More than 200 politicians, CEOs, scientists and leaders of international organizations from around the world gathered in Stockholm for the meeting, discussing solutions to reduce food waste in the supply chain and enhance water efficiency in agricultur…
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Modernghana.com: Local irrigation systems provide better food security: study
STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Farmer-led irrigation schemes provide better food security, protect millions of farmers from climate risks and reduce poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, a new study showed Friday.
News.softpedia.com: Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes Now Argued to Ensure Food Security
Seeing how the global food industry has been severely impacted by recent developments in
terms of weather patterns, and environmental conditions, the case is now made that farmers
living in the developing regions of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia ne…
Guardian.co.uk: Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists
Leading water scientists have issued one of the sternest warnings yet about global food supplies, saying that the world’s population may have to switch almost completely to a vegetarian diet over the next 40 years to avoid catastrophic shortages.
Reliefweb.int: Food: A quiet water revolution
JOHANNESBURG, 24 August 2012 (IRIN) – Quietly, a revolution to develop cheap ways to draw water for irrigation is unfolding in small villages and rural regions in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, a new three-year study has found. This movement …