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Ensuring food security for the future
2013-11-20 11:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Access to an adequate and nutritious diet is about more than agricultural productivity. Which factors contribute to food insecurity, how do they relate to other development challenges, and what can scientific knowledge bring to efforts to tackle hunger and malnutrition? This Spotlight presents an in-depth analysis including opinions, facts and figures, key reports and useful links. Rikin Gandhi, TED Fellow and CEO of development organisation Digital Green; Joe DeVries, Director of the Program...
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Climate change threatens food security
2013-10-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Vision: The unpredictable rain attributed to the changing climate is threatening food security and the economy, according to leading experts on Climate Change. According to Robert Ddamulira, the regional coordinator on energy at the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), the observable climate trends in recent years demonstrate an increased unpredictability of when it would rain. "Farmers are losing a great deal of investments in seed planted at the wrong time,' he said, adding that this has also led to...
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DuPont CEO Announces Progress on 2020 Food Security Goals at World Food Prize
2013-10-16 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
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DuPont CEO Announces Progress on 2020 Food Security Goals at World Food Prize
2013-10-16 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
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Climate Change Threatens Food Security in Nigeria, Others
2013-10-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
This Day: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has warned of an impending threat to food security in Nigeria and 10 other nations in the West African region. According to the institute, crisis would only be averted if deliberate efforts are made by both governments and the private sector to include climate change adaptation to food security investment in the region. The IFPRI survey that led to this caution used sophisticated modeling and available data to develop future scenarios...
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