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Researchers Combine Food Security Knowledge
2013-10-08 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
NETHERLANDS - Scientists investigating world food issues should unite themselves to provide a sound scientific basis for food security policies.
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Uncertainty hampering food security
2013-10-04 08:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: More than 600 scientists gathered in the Netherlands for a global food security conference, described as the first of its kind. Organisers said science could help end uncertainty surrounding efforts to meet the food needs of future generations. They added that, until now, there were many policy debates on food security but there was no scientific forum for researchers to share knowledge. The next food security conference will be held in the US in 2015. "A really key message from the conference...
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Dow AgroSciences Launches Food Security Initiative
2013-10-03 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
INDIANAPOLIS — OCT. 3, 2013 —Today, 925 million people worldwide do not have enough food to eat to sustain themselves. One in five people in Greater Indianapolis are hungry and 50 percent of those hungry are children. This is why Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences has launched an employee-led food security initiative in collaboration with Indianapolis Hunger Network and international organizations. read more
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Food Security Remains a Problem in Djibouti
2013-09-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
DJIBOUTI - Favourable “karan/karma” rains which occur between July to September have improved pasture conditions and water availability in most north-western inland pastoral areas.
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Biofuel crops: food security must come first
2013-08-29 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Since 2003, the UK and other EU countries have effectively poured billions of euros into biofuels, on the premise that they reduce emissions from transport. But it has been an expensive case of the Emperor's new clothes: we now know that many biofuel crops actually increase overall emissions. At the same time, they damage biodiversity, hurt some of the world's poorest people by pushing up food prices, and cost us an estimated 460m each year. Early in September, the European Parliament will have...
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