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Saving The Food System From The “Quadruple Squeeze” — Hunger, Risk, Nutrition, & Climate

August 25, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, FOOD, Food security, HEALTH, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:18:04 +0000

Climate activists like us are informed about the world’s necessary transition to clean energy sources. We’re confident that renewables will provide us with ample clean power as systemic change occurs. It’s much harder to wrap our heads around the concept of a sustainable global food system, however. That metamorphosis would … [continued]

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This Alarming Southern Africa Agriculture Statistic Should Spring Regional Leaders Into Decisive Action

August 18, 2024 admin africa, Agriculture, climate change, drought, El Niño, Food security, Malawi, Water, zambia, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:25:50 +0000

There is a serious drought currently affecting a number of countries in southern Africa. Some reports say this is the worst drought in over 100 years. The problem is that these droughts are becoming too frequent and increasing in severity, it appears. I read an article this week from a … [continued]

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Food Security & Solutions At COP27

November 22, 2022 admin Agriculture, climate change, cop27, events, FOOD, Food security, green economy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 19:30:27 +0000

For the first time ever, formal discussions took place at the annual climate convention about food security. The consensus is that, in order to produce healthy, nutritious, sustainable, and resilient food, it’s imperative to diversify the way we produce our food.

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Puerto Rico & The Quest For Sustainability, Part 1

November 17, 2022 admin Agriculture, agroecology, carbon emissions, climate change, Food security, investment, Puerto Rico, sustainability

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:45:29 +0000

Food security threatens many regions around the world. Puerto Rico’s decades of dependence on outside food imports has impacted the health and resilience of this island commonwealth.

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Bill McKibben Advocates For Food Security

June 6, 2022 admin Agriculture, Bill McKibben, Food security, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:05:42 +0000

Food security is more important than energy security.

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Soaring rice prices hurt poor families

August 26, 2018 admin Food security, Headlines, Latest News Stories, local news, Nation, national food authority (nfa), Philippine News, Philippines, poor families, soaring rice prices

The chair of the Senate committee on agriculture has joined calls to abolish the state-run National Food Authority (NFA), as poor families reel from the uncontrolled surge in rice prices nationwide.

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Villar pushes for agriculture course buildup in provinces

June 2, 2018 admin Agriculture, Cynthia Villar, farm tourism development act of 2016, Farmers, Food security, Latest News Stories, Regions, zamboanga del sur provincial college

PAGADIAN CITY – Senator Cynthia Villar on Saturday pushed for the promotion of agricultural courses in the provinces as a way of upgrading the situation of farmers and to assure food security in the country.

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