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 […]
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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 […]
A MODERN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ADVISORY SYSTEM RISES IN LEBANON OUT OF DISSIPATED EXTENSION SERVICES
March 15, 2017 By: M. Kalim Qamar, Ph.D. president of Development Actions International, LLC Share URL Wakeup call An aide enters a room in Beirut where the Minister of Agriculture is having discussion with a mission from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the country’s precarious agricultural extension situation. The aide […]
Role of Poultry Meat and Egg production in Improving Food Security in The MENA Region
February 20, 2017 By: Nuhad J. Daghir, Dean Emeritus, A.U.B., Beirut, Lebanon Share URL The population of countries of the MENA region was over 480 million in 2015 and is expected to reach nearly 750 million by 2050. There is a steady rise in the demand for poultry meat (see Figure) and eggs with an average annual consumption growth […]
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