Why are some communities more vulnerable to hunger and famine? There are many reasons, which together add up to food insecurity, the world’s no.1 health risk. Watch this video from the British Red Cross Seeds of Change campaign to find out what food insecurity is, and what we can do about it.To find out more, […]
Food security plays vital role in improving the livelihood of people. It is one of the main sources of nutritional welfare, a guarantee of good health as well as a factor in reducing poverty. Improved food production along with increased incomes allows communities to reduce the impact of crises that could fall on them. The
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A Grantham Special Lecture by Professor Martin Parry, Grantham Institute and Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London Climate change could lead to hundreds of millions of people being at risk of hunger by the middle of this century. This is in addition to the billion or so currently at risk. Several new studies are
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Second episode on how Uganda Red Cross helped to tackle food insecurity. Uganda is affected by drought and the necessity to give trainings to people on how to reuse natural resources.
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Charles Godfray is Hope Professor at Oxford University and Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In this talk he explores the challenge we face in feeding the earth’s growing population
Video on how Uganda Red Cross helped to tackle food insecurity (Ep 1).
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In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently
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Story of Vincent Paul, a beneficary of Rwandan Red Cross on how he improved his livelihood.
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“To solve global food insecurity, the first step is to know the right question to ask.” Bill Pritchard, human geographer, challenges our views on what it takes to create a food-secure world. Bill is an Associate Professor in Geography at the University of Sydney, where he teaches and researches on food, agriculture and rural and
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This Integrated Food Security Programme is supported by the Finnish Red Cross“The video shows the experience of the Malawi Red Cross Society that has introduced an integrated food security programme in 2011 as part of their wider food security strategy. It integrates community-based health care, sustainable livelihoods and water and sanitation together with HIV/AIDS awareness
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