Sentences with phrase «problem of food security»

And they have considered climate change as a problem of food security, with implications for human health, and as threat to vital sources of protein.

Surely, smarter planning of existing land - use, and modernizing agricultural practices (such as «digital farming» in rural Shanghai) would more directly address the underlying problem of food security.

The whole problem of food security is bound to become a serious problem.

I learnt about how others play their collective part in solving problems of food security.

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Reducing food loss in supermarkets is an important issue in terms of the efforts to increase profit in supermarkets, to increase income for small farmers supplying to supermarkets, and to improve food security in urban areas, as well as avoid environmental problems caused by food waste.

Feeding America also supports programs that improve food security among the people we serve; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry.

«To ensure food security for every child, woman and man, we must intensify food production while at the same time address the problems of distribution, and end shocking levels of food spoilage and loss.

The alleged proof of a «hunger problem» comes from a 2011 USDA study on childhood «food security» — a nonsense USDA term that is not synonymous with either child nutrition or child hunger.

Food insecurity — even marginal food security (a less severe level of hardship often not included as food insecurity)-- is associated with some of the most common and costly health problems among adults and older adults, including fair or poor health status, diabetes, obesity (primarily among women), hypertension, and depressFood insecurity — even marginal food security (a less severe level of hardship often not included as food insecurity)-- is associated with some of the most common and costly health problems among adults and older adults, including fair or poor health status, diabetes, obesity (primarily among women), hypertension, and depressfood security (a less severe level of hardship often not included as food insecurity)-- is associated with some of the most common and costly health problems among adults and older adults, including fair or poor health status, diabetes, obesity (primarily among women), hypertension, and depressfood insecurity)-- is associated with some of the most common and costly health problems among adults and older adults, including fair or poor health status, diabetes, obesity (primarily among women), hypertension, and depression.

That, unfortunately, is one example of a rising problem: Steep food costs have tattered the U.S. food - security safety net, even as demand for...

Some practical problems arising from the issues mentioned above in Iraq are: 1) the lack of security during and after displacement (between areas controlled by ISIS and the government controlled locations); and 2) the barriers to access basic services such as WASH, shelter, food, education, child protection and Gender Based Violence, among others.

One of the biggest problems our world faces today is the issue of food security.

«Food security is much more than a production problem — it reflects above all a lack of access to food and a lack of income,» he sFood security is much more than a production problem — it reflects above all a lack of access to food and a lack of income,» he sfood and a lack of income,» he said.

«Almost a third of the households were food insecure, and more than 16 percent had very low food security, meaning they were skipping meals, at risk for experiencing hunger and probably missing work and school and suffering health problems as a result,» said study lead author Michelle Kaiser, an assistant professor of social work at Ohio State.

It could also greatly improve yields in existing corn - growing regions of the world where food security remains a major problem.

Professor Jaimie Dick, from the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen's School of Biological Sciences, is calling on the EU to commit long - term investment in a European - wide strategy to manage the problem.

Many extol the virtues of synthetic biology as providing potential solutions to human health problems, food security, and energy needs.

«Swirling, gusty winds in Earth's atmosphere affect problems at the nexus of landscape degradation, food security and epidemiological factors affecting human health,» Anderson said.

«A broad range of efforts are needed to move towards sustainable food security for all,» Aschemann - Witzel writes, «and each individual consumer contributes both to the problem and the solution.»

Research suffers from bad press nowadays, and some of it is justified (data doctoring, nonreproducible published data), so our mission is to remind people that science is still as relevant, fascinating, and useful an endeavor as it has always been and that our society needs science to help tackle the big problems that we are facing, ranging from the transition toward nonfossil - based energies to food security.

«Partnership is crucial if we are to succeed in tackling the undeniable, shared problems of climate change and energy, or food and security,» Poto?nik said.

Working individually or in groups, D&T students addressed some of the common problems associated with cycling, including: safety, load carrying, bicycle security, and energy rich food products.

Aristotle's famous solution to this problem was to optimize human fulfillment by balancing the satisfactions of all the human appetites — from food and sex to the disinterested contemplation of truth — keeping society's need for civility and security in mind as well.

A community that has a lot of food security problems, human security problems, access to education — all these pressures come in and communities just give up and say, we'll take it one day at a time.

This flurry of research and review is of course timed to help world leaders at Davos concentrate on the longer - term problems of climate change, environmental degradation, and food security, in addition to immediate problems of economic stagnation, poverty, conflict and so on.

As a global objective and given the highest priority it is a solution to critical problems of biodiversity loss, development, food security and resilience to drought and flood.

As a global objective and given the highest priority it is a solution to critical problems of biodiversity loss, much needed development, food security, resilience to drought and flood and greenhouse gas emissions.

Leaving the work under the Paris Agreement that is already weak enough for the year 2020 leaves us with four years of inaction that will have irreversible consequences such as the disappearance of small island nations, threatening of agriculture and food security, displacement of frontline communities, health problems like never before.

In the report, they state: «In reality, the problem is lack of food security, inadequate water supply, high risk of catastrophic fires, climate change and loss of species.

... 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.