Sentences with phrase «with food security»

by Trudi Zundel With food security threatened throughout the developing world, the global community has been paying a lot more attention to the effect of climate change on agriculture.

In one interview, eco-activist Vandana Shiva asserts: «The second Green Revolution has nothing to do with food security it is about returns to Monsanto's profits patenting is the real aim.

More irrigation water in the future may require agricultural expansion to help with food security whereas less water might mean the region moving out of agricultural altogether, decisions with major implications for investment in regional infrastructure.

«But climate change has increased the odds to the point that organisations concerned with food security or global stability need to be aware of this risk.»

The G8 pledge to ensure that biofuel policies are compatible with food security comes in the wake of the leaked World Bank report that the push for biofuels accounts for 75 % of the food crisis by competing with food crops for agricultural land.

This sector is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and commonly associated with food security.

First, the researchers show how growing native perennial species on marginal lands - land not used for food production because of low fertility or other reasons — avoids competition with food security, and provides the greatest potential for climate mitigation and biodiversity benefits.

The project, when completed, will be in line with the food security and livelihood project code - named, «Communities United in...

This can help with food security, and shift us towards a more resource efficient economy.

When combined with food security they provide a powerful case for city and rural communities alike.

There are also concerns of harm to industry, and to people already struggling with food security — who need calories wherever they can get them.

There were librarians and archivists focused on copyright term extension and digital locks; several doctors spoke to the impact of the TPP on public health and access to medicines, food experts highlighted the dangers associated with food security, environmental activists focused on the TPP and climate change, and speakers of all ages (including a 92 year old woman) expressed concern with the investor - state dispute resolution provisions.

Not exact matches

Thus China's new strategy for food security includes controlling its global supply chain from beginning to end, and the chain begins with seeds.

Giggling employees pass through a mock security entrance manned by «flight attendants» into a cavernous space filled with music, beer, food and versions of the airport's screens, with all their movies running at full tilt.

A version of this article appears in the May 1, 2017 issue of Fortune with the headline «China's $ 43 Billion Bid for Food Security.»

That means luxurious lounges with free food and drinks, separate security areas with everything handled for you and no lines — ever.

Instead of spending tax dollars on programs such as welfare, food stamps, Medicare and Social Security for some of the population, give an equal amount to everyone and be done with it.

From hundreds of applicants, the team initially prioritized fellow New Orleans entrepreneurs, including Acrodisiac, a performing acrobatics duo with a «sensual edge»; Kiss Your Grits, a low - cost food truck that offers healthy breakfast options; and Carré Quest, which creates custom made security doors out of used bicycle parts.

«They get a well - established conglomerate with a property portfolio, and for the food and beverage segment, there are a lot of ways Thai Beverage and F&N can cooperate together and derive synergy,» said Goh Han Peng, an analyst at DMG & Partners Securities in Singapore.

Together with our customers, we are committed to raising awareness about global food security, and celebrating and supporting the human - animal bond.

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The ocean technology sector in Atlantic Canada has evolved in parallel with activities in related industries, including defence and security, energy, marine transportation, ocean science and observation, and food and tourism.

Arguably we should be doing even more in terms of food security, but for all — it has nothing to do with supply management.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Food waste is an urgent global issue, with substantial repercussions in terms of both food security and the environmFood waste is an urgent global issue, with substantial repercussions in terms of both food security and the environmfood security and the environment.

We work with entrepreneurs, researchers, elected officials, regulators, the media, and institutions to create a seamless transition away from factory farmed animal products and toward alternatives that are better for our environment, food security, global health, and animals.

Mason, who lives off $ 865 a month in Social Security and $ 165 monthly in food stamps, said she'd like to get a room or a small apartment she could share with a roommate.

APF Canada is dedicated to strengthening ties between Canada and Asia with a focus on expanding economic relations through trade, investment and innovation; promoting Canada's expertise in offering solutions to Asia's climate change, energy, food security and natural resource management challenges; building Asia skills and competencies among Canadians, including young Canadians; and, improving Canadians» general understanding of Asia and its growing global influence.

