Latest Food security Stories
Both Producers and Consumers to Benefit TAMALE, Ghana, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Getting a loan, storing crops, earning more from sales--all are about to become a little easier for Ghanaian grain farmers and traders with the recent issuance of the first grain warehouse receipts. This auspicious event took place in December in Tamale, in northern Ghana, a relatively poor area that is the focus of development efforts. The receipts are a record of deposit...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today opened the 97(th) Pennsylvania Farm Show by welcoming visitors to celebrate the state's agriculture industry. "Pennsylvania has a rich agricultural tradition, and the Pennsylvania Farm Show honors our oldest and largest industry," Corbett said. "There are almost 13 million people in Pennsylvania, and every one of them depends on 62,000 farm families. To all of our farmers, thank you." The 2013...
SHANGHAI, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The food safety law in the People's Republic of China came into force on June 1, 2009. Food safety in food production companies plays an essential role in implementing the government's regulations, as the food manufacturing industry is the core stage in the food supply chain known as "from farmland to table". (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130104/CN36880 ) Most food poisoning cases each year are related to food-borne pathogenic...
Nearly 98 pounds of food was collected in EMCO High Voltage Corporation’s month-long effort. Sutter Creek, CA (PRWEB) December 23, 2012 The 30-day food drive held annually by EMCO High Voltage Corporation has added 98 pounds of food and a five-hundred dollar check to the Carson Valley Community Food Closet. “Unfortunately, hunger is an everyday challenge for many Americans. The current economic climate has made it difficult for people to feed their families. As members of the...
Government and private enterprise group shapes future of global food programs San Diego, Calif. (PRWEB) December 21, 2012 PCI (Project Concern International) CEO George Guimaraes has been elected chair of the Alliance for Global Food Security (AGFS). The mission of the AGFS is to address hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity through the effective and accountable use of funds, food aid and other resources. The Alliance works to assure that food security-related policies, including food...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is pleased to announce a Declaration of Partnership with the National Conference of Dalit Organisations (NACDOR) to improve nutritional outcomes for Dalit communities across India. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121211/582481-b ) The partnership, entered into on 8 December 2013 in New Delhi, India, recognizes the nutritional well-being of all...
HONOLULU, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A partnership of public agencies and non-profit organizations today announced the purchase of more than 1,700 acres of land from the estate of George Galbraith on Oahu, protecting it for farming rather than development. The land, near Wahiawa northwest of Honolulu, has been fallow since 2004, when Del Monte ceased growing pineapple there. George Galbraith, a native of Ireland, moved to Hawaii in the late 1800s, and died in 1904....
Public-private partnership to advance science and policy for global food and nutrition security SASKATOON, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The Province of Saskatchewan, the University of Saskatchewan, and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) today formally launched the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) to develop Saskatchewan-led solutions to feed a growing world population. With initial commitments of up to CDN $35 million from PotashCorp and CDN $15...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the past year, nearly one-third of adults in America have either experienced lack of food or been concerned about food insecurity among their family, friends, or neighbors. Equally troubling, one in 10 adults went without a basic need (such as food, medicine, or health care) in order to provide food for another family member. Those are among the findings of a new poll commissioned by Generations United and conducted by Harris...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online According to a new report, consumers eat a gallon of diesel fuel, 63 pounds of soil, and over two tons of water, in the form of food each day. A book entitled “The Coming Famine: the global food crisis and how we can avoid it” suggests that these numbers are what it takes to feed the typical human being. Science writer Julian Cribb, author of the new book, told the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra that when you...
