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Climate Change And Food Security: Coffee Farmers In Tanzania

2015-05-18 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

International Business Times: Hundreds of farmers in Tanzania are abandoning crops of coffee and cotton due to changes in the local climate. Instead, theyre planting more lucrative vegetables and flowers as temperatures rise and rainfall becomes less predictable. Coffee beans are no longer as profitable, as my harvests keep on falling, Ludovick Meela, a farmer from Tanzanias northern Kilimanjaro region, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the Reuters news organization. I need fast-growing crops...

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To improve food security, look to the forests, new report says

2015-05-08 19:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Forests could help alleviate global hunger, according to a new report released Wednesday during the United Nations Forum on Forests in New York. It's a bold claim, and the report, published by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), doesn't shy away from the enormity of the problem it seeks to address. Some 805 million people -- one in nine citizens of Earth -- are undernourished, primarily in Africa and Asia. At the same time, between 1.2 and 1.5 billion people worldwide...

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EU Must Foster Global Food Security, Say MEPs

2015-05-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

EU - The EU should use the Milan Expo 2015 to encourage sustainable agronomic practices, promote fairness in the supply chain, and fight food waste and malnutrition, says a resolution voted by Parliament. The ultimate aim of these efforts should be to strengthen global food security, it adds.

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Almost $3 million awarded to increase food security through improved livestock health

2015-04-23 22:38:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: USDA Three research grants have been announced by the USDAs National Institute of Food and Agriculture designed to boost food security by minimizing livestock losses to insects and diseases. read more

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Over-consumption, climate change threaten food security, water supply: United Nations

2015-04-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: There will be enough water to produce food for 10 billion people in 2050, but over-consumption and the impact of climate change threaten food security and water supplies in many regions, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday. By 2050 some 60 percent more food will be needed to feed the world's people and as farming remains the largest user of water, food must be produced sustainably to ensure future supplies of food and water, the FAO and the World Water Council (WWC)...

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