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Stored food production is critical to food security. Food security refers to the physical availability of, the economic and physical access to, and the ability to utilize food (FAO, 2008, available at; http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/al936e/al936e00.pdf). Stored food production is a vital link in...

Author(s)
Šehović, A. B.
Publisher
Julius Kühn Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen, Quedlinburg, Germany
Citation
Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2018, No.463, pp 18-20
Abstract

Papua New Guinea has 19 provinces, 89 districts and around 284 local-level governments, covering 5747 council wards. Thus, delivery of the recently endorsed National Food Security and Nutrition Policy from the national government through districts and local governments is a long and critical...

Author(s)
Mesa, S. A.
Publisher
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Canberra, Australia
Citation
Food security for Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Papua New Guinea Food and Nutrition 2000 Conference, PNG University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 26-30 June 2000, 2001, pp 54-60
Abstract

State level data on food environment variables for the period 2000 through 2013, gathered from the Food Environment Atlas and various other government sources are used to model a panel VAR to capture specific state-level fixed and random effects. The set of food environment variables can be broadly ...

Author(s)
Senarath Dharmasena; Bessler, D. A.; Todd, J.; Capps, O., Jr.
Publisher
Agribusiness, Food and Consumer Economics Research Center, Department of Agricultural Economics, College Station, USA
Citation
Report - Agribusiness, Food and Consumer Economics Research Center, Department of Economics, Texas A & M University, 2014, No.CM-13-14, pp 1-7
Abstract

This paper describes the characteristics of food insecurity in net food-importing developing countries (NFIDCs), highlighting their low supply of calories and proteins, their dependence on cereal imports and the increased cost of these imports. Specific measures (including trade policies) that LDCs ...

Author(s)
Konandreas, P.
Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Citation
FAO Food Outlook, 2012, No.May, pp 61-66
Abstract

In the context of this chapter, drivers are considered to be natural or anthropogenic developments affecting forests and tree-based systems for food security and nutrition. They can improve and contribute to food security and nutrition, but they can also lead to food insecurity and malnutrition....

Author(s)
Basnett, B. S.; Martin, A.; Rai, N. D.; Smith-Hall, C.
Publisher
IUFRO (International Union of Forestry Research Organizations) Secretariat, Wien, Austria
Citation
IUFRO World Series, 2015, 33, pp 87-111
Abstract

This article examines the pathways and impacts of rapidly rising agricultural input prices, especially those of energy derived from fossil fuels, which can have detrimental effects on the global food economy in terms of their influence on food prices and future price developments, as well as their...

Author(s)
Schmidhuber, J.; Qiao Bing
Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Citation
FAO Food Outlook, 2021, November, pp 11-21
Abstract

This paper outlines the modern challenges for the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology of the World Meteorological Organization in contributing to food security, in context of rapid population growth and climate change. Food security has been a theme of development for the Commission since it...

Author(s)
Salinger, J.
Publisher
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva, Switzerland
Citation
Bulletin - World Meteorological Organization, 2010, 59, 2, pp 82-86
Abstract

The high altitude and harsh environment of Tibet renders crop cultivation impossible in most areas. As a result, the land can only be used for extensive grazing. Rangeland degradation, together with poor transportation and infrastructure construction, has caused pastoralists to face the prospect of ...

Author(s)
Cui, G.; Zhang, W.; Long, R.
Publisher
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
Citation
JIRCAS Working Report, 2013, No.79, pp 69-72
Abstract

The war in Ukraine is engaging two of the world's most important agricultural market players, at a time of already high and volatile international food and agricultural input prices. This article highlights the significant risks this war poses to world food markets and global food security, at...

Author(s)
Schmidhuber, J.; Mustafa, S.; Qiao Bing
Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Citation
FAO Food Outlook, 2022, June, pp 65-73
Abstract

This report estimates historical indicators of food security and evaluates the effectiveness of food aid in improving food security in low-income countries since 1990. Regional summaries are presented for North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Commonwealth...

Author(s)
Shapouri, S.; Rosen, S.
Publisher
US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (ERS-NASS), Washington, USA
Citation
Agricultural and Trade Reports, USDA Economic Research Service, 2004, No.GFA-15, pp 1-11

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