World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Food Security
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International Conference on Climate Change Innovation and Resilience for Sustainable, 12-14 January 2015, Nepal
International Conference on Climate Change Innovation and Resilience for Sustainable Livelihood is being held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 12-14 January 2015. The conference is a joint effort of The Small
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International Conference on Plants & Environmental Pollution, 03-06 December 2014, Lucknow , India
The International Conference on Plants & Environmental Pollution, organized by the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology will take place from 3rd December to the 6th December
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Annual Conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development,26-27 November 2014, Amman - Jordan
Arab countries have been pursuing a target of higher food self-sufficiency rate, but achieving this goal remained beyond reach. While they have limited cultivable land and scarce water resources, they
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Food Security: Mapping Risks, Building Resilience, 01-02 December 2014, London
Food security is at risk from new sources of instability. As the food system becomes increasingly globalized, disruptions reverberate faster and more widely than ever before.This conference will focus
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Third Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture, 14-16 March 2015, France
Discussion sessions will be devoted to a range of topics including: metrics of adaptation, mitigation and food security; uncertainties and risks; synergies and tradeoffs; economics and low hanging fruits;
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Family farmers, feeding the world, caring for the earth
<p>This 2-minute video on the theme of this year’s World Food Day illustrates how vitally important family farmers are, in terms of food production and the safeguarding of our natural resources</p>
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International conference on natural resource management for food security and rural livelihoods, 10-13 February 2015, New Delhi
Agriculture economic progress is essential for inclusive and accelerated growth in the country. Green revolution has brought unprecedented successes in enhancing agricultural production and alleviating
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ClimaAdapt: Adaptation through innovation
<p>How should India and other countries adapt their agricultural practices to a changing climate? In a new film, researchers explain how they go about in the ClimaAdapt project when developing new rice growing technologies and undertaking capacity building of farmers.</p> <p>There is growing consensus among the world’s scientific community that our climate is changing. Countries in the tropics and sub-tropics are particularly vulnerable as extreme weather conditions pose a serious threat to their food security. For India, the rapidly growing economy, climate change and variability may have a negative impact on the well-being of a steadily increasing population, of which the vast majority reside in rural areas and are highly dependent on natural resources for their food, shelter and income.</p>
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2nd Africa Ecosystem Based Adaptation for Food Security Conference 30-31 July 2015, Kenya
This event "the 2nd Africa Food Security and Adaptation conference (AFSAC2)" is taking place on July 30 to 31, 2015. The theme this year is: Africa’s Soil the New Frontier: Re-imagining Africa Food Security
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2nd International Conference on Global Food Security 11-14 October 2015, USA
Achieving global food security whilst reconciling demands on the environment is the greatest challenge faced by mankind. By 2050 at least 9 billion people will need food, and increasing incomes and urbanization