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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
Agricultural R&D key to preventing food crises
Investing in agricultural research and development could cut food prices and lift millions of people out of poverty, says Joachim von Braun.
17 December 2008
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Source: Nature
African Union support crucial for agricultural progress
African nations must not only bring industry and activists to the table, but also follow up on their report, says an editorial in Nature.
1 December 2008
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Source: Nature
Policy Briefs
Putting adaptation at the heart of development
A four-step plan to help governments integrate adaptation to climate change into development planning and policy.
11 December 2008
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Source: IIED
People, deserts and drylands in the developing world
Growing dryland populations are depleting their natural resources, while increasingly-settled agriculture ignores the traditional knowledge needed to tackle future uncertainties, says David Thomas.
1 October 2006
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News and Features
Mutated crops 'could combat food crisis'
A technique that increases genetic mutation rates in crops could aid the global food crisis but needs more investment.
New centre to boost knowledge on underutilised crops
Malaysia will host an international body to encourage investment and research into underused plant species relied on by the poor.
26 November 2008
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Biotechnology 'no cure-all' for food insecurity
26 September 2008
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