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Live Blog Post- Every Farmer Wants What I Have
A recap of the "Managing Risks Associated with Volatile Weather, Changing Climates, and Resource Scarcity" panel at our fifth Global Food Security Symposium 2014 in Washington, DC.
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Food Security From the Ground Up
Taking on food security amidst the threat of increased climate instability is a formidable task.
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Expert Commentary by Trey Hill
As a large grain producer, living in the mid Atlantic, I am able to see agriculture and food production from a unique perspective.
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Commentary- Models Agree: Climate Change Will Put Pressure on Crop Yields in Large Areas of the Developing World
The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP)’s global gridded crop model results, cited in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, show that crop yields without adaptation will decline in large areas of the developing world by the end of the century.
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Live Blog Post- Climate-Smart Food Security
At the Chicago Council’s Global Food Security Symposium today in Washington, DC, a panel on “Climate-Smart Food Security” addressed the role of family farmers in mitigating the effects of climate change including: climate-smart approaches already being used by smallholder farmers, opportunities to preserve natural resources, and the need for a “brown revolution.”
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Expert Commentary by James Cameron
There remains a stubborn lack of understanding about the systemic connection between water, food, energy and the climate – and what this means for the future feeding of the world.
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Commentary- Optimism about Agriculture’s Adaptive Capacity
The impacts of a changing climate on food security projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the National Climate Assessment and now the Chicago Council on Global Affairs raise legitimate concerns about the global food system’s ability to meet increasing challenges.
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Expert Commentary by Chris Policinski
Discussions this week about the impact weather volatility and climate change have on global food production provide additional, powerful evidence of the fragile state of our world’s food security.
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Live Blog Post- The Climate-Food Nexus and What It Means for Conflict, Economic Growth, and Sustainability
The first session of the 2014 Symposium brought together a renowned panel with a wide range of backgrounds including a journalist, two private sector representatives , an NGO executive, a farmer, and a scientist.