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Climate Change and Global Food Security: Prof David Battisti
2016-09-02 03:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
YouTube: Understanding Climate Change
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Fostering Sustainable, Resilient Food Security In Nigeria
2016-07-11 22:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Leadership: Agriculture accounts for about 24 percent of Nigerias Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs about 70 percent of the labour force in the country. It is dominated by about 15 million smallholders (mostly women) who account for over 90 percent of the national food. They farm an average of 1 to 2 hectares per smallholder, usually with little or limited mechanization, access to fertilizers, and preservation or storage facilities. Average prevalence of food inadequacy and domestic food price volatility...
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Small Farmers Foundation Food Security, Not Corporations Like Monsanto
2016-05-23 15:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: May 22 has been declared International Biodiversity Day by the United Nations. It gives us an opportunity to become aware of the rich biodiversity that has been evolved by our farmers as co-creators with nature. It also provides an opportunity to acknowledge the threats to our biodiversity and our rights from IPR monopolies and monocultures. Just as our Vedas and Upanishads have no individual authors, our rich biodiversity, including seeds, have been evolved cumulatively. They are a common heritage...
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Tanzania: Sugar Firm Boosts Food Security in Moshi Ward
2016-04-20 13:26:13| Sugar Industry News
Moshi More than 650 households in Mabogini Ward now boast of food security and health services, thanks to programmes initiated by TPC Limited, one of the oldest sugar companies in the country.
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Climate change threatening Philippines's food security
2016-03-27 18:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Philippine Star: Climate change as manifested by the destructive El Nio and La Nia phenomena is threatening the countrys food security, an official of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has warned. Speaking before the joint House special committees on food security and climate change recently, Thelma Cinco, head of the impact assessment and applications section of PAGASA, said the dry and wet spells brought about by El Nio and La Nia would greatly and...
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