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Agadir Conference: Food

Worldwide, whether in developing or developed contextx, food security is a paramount issue.  It relates to issue areas from food availability to food safety to traditional and innovative agricultural genetic technologies.

  • FeaturedArticle

    Food and Asian Irrigation

    Asian irrigation must be revitalised Reporting on SciDev.Net on 18 August 2009, Katherine Nightingale notes: Asia's run-down irrigation systems need to be updated if the continent is to meet the...

  • FeaturedBlog Post

    Gardening in Sacks

    Sacks gardening in urban and rural areas A recent online issue of Scitizen contains an article that notes: In every developing country people are suffering from the high food prices. More than...

  • FeaturedEvent

    Forum on Sustainability Science Programs

    Fourth Forum on Sustainability Science Programs at the 2010 AAAS Annual Meeting Thursday, February 18, 2010 - San Diego, CA The focus of this year's Forum is on "Core Competencies in...

Featured Resource

Earth's Marine Fisheries

Management Effectiveness of the World's Marine Fisheries Press release from PLoS Biology According to the most recent report on the status of the world's fisheries by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, fisheries supply at least...

Latest News

Avoiding Climate-Driven Food Crisis in Africa

Averting a climate-led food crisis in Africa Local crop varieties could provide solutions to temperature rises. Reporting in Nature, 19 June 2009, Natasha Gilbert writes: African farmers could find...