News tagged with food crises
UN report: 22 nations face protracted food crises
(AP) -- U.N. food agencies said Wednesday that 166 million people in 22 countries suffer chronic hunger or difficulty finding enough to eat as a result of what they called protracted food crises.
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Better water use could reduce future food crises
If the overall water resources in river basins were acknowledged and managed better, future food crises could be significantly reduced, say researchers from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, Stockholm Environment ...
May 05, 2009 |
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UN panel says retool world economy for sustainability
The world can no longer afford to ignore the environmental cost of economic growth and must redefine the very concept of national wealth, a UN panel of heads of state and environment ministers said Monday.
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Researchers outline food security-climate change road map in Science
While last month's climate negotiations in Durban made incremental progress toward helping farmers adapt to climate change and reduce agriculture's climate footprint, a group of international agriculture experts, writing ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Climate set to worsen food crises: Oxfam
Storms and droughts that have unleashed dangerous surges in food prices could be a "grim foretaste" of what lies ahead when climate change bites more deeply, Oxfam said on Monday.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Scientists flag global food pricing too hot to ignore
A paper on the surge in world food prices is calling on private and public policy makers to recognize the serious impact that price spikes in food bring to the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Microscope on the go: Cheap, portable, dual-mode microscope uses holograms, not lenses
To serve remote areas of the world, doctors, nurses and field workers need equipment that is portable, versatile, and relatively inexpensive. Now researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles ...
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Investments in pastoralism offer best hope for combating droughts in Africa's drylands
As hunger spreads among more than 12 million people in the Horn of Africa, a study by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) of the response to Kenya's last devastating drought, in 2008-2009, finds that investments ...
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Time to begin anticipating and adapting to climate change
Despite the uncertainties surrounding climate change, it is time to start developing effective strategies that will keep the nation's transportation systems and other critical infrastructure running in the face of the adverse ...
Aug 22, 2011 |
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A grain of hope in the desert: Arabian oryx leaps back from near-extinction
(PhysOrg.com) -- The regal Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), which was hunted to near extinction, is now facing a more secure future according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Its ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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EU, Japan join forces to improve nuclear safety
Europe and Japan agreed Saturday to join forces in efforts to promote tighter international standards for nuclear safety in the wake of the atomic crisis in Japan.
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May 29, 2011 |
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Sickle cell anemia drug safe and effective for infants and toddlers, adds treatment option
New research shows a drug commonly used to treat sickle cell anemia in adults reduces bouts of acute pain and a pneumonia-like illness, cuts hospitalization time and eases other symptoms of the disease in young patients. ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 12, 2011 |
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