food security

A unified approach to climate change and hunger

22 May, 2013 - 04:45
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97913/A-unified-approach-to-climate-change-and-hu...
JOHANNESBURG 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished. Yet as the climate changes, it is poor countries - already struggling with hunger and food insecurity - that are increasingly likely to face these natural hazards.

Sanitation and nutrition

15 February, 2013 - 17:52
Source: 
Sanitation updates
URL: 
http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/sanitation-and-nutrition/

In the scramble for attention in post-2015 development agenda discussions, WaterAid and the SHARE programme are highlighting the role of WASH in combating malnutrition. “A successful global effort to tackle under-nutrition must include WASH” is the headline in their new briefing note.

FOOD: How good is the new hunger data?

18 December, 2012 - 09:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96511/FOOD-How-good-is-the-new-hunger-data
ADDIS ABABA 11 October 2012 (IRIN) - After years of criticism, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced it is exploring new ways to measure “hunger”, “undernourishment” and “food insecurity” - terms used interchangeably - which will dramatically alter the number of people believed to be going hungry.

FOOD: Power to the people!

16 August, 2012 - 21:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95459/FOOD-Power-to-the-people
JOHANNESBURG 15 May 2012 (IRIN) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to a better quality of life for all.

Seeds and Sustainability: Maize Pathways in Kenya

19 July, 2012 - 09:48
Source: 
The Water Channel
URL: 
http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&...

This short film from the STEPS Centre brings together an engaging cast of characters including a farmer, a scientist, a regulator and a seed policy analyst.

Each has a different view about how best to secure seeds for farmers growing maize -- Kenya\'s key staple crop - in drought-prone regions of the country.

The film shows the importance of informal seed systems, as well as formal ones, for food security in these areas. It shows how policy changes underway could have serious impacts on farmers struggling for sustainability in a changing climate.

FOOD: Power to the people!

29 June, 2012 - 11:45
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95459
JOHANNESBURG 15 May 2012 (IRIN) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to a better quality of life for all.

Water Week Latinoamerica- Gestión Estratégica del Agua: del Concepto a la Implementación

Submitted by Water Team on 27 June, 2012 - 10:05
When: 
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Obesity creates global hunger pang

21 June, 2012 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.smh.com.au/world/obesity-creates-global-hunger-pang-20120618-20kc7.ht...

Originally Published by The Sydney Morning Herald

– Overweight people are a threat to future food security and increasing population fatness could have the same implications for world food demands as an extra billion people, researchers have found.

Family Planning and Subsistence Agriculture Key to Food Security

8 June, 2012 - 13:39
Source: 
IPS news - MDG's
URL: 
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=108056

Papua New Guinea's high fertility rate is exerting pressure on land and food
production in a country where 80 percent of the population lives in rural
communities. But the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) argues that
traditions of subsistence agriculture provide a firm foundation to build food
security for a growing population.

Q&A: The World Must Learn From Smallholder Farmers

4 June, 2012 - 13:33
Source: 
IPS news - MDG's
URL: 
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107973

As Africa's Sahel region faces a new food crisis, smallholder
famers hold the key to making future development policies
sustainable.

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