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There are clearly safer ways to assure world food security in the next several decades.

Our voice was also heard at the UN's Committee on world Food Security in Rome as Australasian delegate.

Not exact matches

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.

Cassava yields well in poor soils, is drought - resistant and the roots give food security during droughts and famine making it an ideal crop for poorer areas in the world.

It's out total lack of love in the world that condems us all to lives of fear in every aspect, land, food, shelter, money, health, relationships, security, employment, education, freedom of speach, travel, leisure, family, freedom to live ones life without prejudice.

«The impacts are already evident in many places in the world,» says David Lobell, a professor at Stanford University's center for food security.

On 17 — 21 October, the annual meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome.During the first day, FAO launched its flagship publication on The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this year.

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«This year's World Food Day theme is about family farming, and their significant role in achieving food security, sustainable livelihoods and rural development,» said Cris Panerio, regional coordinator for MASIPAG - LuFood Day theme is about family farming, and their significant role in achieving food security, sustainable livelihoods and rural development,» said Cris Panerio, regional coordinator for MASIPAG - Lufood security, sustainable livelihoods and rural development,» said Cris Panerio, regional coordinator for MASIPAG - Luzon.

And on the world - food security front, ARS» Stuttgart center is closing in on genes that regulate rice's uptake and storage of iron, thiamine and other important vitamins and minerals — a pursuit that could bolster the nutritional value of this cereal grain crop as a staple food for roughly half the world's population.

In a world where food security is one of the most pressing development challenges, finding immediate ways to address the needs of a growing and rapidly urbanising population, while limiting food losses and waste, is becoming a key priority for our sector.

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.

To meet the world's growing food security needs and face the parallel challenges of improving nutrition and reducing poverty under a changing global climate, a second — science - based — Green Revolution in agriculture is already under way.

As a plant geneticist, attending this conference helped me to have better understanding about the food waste and loss in the world and new areas that I can apply my expertise to help improve food security in the world.

This allows me to appreciate that though there may be no serious food security issues in my own country (Fiji), there are people in some parts of the world that are dying to be fed.

In conclusion, the conference was very informative and I was able to gain more knowledge on food security issues in some developing countries and the role that international agriculture research plays in developing a food secure worlIn conclusion, the conference was very informative and I was able to gain more knowledge on food security issues in some developing countries and the role that international agriculture research plays in developing a food secure worlin some developing countries and the role that international agriculture research plays in developing a food secure worlin developing a food secure world.

The major benefits of the 3 day - long conference for me was gaining insight and understanding pertaining to international agriculture and food security issues encountered in different countries of the world.

In establishing an international rice futures market, Singapore could also play an important part in helping the world achieve food security, keeping rice prices affordable for poor rice consumers, and ensuring its own supply of rice into the futurIn establishing an international rice futures market, Singapore could also play an important part in helping the world achieve food security, keeping rice prices affordable for poor rice consumers, and ensuring its own supply of rice into the futurin helping the world achieve food security, keeping rice prices affordable for poor rice consumers, and ensuring its own supply of rice into the future.

The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) were endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on 11 May 2012.

The third EAT Stockholm Food brings together some of the world's brightest people in the fields of science, politics, business and civil society to shift food systems toward greater sustainability, health, security, and equity within the boundaries of our plaFood brings together some of the world's brightest people in the fields of science, politics, business and civil society to shift food systems toward greater sustainability, health, security, and equity within the boundaries of our plafood systems toward greater sustainability, health, security, and equity within the boundaries of our planet.

The COMEXPOSIUM Group, one of the world's leading event organizers, is involved in more than 170 B2C and B2B events across 11 different sectors, including food, agriculture, fashion, security, digital, construction, high - tech, optics and transport.

We have also worked, through our business and the PepsiCo Foundation, to help advance nutrition and food security in communities around the world.

Many of the largest food brands in the world trust the OSI Group to provide unsurpassed food safety and food quality assurance because they know it ensures brand security.

