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Ensuring food security — where people have access to an affordable, nutritionally adequate diet — is vital to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by half the proportion of people suffering from hunger.
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Opinions and Analysis
Agro-ecology methods are key to food security
Agro-ecology offers simple solutions and can align climate change with food security agendas, says UN adviser Olivier De Schutter.
20 December 2011
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Source: The Ecologist
Scaling up innovations to fight hunger
Josette Sheeran, executive director of the UN World Food Programme, argues for programmes that build sustainable food security.
Policy Briefs
Advancing agricultural adaptation and mitigation
Scientists can help advance policies to promote agricultural practices that can reduce emissions and boost yields.
24 January 2012
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Source: Science
Advancing research to support smallholder farmers
Scientists can help smallholder farmers get more out of their crops in changing food markets.
1 September 2011
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Source: Science
News and Features
Tribal knowledge of millets proves superior
Tribal people in the hills of Tamil Nadu have better knowledge of millet varieties than taxonomists, a study shows.
13 February 2012
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Software apps for African farmers win prizes
Software applications, or apps, that help solve East African farmers' climate problems have received cash prizes in the Apps4Africa competition.
8 February 2012
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High temperatures 'make wheat old before its time'
8 February 2012
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