June 12, 2017 By: George F. Willcoxon, Political Scientist, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia Share URL The United Nations humanitarian chief recently announced that the world faced the worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II, with over 20 million people at risk of starvation, due in large part to conflicts in […]
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Climate Change Implications for Food-Importing Countries
May 22, 2017 By: Bill Dougherty, President, Climate Change Research Group Share URL International food trade plays a vital role in food security. It has the effect of balancing deficits of net food importers with surpluses of net food exporters in the context of the many interconnections between economic, social, political and health-related systems – at […]
Food Security in Iraq: Politics Matter
May 02, 2017 By: Eckart Woertz, Senior Research Fellow, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), and Scientific Advisor of the Kuwait Chair at Sciences Po, Paris Share URL It’s politics, stupid! In few countries of the world food security has been so much affected by political developments as in Iraq. The rise (and fall) of the […]
The Interconnectedness of Genetics and Sustainability
April 10, 2017 By: Alison Van Eenennaam, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis Share URL Although genetics may not be obviously connected with agricultural sustainability, genetic improvement programs have dramatically decreased the environmental footprint of animal protein production in many parts of the world, and continued innovation is required to address […]
How Policies Can Make Rural Transformation More Inclusive and Better Contribute to Food Security and Nutrition: the Work of the Committee on World Food Security
April 03, 2017 By: Her Excellency Amira Gornass, Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan to Italy Share URL More than 50% of the world’s population - around 3.9 billion people - live in urban areas, yet poverty is mostly rural. In fact, almost 80% of those living on less than US$2 per day live in rural areas and […]
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