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UK future food security threatened complacency, MPs warn
2014-07-01 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UKs ability to feed itself is threatened by complacency over the extreme weather driven by climate change and increasing competition for food as the worlds population grows, MPs warned on Tuesday. The environment, food and rural affairs (Efra) select committee said ministers must put plans in place to secure supplies of fruit and vegetables and the soya needed to feed the nations dairy herds, noting that the UKs self-sufficiency for food that can be grown domestically has fallen from...
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FAO Says Iraq Faces Serious Food Security Due to Conflict
2014-06-26 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRAQ - A favourable crop forecast for 2014 is now in jeopardy as people flee their homes and farms during main harvest and amid the recent escalation of conflict in a large swath of the Iraq, reports the FAO.
Global Food Security Index Improves
2014-05-28 18:26:00| National Hog Farmer
SOURCE: DuPont Measure of key factors related to food security show positive signs in new report. read more
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Asia readies food security defences against El Nino threat
2014-05-26 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Asia's governments are scrambling to head off the potential impact of a weather phenomenon that in the past has driven food prices to levels that sparked social unrest. With lessons learned, Indonesia's government is handing out calendars to farmers setting out early planting dates. Malaysia and the Philippines are working to manage water supplies and India has bolstered its food stockpiles. They are aiming to reduce the impact of the so-called El Nino, a weather pattern that can bring drought...
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Bees can be harnessed to boost food security, Flinders University researchers say
2014-05-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcast Corpation: Researchers from Flinders University say bees are an important indicator of a changing global climate and making best use of them is the key to future food security. Adelaide PhD student Scott Groom has used mathematical modelling to determine changes in bee populations across the South Pacific region over the past 20,000 years. "We see a really large decline in bee populations that coincides with the last glacial maximum (ice age), at which time we had lowering sea levels and everything getting...
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