Rasilimali tambuliswa: Food Security

119 vitu vilivyopatikana (Inaonyesha 31 - 40) |

  1. Outgrowing the earth: the food security challenge in the age of falling water tables and rising temperatures

    How human demands are outstripping the earth's capacitiesand what we need to do about it.Ever since 9/11, many have considered al Queda to be the leading threat to global security, but falling water tables in countries that contain more than half the world's people and rising temperatures...
    Water Security Food Security

  2. Lablab (Lablab purpureus) New Staple Crop for the Sudano Sahel

    Rasilimali Muhimu
    20-01-2013 About 98% of agricultural production in the Sudano Sahelian region of West and Central Africa is based on rainfed crops. With a mean annual rainfall of 300 to 800 mm/year, the number of staple crops is very limited. It includes two grain crops: pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) for sandy soils...
    Lablab Pulses Intercropping Food Security FMNR Forage Crop Nitrogen Fixation Rain-fed Agriculture

  3. Introducing A New Fruit Crop

    Rasilimali Muhimu
    20-01-2011 Over the past 30 plus years that we have been working with small-scale farmers in Central Africa, we have enjoyed the wonderful lushness of its forests, savannahs, and rivers. In addition, we have been privileged to get to know some of the many people groups, with their different cultures and...
    Fruit Trees Food Security Orchard Tropical Food Crops Nuts

  4. The World Food Situation

    01-04-2009 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #1 What is the outlook for world food prices? In the immediate future (the next few months), some moderation in global food prices seems likely in response to very recent (since mid-2008) declines in world grain and energy prices. In the short-term (next 2 to 3...
    Food Security Asia

  5. Tree Gardening

    Rasilimali Muhimu
    01-01-2011 Lack of food security is one of the biggest challenges that Central Africans face each day as they toil in their gardens, trying to produce enough food to simply feed their families and afford other expenses in life such as health care or schooling for their children. Main factors limiting...
    Forestry Fruit Fruit Tree Crops Biodiversity Health and Nutrition Agroforestry Food Security Tree Planting

  6. The staying healthy shopper's guide: feed your family safely

    If you want to explore the basic facts regarding the wide-spread pollution of the Earth and our food supply, you will want to read the book from cover to cover.
    Nutrition Food Additives Food Security

  7. An End to Hunger? The Social Origins of Food Strategies

    This book is about food security in low-income countries. It evaluates food systems by asking how adequately they are feeding the whole population on a reliable, sustainable and non-dependent basis.
    Food Security Developing countries Land Reform Food Supply Government Policy

  8. Controlling crop pests and diseases

    Rasilimali Muhimu 01-01-2001 This book is about global hunger, and our backyard garden. It looks at the opportunities that the future holds for people facing hunger all over the world, with these objectives: 1. To create an awareness that there is a world of potential beyond tomatoes and green beans. 2. To note what some of...
    Global Hunger Food Security Vegetable gardening Food Crops

  9. Improving nutrition among the food insecure

    26-11-2019 Session: Activities will be shared which have impacted the marginalized in Kondoa town by improving nutrition for the most insecure. A multi-sectoral approach was used involving staff from agriculture, health and community development departments. Dorice Munisi has a BSc in Home Economics and...
    Food Security East Africa

  10. Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach to food security

    26-11-2019 Session: The Farmer Field School approach has been used all over the world to transfer technologies to farmers in a sustainable, participatory and experiential way. As communities are increasingly faced with food insecurityand climate change, there’s a need to involve farmers in validating...
    Food Security East Africa