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.
Not exact matches
According to The Washington Post, a TSA official said «there has been no nationwide
policy change requiring people to remove
food from their carry -
ons to get through
security.
(He also actively pursues issues relating to immigration
policies,
food security, safe water for First Nations, species at risk, the plastics problem, healthy living — the list goes
on.)
IFOAM produced a briefing paper ahead of the conference outlining its concerns regarding the potential impact of the
policy architecture being discussed
on smallholders,
food security and hunger.
We call
on governments at all levels to come together as a matter of urgency to develop in collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities, health and community sector peak bodies and other key stakeholders, a
policy framework, funding commitments and national action plan for
food sovereignty and
food security.
Grocery Manufacturers Association The voice of the $ 500 billion
food processing industry
on scientific and public
policy issues involving
food safety,
food security, nutrition, technical and regulatory matters and consumer affairs worldwide.
This was my first real introduction to the effects of
policy around
food security; I found it extremely interesting and will endeavour to learn more
on the subject.
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At a symposium hosted by the Chicago Council
on Global Affairs, several Champions will demonstrate to
policy advisors, companies, and leading global research institutions how reducing
food loss and waste is a pillar for achieving
food security.
(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;
In a speech read by Director of
Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation at the Ministry of Information, Patricia Dovi Samson,
on his behalf, in Bolgatanga at the «training of trainers» Agric Minister, Owusu Afriyie Akoto said the census when completed will provide reliable statistics for planning and monitoring
food security and livelihood improvements.
The council, in its assignment, is also expected to take cognisance of regional and global
policies as well as trends which have implications
on Nigeria's
food security.
Christopher Scott is an interdisciplinary scholar and practitioner whose work focuses
on water
security, river - basin resilience, groundwater depletion, the water - energy -
food nexus, water reuse, transboundary adaptive management, climate resilience and science -
policy dialogues.
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.
Sander J. Zwart, principal researcher at AfricaRice: «Strategic knowledge
on the when and where of rice production supports the debate
on food security and the development and implementation of
policies across Africa.
The Cartagena based Inter-American Center for Peace and
Security (ICPS) fills a gap in policy coordination and cooperation on peace, environmental issues, food, health, energy, immigration, security and cultural exchanges, combating drug trade and promoting good governance and human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples in the Caribbean and Latin
Security (ICPS) fills a gap in
policy coordination and cooperation
on peace, environmental issues,
food, health, energy, immigration,
security and cultural exchanges, combating drug trade and promoting good governance and human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples in the Caribbean and Latin
security and cultural exchanges, combating drug trade and promoting good governance and human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples in the Caribbean and Latin America.
«
Food insecurity and the hunger crisis was much more widespread and posed a serious threat to national
security and the economy,» says Matt Sharp, senior advocate for the California
Food Policy Advocates, a public policy organization focused on antipoverty initia
Policy Advocates, a public
policy organization focused on antipoverty initia
policy organization focused
on antipoverty initiatives.
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During a panel discussion with senior global leaders at the Chicago Council
on Global Affairs Symposium «Advancing
Food and Nutrition Security at the G8 Summit» in Washington, Jeff Simmons urged leaders to take action now to address the challenge of developing more efficient food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availabil
Food and Nutrition
Security at the G8 Summit» in Washington, Jeff Simmons urged leaders to take action now to address the challenge of developing more efficient
food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availabil
food production systems and pressed for
policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger,
food inflation and food availabil
food inflation and
food availabil
food availability.
Then, with their freely - chosen support, the sky is the limit: reallocate sections of the defense budget to selective nation - building; change agricultural
policy to favor sustainable home - grown
food where possible in the interests of health and national
security; create programs that encourage Americans to help with sanitation, agriculture and birth control in developing countries; slice away the parts of government that get in the way (thereby freeing up the budget); protect citizen and consumer's rights; strictly regulate pollution; shut down destabilizing financial schemes, and eventually earn enough respect in the world that we're not the only ones
on the bandwagon.
There are currently no safeguards in UK or EU
policy for dealing with the impact of biofuels
on food security (see our story of 31 January, Biofuels needn't cause hunger) and deforestation (see our story of 30 January, Tropical peatlands «haemorrhage» fossil carbon)..
ROME, Italy — Today Civil Society movements blamed Governments negotiating
on biofuels at the Committee
on World
Food security for defending the interests of the biofuels industry rather than the interests of people pushed into hunger by biofuel
policies.
