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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , the World Food Programme , the International Fund for Agricultural Development , the World Health Organization , and the United Nations Children's Fund collaborate every year to produce The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, or SOFI report (known as The State of Food ...
The Global Food Security Index consists of a set of indices from 113 countries. It measures food security across most of the countries of the world. [ 1 ] It was first published in 2012, and is managed and updated annually by The Economist 's intelligence unit.
A 2020 study reports that by 2050 global warming could be spreading in the deep ocean seven times faster than it is now, even if emissions of greenhouse gases are cut. Warming in mesopelagic and deeper layers could have major consequences for the deep ocean food web, since ocean species will need to move to stay at survival temperatures. [69] [70]
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Glen Gawarkiewicz joins Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita and the On The Move panel to discuss how businesses have been impacted by extreme weather and other ...
Ocean acidification can impact marine ecosystems that provide food and livelihoods for many people. About one billion people are wholly or partially dependent on the fishing, tourism, and coastal management services provided by coral reefs. Ongoing acidification of the oceans may therefore threaten food chains linked with the oceans. [39] [40]
In the Declaration, member states stated the following in relation to the right to food: "We pledge our political will and our common and national commitment to achieving food security for all and to an ongoing effort to eradicate hunger in all countries, with an immediate view to reducing the number of undernourished people to half their present level no later than 2015."
The World Summit on Food Security took place in Rome, Italy between 16 and 18 November 2009. The decision to convene the summit was taken by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in June 2009, at the proposal of FAO Director-General Dr Jacques Diouf. Sixty Heads of State and Government and 192 ...
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