On a scale of 1 to 5, UN agencies are rating the Horn of Africa at a 4, one step below “catastrophe/famine.” In a region where problems with security and governance are the typical concern, famine is now threatening over 9 million people. Inadequate rainfall, coupled with high global food prices, have put the people […]
From time to time, the Global Food Security Blog will call upon experts with an informed viewpoint on topics in global food security to contribute guest posts to our blog. The first of our guest bloggers is Dr. Augustine Uzo Mokwunye, a development strategy consultant with expertise in natural resources management, capacity development, and application […]
There’s been a fair bit of fur flying as a result of Al Gore’s recent article in Rolling Stone: Climate of Denial. Most of the controversy centers around the fact that Gore calls out President Obama for not doing enough on climate change – not using his “bully pulpit.” More about that tack in a […]
Unlike its neighbors Germany, Italy and Switzerland, France is increasing investment in nuclear power. President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced 1 billion euro nuclear spending program. “There is no alternative to nuclear energy today,” he said. “We are going to devote a billion euros to the nuclear program of the future, particularly fourth-generation technology,” Mr Sarkozy […]
As a growing shortage of arable land on Earth has led to controversial practices such as land grabs, can the solution lie in space? Watch this report from BBC about efforts to learn how to grow food in space. In the short-term, it is meant to supplement astronauts’ diets, but there are also long-term goals […]
With Europe’s E. Coli outbreak fresh in mind, many Americans may have asked the question: “How does our government handle outbreaks of contaminated food?” A new audit of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) performance during 17 food recalls that took place in 2007 and 2008 may renew the questions about how unsafe food […]
Read recent posts from the Foreign Policy Blog network that relate to food security issues. Food and International Folly from the Global Health blog Glorious Food from the Climate Change blog Enjoy!
The AP has a blockbuster report out this morning: US Nuke Regulators Weaken Safety Rules. (NPR is featuring the story, as are hundreds of other news outlets.) The opening sentence certainly gets your attention. “Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation’s aging reactors operating within safety standards […]
Maybe, just maybe, one of the lessons learned from the economic crisis of the past few years is that folks in post-industrial societies need to live within their means better and more. Credit card debt in the US has decreased by over $167 billion since its peak of $957.5 billion in 2008. It stood at […]
It seems that politicians spend most of their time trying to get elected and re-elected. After a few terms in office, though, they start to focus more on their legacy – less on what the voters think of them, and more on what historians will think of them. For some, their legacy is changing the […]
The bad news keeps rolling in for the “nuclear renaissance” that has been much touted in recent years. The relentless, heedless proponents of more nuclear have tried to bull their way forward, even in the aftermath of Fukushima. Well, thankfully, and perhaps predictably, the democracies, at least, are saying no more, thank you, it’s well […]
Aquaculture, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is “the fastest growing food production system in the world.” It accounts for nearly 50 percent of the world’s food fish, according to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), and more than 1 billion people rely on fish as an important source of animal protein. With this […]
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