She has published and presented widely
on food security, water
policy, and environmental issues in China and the United States.
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India water Portal: India like many other developing countries has focused its agricultural
policies on increasing agricultural production to meet
food security.
The Initiative collaborates closely with countries in the Near East in the development of coherent and evidence - based
policy and programmes to meet their demands
on food security and nutrition whilst building resilience and promoting sustainable agriculture.
In particular it focuses
on gender, agriculture and
food security, and covers the following themes: the different roles of men and women in agriculture and
food security in Africa; climatic stresses
on agricultural production, and
food and nutritional
security and the gender dimensions of these stresses; and the need and options for integrating gender perspectives in agricultural and
food security policies.
Gleick's 2007 congressional testimony and comments by settledscience can not hide the cruelty of government
policies that left so many citizens hopeless, homelessness, unemployed, using
food pantries or
food stamps to get
food, living in homeless shelters (Agape homes), getting funds for unemployment, welfare, social
security, disability, living with parents, or attending college
on borrowed government funds with no way to find a field of study that will assure employment after graduation.
Because of the looming specter of climate change that is threatening to disrupt agriculture, we may find that energy
policies will have an even greater effect
on future
food security than agricultural
policies do.
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The results of this model - based study fall in line with the previous work of Idso (2013), who calculated similar CO2 - induced benefits
on global crop production by mid-century based
on real - world experimental data, both of which studies reveal that
policy prescriptions designed to limit the upward trajectory of atmospheric CO2 concentrations can have very real, and potentially serious, repercussions for global
food security.
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Fourteen case studies
on the role of women in urban agriculture and urban
food security and draft guidelines for gender mainstreaming of urban agriculture projects and
policies were discussed.
Recent reports by the National Research Council (NRC), the New England Complex Systems Institute (CSI), the UN Committee
on World
Food Security (CWFS), and Iowa State University (ISU) all acknowledge that biofuel policies put upward pressure on food and feed pri
Food Security (CWFS), and Iowa State University (ISU) all acknowledge that biofuel
policies put upward pressure
on food and feed pri
food and feed prices.
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The NRC and ISU studies argue that U.S. biofuel
policies have only modest impacts
on grain prices whereas the CSI and CWFS studies indicate that biofuel
policies contributed significantly to the 2008 global
food crisis and / or pose significant risks to global
food security today.
The CGIAR Research Program
on Climate Change, Agriculture and
Food Security (CCAFS) will address the increasing challenge of global warming and declining food security on agricultural practices, policies and measures through a strategic collaboration between CGIAR and Future Ea
Food Security (CCAFS) will address the increasing challenge of global warming and declining food security on agricultural practices, policies and measures through a strategic collaboration between CGIAR and Futur
Security (CCAFS) will address the increasing challenge of global warming and declining
food security on agricultural practices, policies and measures through a strategic collaboration between CGIAR and Future Ea
food security on agricultural practices, policies and measures through a strategic collaboration between CGIAR and Futur
security on agricultural practices,
policies and measures through a strategic collaboration between CGIAR and Future Earth.
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.
This
policy document discusses the impact of climate change
on water resources and, consequently,
food security.
Urban
policies need to incorporate
food security considerations and focus more
on building cities that are more resilient to crises.
It provides concrete
policy recommendations for what needs to be done to reduce the impact
on rural livelihoods, health,
food security, urban slums, and disaster vulnerability.
The session agenda contained several priority topics, including sustainable energy in the Arab region, especially energy
security and regional integration, technology adaptation
policy and potential for local manufacturing of adequate renewable energy equipment and a regional agenda for the implementation of the United Nations Decade
on Sustainable Energy for All, as well as natural resources management for sustainable development, including the post-2015 development agenda from the perspective of the Arab region and the energy - water -
food nexus in the Arab region.
The NAMA focuses
on a set of interventions and measures related to
policy development, technical assistance, and access to finance that will be integrated within sustainable commercial oriented investment activities that contribute to enhanced agriculture productivity, climate change mitigation and adaptation, improved
food security, and increased incomes.
... most of the problems our
food system faces today are because of its reliance
on fossil fuels, and to the extent that our
policies wring the oil out of the system and replace it with the energy of the sun, those
policies will simultaneously improve the state of our health, our environment and our
security.
Opening a UN
food crisis summit in Rome, Jacques Diouf attacked the subsidies for corn ethanol during a wide - ranging critique of global
policies on climate change and
food security, which he said were slanted to favour the west.