The Difference Between Chronic Hunger and Famine
At the beginning of presentations introducing The Hunger Project (THP), we often address the difference between chronic hunger and famine.
The New Green Revolution: How Twenty-First-Century Science Can Feed the World
Olivier De Schutter, Gaëtan Vanloqueren
UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein
A farmer gathers wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
In Brief:
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
NASA
SEDAC, the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, is one of the Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
UN Establishes a Committee on Global Geospatial Information
Matt Ball
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to establish a committee on global geospatial information management in order to enhance international dialogue and cooperation on spatial data infrastructures.
Water rights trade to help quench world thirst
LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Markets in water rights are likely to evolve as a rising population leads to shortages and climate change causes drought and famine.
But they will be based on regional and ethical trading practices and will differ from the bulk of commodity trade.
Global poverty rate falling, says UN
Mark Tran
Annual progress report on the millennium development goals shows the world is on track to end extreme poverty, but hunger target is proving more difficult to achieve
Climate to wreak havoc on food supply, predicts report
Jennifer Carpenter
Areas where food supplies could be worst hit by climate change have been identified in a report.
Some areas in the tropics face famine because of failing food production, an international research group says.
Global Food Production May Be Hurt as Climate Shifts, UN Forecaster Says
Luzi Ann Javier
Global food output may be hurt as climate change brings more extreme weather over the next decade, with China likely set for harsher droughts and North America getting heavier rain, said the World Meteorological Organization.
World wastes 1 billion tons of food a year
Ben Rooney
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The United Nations said Wednesday that about 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted every year, which amounts to roughly one third of all the food produced for human consumption.
Global Warming Reduces Expected Yields of Harvests in Some Countries, Study Says
JUSTIN GILLIS
Global warming is already cutting substantially into potential crop yields in some countries — to such an extent that it may be a factor in the food price increases that have caused worldwide stress in recent years, researchers suggest in a new study.
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