The same people who protest international support for third - world countries saying «we need to take care of our own first» are ironically the same people who actually want to abolish food stamps, the WIC program, free school lunches, welfare and social security in the US, never mind the fact that the people who benefit from these programs are the ones who cut their lawns, clean their homes, serve their meals in restaurants, and build their houses, all while going home to a tiny apartment they share with 6 other people and finding nothing to eat in the house but a can of green beans because payday is still 2 days off and there's only enough gas in the car to get them to work the next two days, so driving around town for 2 hours trying to find an open food bank isn't an option.

It meant taking those who were in some sort of need or danger, and providing them with food, lodging, safety, and security.

In tune with this global rhetoric, the United Front Government in its Common Minimum Program made eradication of poverty as its main emphasis along with a seven - point agenda for ensuring safe drinking water, primary education for all, primary health care, housing, food security, road networks and mid-day meals to be implemented by A.D. 2000.

Regardless, he's tracked down his social security card, got a state ID, got food stamps, and last week got an «Obama phone» i.e. free government phone with 500 minutes per month.

Preemptive Love Coalition wants to empower women like Sozan and set these women who ISIS would like make invisible free to care for their kids with dignity and long - term security, so these mothers can provide food, water, shelter, clothes, and healthcare for themselves.

When NGOs face obstacles in creating effective nutrition and food security programs with in - kind food aid, they turn to monetization of the food aid as a way of generating funds for transportation and other logistical costs, and for development projects in agriculture, primary education and other key areas.

Besides being «very rich», MItt Romney has said again, that he does have a problem with the middle - class, baby - bommers, senior citizens, veterans, disabled, AARP members, Social Security and benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and the poor, and homeless in America.

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IFOAM Food Security Advocacy expert Cristina Grandi will lead the IFOAM delegation and collaborate with the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) and NOGAMU (National Organic Agriculture Movement of Uganda).

In an article posted on The Atlantic's website last week, Gary Paul Nabhan, co-author of Chasing Chiles: Hot Spots Along the Pepper Trail, addressed the relationship between farming in the Southwest and climate change — both food production and food security have been cast into question with the growing scarcity of water and unpredictable growing seasons and weather patterns, such as drought.

Nabhan points out that with water capacity near its limit for cities and rural agricultural areas, «food security in the Southwest depends upon the security of water supplies being delivered to irrigable land.

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.

Foremost in their minds now is food security, something that the City of Davao has been proud of being the first with a local initiative in 2010 to pass the Organic Agriculture Ordinance ahead of Republic Act 10068 (Organic Agriculture Act of 2010) on the same year.

Farmer - leaders from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao shared their experiences with MASIPAG sustainable agriculture, and how it has helped them realized food security and empowerment.

Anthony Rodale, chairman emeritus Grandson of Rodale Institute's founder, J.I. Rodale, Anthony was inspired to help farmers and gardeners become more productive while growing their food in balance with nature after photographing a food security workshop in Kenya with the Rodale Institute's international team.

* A side event under the title «Bio-sequestration vs. geo - sequestration (CCS)- Organic solutions to Climate Change and Food security» was held jointly with the World Future Council on Thursday, December 17.

«What this achieves for the business is to take Australian manufactured product, with its distinct food security advantage, into Asian markets with the benefit of an established distribution force,» Musgrave said.

The world's food security would be ensured even with over 9 billion people in 2050, agricultural land area would not increase, greenhouse gas emissions would be lowered and the negative effects of today's intensive food systems, such as nitrogen surplus and high pesticide exposure, would be greatly reduced.

It's all to do with future food security», she adds.

We believe that these will contribute to food security in these areas once the new varieties are released,» said Dr. Tsutomu Ishimaru (in photo above), an IRRI and JIRCAS rice breeder who is now leading the work to develop new varieties with the SPIKE gene.

Impossible Foods announced the successful closing of about $ 114 million in convertible note financing.The food technology startup has raised approximately $ 214 million in the past 18 months for a total venture funding of about $ 396 million since the company's founding, according to documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

As issues around food security and sustainability grow, customers will demand products with greater provenance information and accurate vendor claims.