If crop pests continue to spread at current rates many of the world's biggest crop producing nations will be inundated by the middle of the Century posing a grave threat to global food security.
It could also help to improve food security and reduce costs to farmers as production of digestate-ash fertilizer would not be linked to the global price of oil and gas.
and use these hybrids we can substantially increase grain production to achieve global food security. Genomic prediction uses genome-wide markers to predict future individuals
and for food security issues that Northerner's face that we monitor traditional food sources Morris said.
A new study involving researchers at MIT shows that these interactions can be quite significant suggesting that policymakers need to take both warming and air pollution into account in addressing food security.
or conventional air pollutants such as wind and solar energy would be doubly beneficial to global food security as they do not contribute to either climate change
But climate change has increased the odds to the point that organizations concerned with food security or global stability need to be aware of this risk.
and issues with food security won't be solved with a single program Dimitri said. Even though not all participants increased their consumption of produce our study suggests that nutrition incentives are a promising option that can help economically disadvantaged families eat healthier diets.
While farmers markets are good sources of healthy food the researchers noted that relying on them exclusively for food security is problematic as markets are usually open on limited days and closed in the winter.
Models based on this study can help policy makers decide how to better ensure food security through sustainable practices.
and citizens can target food security efforts for the greatest impact. The biggest opportunities cluster in six countries--China India U s. Brazil Indonesia and Pakistan--along with Europe.
Of course while calories are a key measure of improving food security nutrition access and cultural preferences must also be addressed.
But the need to boost food security is high. So let's do it. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University of Minnesota.
The large-scale acquisition of land by foreign governments and business--more commonly known as land grabbing--is a contentious issue particularly in Africa where a large number of deals have taken place in regions facing food security problems and malnutrition.
Making a switch to plant-based foods will increase food security and sustainability thereby avoiding otherwise disastrous consequences.
Is there a way to reduce China's water use without decreasing national food security? The researchers looked at domestic and international trade of corn rice soy
while maintaining China's food security. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Princeton university Woodrow wilson School of Public and International affairs.
More frequent extreme weather conditions in Europe also threaten global food security since it produces almost a third of the world's wheat.
The world's rapidly growing population brings new challenges for global food security. To meet the future demand for more cheaper and better quality food new and innovative solutions
however ensuring that there is an abundant supply of this legume is crucial both for its importance in cropping systems to ensure plant vitality and for food security.
By pollinating some key crop species honeybees make a vital contribution to food security. The decline of these insects raises significant concerns about our ability to feed a growing population.
Potato late blight continues to be a major threat to global food security and at least $6 billion a year is spent to combat it mostly due to the cost of fungicides and substantial yield losses.
But livestock are also a source of livelihoods and food security for almost a billion people. As well as the actual economic benefits that livestock already confers on the economies
and rural development in poor countries and potential improvements in food security and nutrition some 766 million poor farmers living with an income<$ 2 U s. per day could directly benefit from improvements in this sector.
and demand and another that assesses food security based on caloric consumption--to predict how global food security from 2006 to 2050 could be affected by changes in population income bioenergy agricultural productivity and climate.
Income is also set to eclipse population as the dominant driver of food security a historical first said Baldos.
and 2050 to buttress food security. There is a clear link between productivity growth in agriculture and the number of malnourished people Hertel said.
The researchers said improvements in food security depend on increasing research spending especially over the next two decades.
The models show that climate change is a less influential driver of global food security than income population
(which quadruples the current amount of publicly available rice sequence data) coincides with World Hunger Day to highlight one of the primary goals of this project--to develop resources that will aid in improving global food security especially in the poorest
With decreasing resources (water and land) food security is --and will be--the most challenging issue in these countries both currently and in the future.
This is essential in the battle for global food security to protect the world's future food sources.
or growing a different crop one better suited to warmer temperatures said Lobell the associate director of the Center on Food security and the Environment at Stanford.
because that's just a terrible gap in our knowledge given that that's where food security is already the biggest issue he said.
and livestock across the country--a trend that could diminish the security of our food supplyâ#Climate change effects on agriculture will have consequences for food security both in the U s. and globally through changes in crop yields and food prices and effects on food processing
#Food security increased by new scientific model in agricultural productionfarmers are used to optimizing crop production on their own lands.
What's driving the research are mounting concerns about food security across the Eastern Seaboard Region (ESR.
The research is part of a much larger effort called Enhancing Food security in the Northeast with Regional Food Systems (EFSNE) led by Penn State university.
and soil pollution greenhouse gas emissions simultaneously reducing threats to human health biodiversity and food security.
and Hydrology said Human's use of nitrogen is a major societal challenge that links environment food security and human health.
which makes a vital contribution to food security. Our results suggest that in order to protect our soils planning
As well as protecting soils and boosting food security own growing offers other health benefits says Edmondson: Using urban land including domestic gardens allotments
As well as improving food security studies show that own-growing has direct physical and mental health benefits and can provide access to sustainably produced fruit and vegetable crops without the associated food miles.
and energy said Dr. Fred Davies senior science advisor for the agency's bureau of food security.
