Food security and safety

What Expert Says: Impact of Climate Change on Agrobiodiversity and Food Security

Mohamad Zabawi Abdul Ghani
The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in 2007 has reaffirmed that climate is changing and influencing many physical and biological systems including disruption of the ecosystem’s services, which is important to support livelihood. When...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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The Development of Food Varieties for Food Safety in Taiwan

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) The Rice is the major staple food in Taiwan. Around 1.31 million metric tons of rice are produced per year, enough to sufficiently supply domestic food consumption. Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) regularly buys the public grains from rice farmers...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Korean Policy Responses for Ensuring Food Security in the time of Climate Change

Chang-Gil Kim, Jeong-bin Im
INTRODUCTION Climate change is caused by global warming. It refers to the average increase in global temperature, and has become a megatrend that will lead to significant changes in future society. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) offers up substantial scientific evidence...
Country: Korea Topic: Food security and safety
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Pork Tracking and Timely Sourcing System Activated by Council of Agriculture

Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) Because of the rising concerns on food sources and safety, consumers start to look more carefully about the meat farms, feeding environment, hygiene, and meat quality. On the other hand, the aggressive participation of regional free trade agreement, like TPP,...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Taiwan-Peru-New Zealand Hosts 2016 APEC Conference on Minimizing Retailer and Consumer Food Losses and Wastes

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture The Taiwan-Peru-New Zealand joint hosting of the 2016 APEC Conference on Minimizing Retailer and Consumer Food Losses and Wastes on September 22 has raised a high attention among APEC member countries. The successful close of this conference will propose several...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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