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FAO Boosts Animal Disease Control, Food Security in Response to Syria Crisis
2015-03-20 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
MIDDLE EAST - The FAO is scaling up its support to Jordan and other countries in the region affected by the humanitarian crisis in Syria that has entered its fifth year.
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Q+A: Prioritize food security, not conflict, wheat scientist advises
2015-02-22 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Heat and drought are a major cause of wheat yield losses worldwide, problems that scientists predict will worsen due to climate change. As a wheat physiologist, Matthew Reynolds works to bolster crop yields and improve the capacity of wheat to survive hot temperatures, particularly in developing countries. "Climate change puts farmer livelihoods at risk and can lead to vast food-crop losses in vulnerable environments,' said Reynolds, who was recently named a distinguished scientist at the International...
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Paswan reviews Implementation of Food Security Act's implementation in North East
2015-02-14 20:38:13| Agriculture - Topix.net
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday reviewed Targeted Public Distribution System in the Mega-Block affected states of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura with the senior officers of the concerned state governments, Railways and Food Corporation of India in Imphal. The Minister directed the officials that all efforts should be taken to ensure adequate supply of foodgrains in the region.
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Keeping Food Security on Table at U.N. Climate Talks
2015-02-13 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Food security has become a key issue of the U.N. climate negotiations this week in Geneva as a number of countries and observers raised concerns that recent advances in Lima are in jeopardy. While food security is a core objective of the U.N. climate convention, it has traditionally been discussed in relation to adaptation."If we succeed in having food security within mitigation, we can say that one of the biggest concerns of Southern countries will have been taken into account." -- Ali Abdou...
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Panel calls for cutting food security coverage
2015-01-22 00:29:40| Agriculture - Topix.net
The panel headed by former food minister Shanta Kumar has recommended far reaching changes in functioning of state-run Food Corporation of India and the minimum support price regime. NEW DELHI: The government should reduce coverage under the National Food Security Act to 40% of the population from 67% and defer implementation of the scheme in states which have not complied with the rollout conditions, a panel appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recommended.
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