Vietnamese rice production is a key player in not only national, but also world-wide food security. Exponential growth in rice production in recent years has been directly affected by the integration of harvesting and post-harvesting processes. This year’s rice exports were at 7 million tonnes, while in 1989, rice exports were at 1.4 million tonnes. […]
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Agra Pilots Market Access and Postharvest Services Project to Empower Smallholders Farmers in the Brong Ahafo Region
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The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) recently launched a project called ‘Development of Market Access and Post-Harvest Services for Small Holder Farmers’ (D-MAPS) in Ghana. Ten thousand smallholder farmers will benefit through the increased access to markets and competitive Farmer Based Organizations. Concern Universal, a UK NGO, will be implementing the project […]
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Yuletide: 11 Rice-laden Ships Berth at Lagos Ports
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Rice is being imported through the Lagos Port in Nigeria, as the nation’s ban on international over-land trade continues, due to the large amount of smuggling and corrupt business transactions. Eleven ships of rice arrived with 240,276 metric tonnes of rice, a high number due to the unstable supply by Nigerian farmers, which have been affected […]
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Perth Declaration on Food Security Principles
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The recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Australia created the Perth Declaration on Food Security Principles that focused on delivering technologies, scaling up nutritional interventions, food security programs, enhancing research and development in agricultural issues, and market systems in each of the 54 member countries. http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/78221085/perth-declaration-food-security-principles
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The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011
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The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011 was recently published by the FAO and asks the question of “How does international price volatility affect domestic economies and food security?” Additionally, it targets the factors leading to high prices as well as the dangers and effects of such prices on food security, giving policy […]
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Deep Thinking About the Future of Food
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Deep Thinking about the Future of Food provides several arguments – mainly environmental and social inequity – behind the future of global agriculture. The paper “Solutions for a Cultivated Planet” by the University of Minnesota is featured, and recommends that a certification of sorts be applied to sustainably-farmed food, thus integrating a form of grading […]
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Kenya/Djibouti – 12th Update Situation on Somali Refugee Crisis 8th October
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Refugees in Djibouti and Kenya are both affected by and affecting food prices. Djibouti imports over 95% of its food and food prices are 63 percent above the nominal five-year average. This price rise puts 147,000 into poverty and affects the state of refugees receiving food aid in camps as well. http://lwfworldservice.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/kenyadjibouti-12th-update-situation-on-somali-refugee-crisis-8th-october/
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Half of Malnourished People in Africa are Farmers
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“Half of all malnourished people in Africa are farmers who produce food.” Professor Calestous Juma of Harvard’s Kennedy School and author of The New Harvest, says that farmers are underfed due to infrastructural incapacity and can alleviate their problems through technology application, improvements in supply chains, and rural development of telecoms, transportation, energy, and education. […]
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Solutions for a Cultivated Planet
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Deep Thinking about the Future of Food provides several arguments – mainly environmental and social inequity – behind the future of global agriculture. The paper “Solutions for a Cultivated Planet” by the University of Minnesota is featured, and recommends that a certification of sorts be applied to sustainably-farmed food, thus integrating a form of grading […]
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UN FAO E-Courses on Food Security
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The UN FAO is offering e-courses on Food Security related topics free of charge for the purpose of basic skill and knowledge acquisition. http://www.foodsec.org/DL/elcpages/food-security-learning-center.asp?pgLanguage=en&leftItemSelected=food-security-learning-center
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