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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
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
GM crops deserve more reasoned debate
Debates around the potential benefits of GM crops for developing countries must be reasoned and evidence-based, says Albert Weale.
Voluntary co-operation can work on global problems
15 September 2008
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Source: IISD/MEA Bulletin
Policy Briefs
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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