PPT-Digital technology to boost agricultural output, improve the food environment and reduce

Dr Susan Keino Moi University susankeinogmailcom Introduction The SDGs adopted in 2015 Global 821million Africa 277million A poorly structured food environment compounded by insufficient agricultural output has led to. in Africa. BBC News 31. st. January 2006. More than half of Africa is now in need of urgent food assistance.. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning that 27 sub-Saharan countries now need help.. Famine. A famine is a wide-spread and severe shortage of food affecting large numbers of people. . Natural causes include droughts, floods, earthquakes, insect plagues, and plant disease.. Famine, continued. By. Charles Anudu. Managing . Director. The . Candel. Company Limited. At. The Mazungumzo Roundtable . Brussels, June 26. th. , 2012. The Global Agro-Food Context. The Global Economic Crisis tipped more people into poverty and hunger than could be measured.. Lecture . 8: Agriculture. Overview. Agriculture: An overview. Case Study: The Green Revolution. International institutions. Focus by regions. Case Study: . Cut flowers . in Kenya. Agricultural transition. 8. th. Annual . Decommissioning & Abandonment Summit . Debbie . McIntosh, Head of Subsurface & Wells Practice . 25. th. February . 2016. This document has been prepared solely for . 8. th. Annual Decommissioning & . The team has developed a method to reduce triglycerides; improve glucose tolerance; and reduce weight using an adult stem cell technology platform. Intellectual Property Protection. : . Two issued patents and one patent pending. Agriscience. What is Biotechnology?. The use of cells or components of cells to produce products or processes.. Genetically Engineered Tomato. Calgene. , an agricultural biotechnology firm in Davis, California, developed a bioengineered tomato that resists rotting.. odule 5. 30-Aug-12. 1. Learning Objectives. Be able to explain the causal factors of malnutrition that are identified in the conceptual model and the level they act on. Understand the application and limitations of the conceptual framework. UNC Global Health Forum . January 2017. Martha C Carlough MD MPH. Professor, Department of Family Medicine. Director, Office of International Activities. UNC/Chapel Hill. Objectives. To review . the prevalence and consequences . Training Slides. Adapted (with permission) from the ‘Essentials in Care’ module of the E-Learning for Healthcare Programme. . Covering:. What is malnutrition. Common signs and symptoms of malnutrition . and leave no one behind United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition UNSCN April 2017 EN Discussion Paper All rights reserved. UNSCN encourages the use and dissemination of content in this p PARM . OBJECTIVES. SPECIFIC. . Strengthen agricultural risk management (ARM) in selected developing countries, in a holistic manner and on a demand-driven basis. . ARM becomes an institutional component of agricultural policy in beneficiary Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) and interested Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and African Union (AU).. Nutrition. Prabhu. . Pingali. Professor of Applied Economics. & Director, Tata-Cornell Initiative for Agriculture & Nutrition, Cornell University. David . Sahn. International Professor of Economics in the Division of Nutritional Sciences & Department of Economics,. . Agricultural Value Chain Development: . . An economywide approach applied to Egypt. Clemens Breisinger, Mariam Raouf, James Thurlow and Manfred Wiebelt. IFPRI. ICRAC Conference. 5/12/2019. Cairo, Egypt.