder», since the Great Green Wall is part of the solution to many global challenges, including food security, conflict prevention and environmental migration.

In the summer of 2015, Dr. Smyth was part of a large group of scientists at the University of Saskatchewan that received $ 37 million targeted towards designing crops that will improve global food security.

Global climate change risks are high to very high with global mean temperature increase of 4 °C or more above preindustrial levels in all reasons for concern (Assessment Box SPM.1), and include severe and widespread impacts on unique and threatened systems, substantial species extinction, large risks to global and regional food security, and the combination of high temperature and humidity compromising normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors in some areas for parts of the year (high confidGlobal climate change risks are high to very high with global mean temperature increase of 4 °C or more above preindustrial levels in all reasons for concern (Assessment Box SPM.1), and include severe and widespread impacts on unique and threatened systems, substantial species extinction, large risks to global and regional food security, and the combination of high temperature and humidity compromising normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors in some areas for parts of the year (high confidglobal mean temperature increase of 4 °C or more above preindustrial levels in all reasons for concern (Assessment Box SPM.1), and include severe and widespread impacts on unique and threatened systems, substantial species extinction, large risks to global and regional food security, and the combination of high temperature and humidity compromising normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors in some areas for parts of the year (high confidglobal and regional food security, and the combination of high temperature and humidity compromising normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors in some areas for parts of the year (high confidence).

As Prof Peirs Forster, an IPCC lead author, wrote of the seminal study he led in 2012: «Food Security: Near future projections of the impact of drought in Asia» «Research released today shows that within the next 10 years large parts of Asia can expect increased risk of more severe droughts, which will impact regional and possibly even global food securFood Security: Near future projections of the impact of drought in Asia» «Research released today shows that within the next 10 years large parts of Asia can expect increased risk of more severe droughts, which will impact regional and possibly even global food sSecurity: Near future projections of the impact of drought in Asia» «Research released today shows that within the next 10 years large parts of Asia can expect increased risk of more severe droughts, which will impact regional and possibly even global food securfood securitysecurity.

It is part of their 10 - year program, The CIGAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and it will be the role of the commission to devise new policies on global agriculture so that the world is better prepared for climate change.

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