I think there are going to be, need to be, a lot of practical outcomes for food security in the world in the not too distant future.

The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2008: High Food Prices and Food Security: Threats and Opportunities

By purchasing Alter Eco quinoa, consumers are supporting the efforts of the brand and the United Nations alike to ensure food security, economic justice, and biodiversity in some of the poorest parts of the world.

Consider the fact that Nestlé is the largest promoter of infant formula in the world, a product that is neither affordable nor safe in many communities and which erodes the food security of infants and young children, the most vulnerable members of society.

The Global Food Security programme is the UK's main public funders of food - related research and training are working together through the Global Food Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining resourFood Security programme is the UK's main public funders of food - related research and training are working together through the Global Food Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining resourfood - related research and training are working together through the Global Food Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining resourFood Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining resourfood using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining resources.

«Higher temperatures and changes in precipitation result in pressure on yields from important crops in much of the world,» says IFPRI agricultural economist Gerald Nelson, an author of the report, «Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security: Impacts and Costs of Adaptation to 2050».

In a world where more than one billion people do not have enough to eat, and our future food security is threatened by climate change and an ever - growing population, it is essential to improve the control of crop diseases like fusarium ear blight around the globe.

So you've already begun to set up a kind of haves and have - nots, an imbalance where the poorest people in the world who vitally depend on agriculture as a development tool, in addition to providing food security, are now being even further disadvantaged.

Even the World Bank endorses small farms as the way to increase agricultural output in developing nations where food security remains a pressing issue.

This is especially important in parts of the world with less food security.

The models show that climate change is a less influential driver of global food security than income, population and productivity — but it could still pose a significant risk to the nutrition levels of people living in the world's poorest regions, Baldos said.

«Discovering new uses for different types of natural food grade microbes in waste - to - nutrient technology is the latest breakthrough by NTU chemical and bioengineers, which can help to address the food security issues faced by the world presently,» Assoc Prof Xu said.

However, energy should not further perpetuate the climate change that is taking away the land, food, and security of many people in the world.

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

The greatest challenges the world faces: food security, climate change, loss of biodiversity, the aging population and disease can all ultimately be addressed through biology based research,» Mark Downs, head of the Society of Biology said in a statement.

«Milk in the Data: Food Security Impacts from a Livestock Field Experiment in Zambia» appears in World Development.

The illicit trade in wildlife and wildlife parts is now a multi-billion industry decimating iconic animal populations, undermining security across nations, and threatening ecosystems, food security, human health, and livelihoods among the world's poorest communities.

The McKnight Foundation has a remit to improve the quality of life in the world, promoting food security and funding a crop research program.

«We know that the pressures of increasing food security will only get bigger as population and economic growth pressure the world's food system,» writes Foley, who is not involved in the work, «and understanding how and where yields can still improve is vital to improving food security.»

I think the evidence is pretty clear that for instance, local, labor — intensive, low - input agriculture is the smartest option from much of the world, both in terms of providing jobs, security, stability and food, and in making those ecological systems robust enough to withstand the damage that's coming, that's already here.

«It's about food security in the developing world.»

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.

the energy - food - water nexus as the three pillars upon which civilization rests and the political, cultural, technological, and economic challenges faced in the Middle East and around the world in relation to water, food, and energy security; and

The results of this participatory approach, presented in Nature this week, may help to close yield gaps - differences between farmers» actual yields and those thought to be attainable in a given region - and enhance food security in other parts of the world, the authors propose.

Furthermore, scientists and technologists working in the public sector have developed breakthroughs in disease resistance and resistance to drought and other stresses; some of these advances are being used to increase productivity of crops of importance in Africa and Asia and reflect a growing interest in food security around the world.

Unfortunately, he adds, that there hasn't been an improvement in the stocks of fish and continued depletion threatens world food security.

They're one of the most sustainable and nutritious protein sources found in nature and could be part of a solution to all the challenges around food and feed security as the world's population continues to rise, and with it, the demand for food.