Minister of Food and Agriculture Humado inaugurated a new representative body, the Conference of District Directors of Agriculture, that will provide increased attention to the needs of the agricultural sector throughout the country. In his address, Humado stressed a focus on reducing postharvest losses. http://www.spyghana.com/post-harvest-loses-to-be-reduced-with-support-from-government/
Tag Archives | food security
Why the Food Security Bill is Good Politics, Bad Economics
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The Indian government passed the long pending National Food Security Bill as an ordinance. The controversial bill has incited much debate over the feasibility and impact of guaranteeing food grains to nearly 800 million Indians living in poverty. One question is whether the grain procurement and storage system can support the bill’s execution. http://www.ndtv.com/article/cheat-sheet/why-the-food-security-bill-is-good-politics-bad-economics-387468
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Waste Not Want Not: A Weapon for Food Security
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Betty Bugusu, Ph.D., Managing Director of the International Food Technology Center at Purdue University, gave a TED talk focused around food security and reducing loss. The talk featured Purdue’s dissemination of ‘Incubation Centers’. http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2013/06/29/waste-not-want-not-a-weapon-for-food-security/
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2025: United Behind the African Agenda to Eradicate Hunger
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Heads of States and Government of African Union Member States, together with representatives of international organizations, civil society organizations, private sector, cooperatives, youths, farmers, academia, and others adopted the Declaration to end hunger and malnutrition in Africa by 2025 at a three-day High Level Meeting hosted in Ethiopia. http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/179303/icode/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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Strengthened Partnerships Can Guarantee Food Security in Africa
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Heads of States and Government of African Union Member States, together with representatives of international organizations, civil society organizations, private sector, cooperatives, youths, farmers, academia, and others adopted the Declaration to end hunger and malnutrition in Africa by 2025 at a three-day High Level Meeting hosted in Ethiopia. http://www.fao.org/news/audio-video/detail-audio/en/?uid=9980&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social%20media&utm_campaign=FAOnews&utm_content=ac&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=faoknowledge
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The Aspen Institute Launches Food Security Strategy Group
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A new initiative by the Aspen Institute seeks to address what it calls a gap in the food security work currently being done on a global level. The group aims to bring together cross-sector thought-leaders to discuss the extent to which food security will be threatened in the coming decades by climate change, population growth […]
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Obsolete Policies ‘Fanning Africa’s Hunger’
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A FAO official says many African nations still lack agricultural policies founded in research, causing them to lag behind in food security matters. Experts call for a systematic mechanism for monitoring policy across the continent, and emphasize the need to focus more on smallholder farmers and their access to inputs, infrastructure, and markets. http://www.africareview.com/progress/Good-policies-key-to-Africa-food-security/-/1502374/1864828/-/oes15r/-/index.html?relative=true
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Growth in Crop Yields Inadequate to Feed the World by 2050 – Research
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University of Minnesota, United States, researchers say crop yields are far below targets for 2050, after analyzing 2.5 million agricultural statistics. Looking at maize, rice, wheat, and soybeans, they found yield improvement grew between 0.9% to 1.6%, far slower than the 2.4% necessary to meet calorie demands. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jun/20/crop-yeilds-world-population Report — http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0066428
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Kenya: Grain Purchase Plan for Machakos
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A county government will buy maize from farmers to reduce risks of exploitation from middlemen, as well as to control presence of aflatoxin that is frequently found in home-stored grain. http://allafrica.com/stories/201306110145.html
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Food Prices to Double by 2030
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International NGO focused on poverty, Oxfam, warns that the price of staple grains will more than double in the next 20 years, increasing by as much as 180% by 2030 for some crops such as maize. Climate change will cause much of the increase, followed by population, energy, and resource demands, Oxfam says. http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.407227
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