Resources Tagged: Food Security

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  1. A 2020 vision for food, agriculture, and the environment: the vision, challenge, and recommended action.

    Although hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation are rampant in the developing world,and although the world population continues to grow, many people have developed a dangerous sense of complacency about the current and future of food, agriculture, and the environmental situation. This...
    Agriculture-Enviro... Twenty-first Century Food Security

  2. Innovative Approaches to Agricultural Water Use for Improving Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

    This paper provides an overview of innovative options for developing and using water for food production in sub-Saharan Africa in light of the growing scarcity and competition for wat er resources. These options include rainwater harvesting, selective development of wetlands for agriculture,...
    Water Resources De... Food Production Food Security

  3. Aquaponics: Can it help families be more food-secure in Nepal and elsewhere

    2019-10-02 According to various reports from the United Nations and many NGOs, Nepal is vulnerable to food insecurity due to natural disaster (flooding, earthquakes), political turmoil (recent border blockade), and seasonal issues with too much or not enough water. Like elsewhere in the world urbanization...
    Food Security Aquaponics Asia

  4. Food Smart Cities

    2019-10-02 Food smart city is an ongoing initiative among different Rikolto regions where we facilitate knowledge-sharing and learning, with the hope to make a further contribution to the international food agenda.
    Food Security Food Smart City Asia

  5. Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020: Prioritizing Actions, Strengthening Actors, and Facilitating Partnerships

    Proceedings of an all-Africa conference, Kampala, Uganda, April 1-3, 2004 Kampala, Uganda April 1-3, 2004
    Food relief Sustainable Develo... Food Security

  6. How much of the world's food do smallholders produce?

    Abstract, Global Food Security, 2018 The widely reported claim thatsmallholdersproduce 70–80% of the world’s food has been a linchpin of agriculturaldevelopment policydespite limited empirical evidence. Recent empirical attempts to reinvestigate this number have lacked raw data on how much food...
    Food Security

  7. El Potencial de las Plantas Subutilizadas Para Combatir la Malnutrición y la Inseguridad Alimentaria

    2019-11-20 SIFAT CENTRO PARA EL DESARROLLO COMUNITARIO, CENTRO RURAL METODISTA Ciudad Quesada, San Carlos, Costa Rica 20-22 de noviembre, 2019 *Salud y nutrición infantil *Demostraciones culinarias *Nuestra herenciaalimenticia *Fortificación con polvo de hojas verdes *Cultivo de plantas subutilizadas...
    Central America Food Security Underutilized Crops Latin America and ...

  8. An Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Food Security

    Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. - 1996 World Food Summit
    Food Safety Health and Nutrition Nutritious Food FAO Food Security

  9. Growing Together: Community Gardening and Food Security

    1996-01-01 A step-by-step guide to organizing, building and maintaining a community garden to grow nutritious, great tasting food, provide opportunities for economic development and create a safe, comfortable place for neighbors to work and play.
    Community Supporte... Food Security Community Gardens

  10. Sustainable Intensification: Increasing Productivity in African Food and Agricultural Systems

    2011-01-01 Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa,...
    Agricultural System Food Security Africa Sustainable Intens...