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Where Will the Next Food Crisis Strike? Extended Geographical Monitoring Using Satellite Observation
February 21, 2010 — Satellite observation is the key instrument that will allow to double in 2010 the number of countries monitored in real time for detecting first indications of adverse agricultural outcomes. The new ... > full story -
Global Warming May Hurt Some Poor Populations, Benefit Others
February 20, 2010 — The impact of global warming on food prices and hunger could be large over the next 20 years. But even as some poor populations are hurt, others would be helped out of poverty, according to a new ... > full story -
The Philippines Triples Its Rice Yield
February 19, 2010 — In the last 50 years, the Philippines has more than tripled its rice yield, while the world average rice yield has increased only about 2.3 ... > full story -
Warmer Planet Temperatures Could Cause Longer-Lasting Weather Patterns
February 18, 2010 — Although stagnant weather patterns are often difficult to predict, researchers are now studying whether increasing planet temperatures and carbon dioxide levels could lead to atmospheric blocking and ... > full story -
Most Maternal Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Be Avoided
February 18, 2010 — More than 500,000 women die each year worldwide due to complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth. Half of these women live in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers say these women are not dying ... > full story -
Free Trade, Loss of Support Systems Crippling Food Production in Africa
February 15, 2010 — Despite good intentions, the push to privatize government functions and insistence upon "free trade" that is too often unfair has caused declining food production, increased poverty and a hunger ... > full story -
New Investments in Agriculture Likely to Fail Without Sharp Focus on Small-Scale 'Mixed' Farmers
February 11, 2010 — A new paper warns that billions of dollars promised to fund programs to boost small-scale agriculture in developing countries are unlikely to succeed in feeding the world's increasing populations. ... > full story -
Sustainable Fisheries Needed for Global Food Security
February 11, 2010 — Increased aid from developed countries, earmarked specifically for sustainable seafood infrastructure in developing countries, could improve global food security, according to a new policy ... > full story -
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Dramatic Changes in Agriculture Needed as World Warms and Grows
February 11, 2010 — Scientists are urging dramatically changed ideas about sustainable agriculture to prevent a major starvation catastrophe by the end of this century among more than 3 billion people who live in the ... > full story -
Mass Extinctions: 'Giant' Fossils Are Revolutionizing Current Thinking
February 10, 2010 — Large-sized gastropods dating from only 1 million years after the greatest mass extinction of all time, the Permian-Triassic extinction, have been discovered by an international team of researchers. ... > full story
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