Tag - food-security

 
 

FOOD SECURITY

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JAPAN
May 7, 2023
Japan faces uphill battle to ensure food security
The war in Ukraine and subsequent shocks to global supply chains served as another reminder of Japan's vulnerability to external conflicts.
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WORLD
Aug 16, 2022
Ukraine war could push 20 million people into poverty in 2022
The U.N. report came as concerns about food supplies have grown, especially in some nations in Africa and the Middle East that are highly dependent on grain from Ukraine.
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WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2022
Ukraine cautious as Turkey and Russia push Black Sea grain deal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has offered military help to clear mines off the coast of Odesa and escort grain ships.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2022
Record food costs throw spotlight on how China will feed itself
China has been long obsessed with finding ways to ensure there is enough food for its massive population, and with good reason.
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BUSINESS
May 15, 2022
World’s food problems piling up as India restricts wheat exports
The Indian government said in a notification dated May 13 it will suspend overseas wheat sales to manage its food security.
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WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2022
Modi faces a dilemma: Keep Indian voters happy or feed the world
He wants to be seen as a dependable global leader, but faces harvest-killing heat waves and inflation — the very issue that brought down the previous government.
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BUSINESS / Economy
May 7, 2022
As conflict and climate change bite, are high food prices here to stay?
War in Ukraine slashed wheat and fertilizer exports, while climate-induced disasters destroy harvests — together, they create harrowing risks to global food security.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 24, 2018
Lessons from the forefront of the global fight for food security
Where does our food come from? Who grows it? What is its impact on the environment? How can we feed the world's growing population? What effect will global warming have on food security?
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COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 20, 2018
Abolition of Main Crop Seeds Law puts nation at risk
Japan's food security may be put at risk with the abolition — effective April 1 — of the Main Crop Seeds Law.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 20, 2017
The false promises of farm exports as a growth strategy
Japan's agricultural export policy depends too much on imports and lacks a food security strategy.
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JAPAN
Apr 24, 2016
Innovation, investment needed for food security, G-7 officials say
Ministers from the Group of Seven nations agree to promote agricultural innovation and investment as farmers face challenges from an aging workforce and extreme weather.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2016
Curbing growth is key to achieving food security
To ensure global food security for all, we need to recognize our limitations.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2015
Striking a balance between food and biofuels
Given the right conditions, biofuels can be an effective means to increase food security by providing poor farmers with a sustainable and affordable energy source.
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CULTURE / Books
Jun 2, 2013
Recipe for a well-fed world
Food got bigger than DIY about a decade back, but publishing took a while to hoist its tired old frame on to the bandwagon. Now the food books tumble out, unstoppable, in a startling range of sub-genres. There's the cookbook with jokes. The memoir with recipes. The polemic about food system apocalypse. The cookbook (with gardening tips) for that apocalypse. The part-time vegan diet book with anti-capitalist polemic, recipes and jokes (just reviewed that one, actually). And all of the above, with celebrity attached.

Longform

Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on