Water Resources

Water, food security and human dignity: a nutrition perspective

This FAO Committee discussion paper highlights the key role of water for food security, globally and for different groups. Climate change projections suggest many regions will become drier and hotter, and droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Jan Lundqvist, Jenny Grönwall, Anders Jägerskog
Swedish FAO Committee
Tags:
Water Resources, Food Security, Food Supply, Groundwater, Climate Change, Nutrition, Human Rights, Agriculture, Land Acquisition, India, Global
Food Policy

Societies will collapse amid food shortages if world remains on current course, says study

Climate change could spark catastrophic food shortages and lead to global societal collapse if society continues on its current course, according to a new scientific model.

Publication Date: 
29/06/2015
International Business Times
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Food Supply, Food Crops, FAO
Climate Change

Climate change and food systems: global assessments and implications for food security and trade

This new FAO book presents a comprehensive perspective linking climate change to food, nutrition, water, and trade along with suggested policy responses.

Publication Date: 
18/06/2015
Aziz Elbehri
FAO
Tags:
Climate Change, Food Security, Food Supply, Trade, Climate Impacts, Climate Mitigation, Nutrition, Climate Adaptation, Poverty, India, Global
Food Policy

Food system shock: the insurance impacts of acute disruption to global food supply

Global food systems are increasingly susceptible to acute disruption and systemic shocks could lead to food price rises, food riots and changes in stock market values.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2015
Lloyds
Tags:
Food Supply, Food Prices, Food Security, Extreme Weather Events, El Nino, India, Global, Crops, Crop Insurance, Agriculture
Food Policy

Climate Change: Global Food Supply May be Threatened by Cutting Carbon

Cutting carbon emissions is important in the face of climate change. As more and more carbon is released into the atmosphere, temperatures heat up.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2015
Science World Report
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Supply, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Agriculture, Biofuels
Agriculture

Growing a sense of place and community in Cape Town

The Harvest of Hope initiative is a vegetable box scheme in Cape Town, South Africa, set up as a social enterprise by a local NGO. By promoting ecological urban farming, Abalimi Bezekhaya (meaning ‘Farmers of Home’ in Xhosa) improves income and household food security, and empowers disadvantaged households by building their confidence and capacities in farming. Building a sense of place and strengthening community ties, neither so common in South Africa’s urban areas, are keys for success of this approach.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2015
Rob Small, Femke Hoekstra
Farming Matters
14-17
Tags:
Urban Agriculture, South Africa, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Food Security, Farmers, Vegetables, Food Supply, Women
Agriculture

Creating city region food systems

As cities continue to expand and ever more people migrate to urban areas, current unsustainable patterns of urbanisation and ineffective policies are no longer acceptable. The typical approaches that maintain the separation between rural and urban neglect all of the ways that connect both worlds. And nowhere else are rural and urban areas more linked than within the food system.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/06/2015
Emily Mattheisen
Farming Matters
43-45
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Security, Food Supply, Urban Habitat, Rural Habitat, Land Use, Governance
Health

European Union helps treat malnutrition among Sudan’s most vulnerable

KHARTOUM - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of €9 million (US$9.7 million) from the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department

Publication Date: 
25/05/2015
Sudan Tribune
Tags:
Health, Malnutrition, Sudan, Child Health, Displacement, Food Supply, Nutrition, Food Security, Africa
Environment

Fertility of world's soil reaching peak that will threaten food supplies, scientists warn

The fertility of the world’s soil is reaching a peak that will threaten global food supplies this century unless more is done to preserve the long-term viability of existing farmland, according to

Publication Date: 
08/05/2015
Independent (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Environment, Soil Resources, Food Supply, Food Security, Agriculture, Soil Erosion, Land Degradation
Climate Change

Climate change will significantly affect Australians’ health, report finds

Climate change will have significant repercussions for Australians’ health as warming temperatures fuel extreme weather events, help spread disease and disrupt food and water supplies, according to

Publication Date: 
30/04/2015
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Climate Change, Health Effects, Climate Impacts, Australia, Global Warming, Extreme Weather Events, Food Supply, Water Supply

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