Agricultural productivity food security food safety the environment health nutrition and obesity--they are interconnected all Davies said.
According to Frankenberg the remote sensing-based techniques now available could be a powerful monitoring tool for food security especially data from OCO-2
Our discovery provides practical insights into sustainable ancient marine management techniques that can inform local food security strategies today says Groesbeck.
The lessons learned here have global implications for food security and about the way indigenous people interact with their land and seascapes.
Global food security is seen often as a production issue but often it's not just lack of water
#Agroforestry can ensure food security, mitigate effects of climate change in Africaagroforestry can help to achieve climate change mitigation
Agroforestry is one of the most common land use systems across landscapes and agroecological zones in Africa but need much more adoption in order to increase the impact on food security.
--and the trend shows no signs of slowing with major consequences for human nutrition and global food security.
and consumption and thus improve nutrition and food security: This comprehensive new study relying on data from the Food and agriculture organization of the united nations (FAO) encompassed more than 50 crops and over 150 countries (accounting for 98 percent of the world's population) during the period 1961-2009.
change adaptation with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food security (CCAFS) which CIAT leads
--and making sure that we have sufficient food to feed the ever-growing global population is key to our future food security.
and our future food security is threatened by climate change and an ever-growing population it is essential to improve the control of crop diseases like fusarium ear blight around the globe.
which will likely begin to threaten food security. According to Jennifer Fitchett a Phd student in the Wits School of Geography Archaeology and Environmental Studies (GAES) there has been an assumption that increasing sea surface temperatures caused by global warming is causing an increase in the number
while also capturing the impacts of mitigation measures on food security. Mario Herrero a co-author of the study
The use of these treatments could make a great impact on important global dilemmas such as food security issues
As for its impact on impending global food security concerns Juvik said any mechanisms that will improve people's health especially later in life will benefit food security.
We need to look at what mechanisms we can use to improve not only food security but the functioning of people later in their life spans.
It basically takes away resources that could be used to improve food security Juvik said. Also promoting and prolonging food stability with quality after harvest means less waste
which is a big issue in terms of food security. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University of Illinois College of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental sciences (ACES.
It is important to know as much as we can about virus evolution as emerging infectious plant diseases are a growing threat to global food security
and the need to protect food security but at lower cost. The study demonstrates the potential these breeds offer in providing novel genetic traits that may help sheep farming in the future.
and promote their farming for future national food security. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University of York.
With the joined forces with BGI we are excited to successfully complete the task of sequencing water buffalo. stated Mr. Tafsir Mohammed Awal Director of Lal Teer This will now lay the foundation of ensuring nutrition and food security in Bangladesh and other developing countries.
and economic service which is relevant for our food security. Annually in Europe more than 24 million honey bee colonies contribute to the production of 130000 tons of honey
AECOM â¢s Urban Food Jungle is conceptual design that responds to the threat of diminishing food security by bringing together sustainable food production, entertainment, education and culinary delight.
Viviane Victorine Kinyaga Sustainability and food security are top priorities. It is really when people are able to do things for themselves
People talk about food security, said John Reganold, a Washington state University Regents professor of soil science. That only half the issue.
The idea behind the Internet-based, bilingual maps, collectively called Agroatlas, is to promote world food security--with specific attention to nations who were a part of the former Soviet union.
Rising energy costs and concerns about food security have led some Canadian entrepreneurs to reconsider and reimagine local farms.
We look at solar to solve our water and food security issues...We have no water reserve to speak of--two to four days at most.
Einstein was right-honey bee collapse threaten global food security The Telegraph Photo: Â cygnus921/flickr Related on Smartplanet:
Earlier this month, the government used its emergency powers to force through the Food security Ordinance,
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has been a vocal advocate of the food security bill and he also wants it to be universal.
Kavita Srivastava, a member of the Right to Food campaign, a coalition of non-government organizations, said that the national food security bill is a crucial opportunity to end hunger and malnutrition in India.
Srivastava noted that apart from food security, the bill should also provide nutritional security. The Rome-based Food and Agricultural organization estimates that between 2010-12 India had 217 million people at risk of undernourishment.
The food security bill is still being discussed at a policy level. Debate over its feasibility has percolated not down to the people who may benefit from it.
Food security Peter Singer argued that we waste most of the food value of the grains and soybeans we feed to animals.
In contrast Bruce Mcgregor, the third member of the negative team, said that removing animals off the menu threatens our food security and the livelihood of at least two billion people.
Fiona Chambers also agreed that taking animals off the menu would pose an ecological and food security disaster.
But with a more robust network of city farmers urban agriculture can have a major impact on food security in neighborhoods where fresh,
director of environment and production and project leader for IFPRI's"How to Achieve Food security in a World of Growing Scarcity"program."
an offer of greater food security; improved nutrition; livestock which produce medications or biological substances such as spider-silk;
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