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‘Hail to the Queen’ – Saving the Caribbean Queen Conch

January 7, 2021 sarah Jonas Aquaculture, Conservation, Food Security, habitat destruction, NOAA, Overfishing, Puerto Rico, Restoration, Shellfish, Survival, The Bahamas

Second only to the spiny lobster, the queen conch is a prized delicacy long harvested for food and is revered for its beautiful shell. Conch populations have dwindled so low, creating a dire and urgent situation in ecological and economic terms. To preserve this most significant molluscan fishery in the Caribbean, the world’s leading expert on queen conch aquaculture has published an 80-page, step-by-step user manual that provides complete illustrations and photos of how to culture and restore the queen conch.

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Tepary beans – a versatile and sustainable native crop

December 16, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Climate Change, cover crop, Crop Science, Drought, Farming, Food Security, Microbiology, Nutrition, Plant Science, Soil Science

This drought and heat tolerant crop can provide nutrition, even when grown in harsh environments.

Feature

Hunger in the Arctic prompts focus on causes, not symptoms

November 12, 2020 sarah Jonas Arctic, Canada, Climate Change, Fisheries, Food Security

The communities of Nunatsiavut in Northern Labrador, Canada, similar to other communities across Inuit Nunangat, the homeland of Inuit, are plagued by excessive food insecurity rates, which are estimated to be five times the level of food insecurity measured for households in Canada.

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Marine Fisheries Will Not Offset Farm Losses after Nuclear War

November 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Climate, Climate Change, Cooling, Farming, Fish Stocks, fisheries management, Fishing, Food, Food Prices, Food Security, India, Infrastructure, LAND, marine fisheries, New Jersey, NJ, nuclear war, nuclear winter, Nutrients, Overfishing, Pakistan, Protein, RU, Russia, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Trade, United States

After a nuclear war, wild-catch marine fisheries will not offset the loss of food grown on land, especially if widespread overfishing continues, according to a Rutgers co-authored study. But effective pre-war fisheries management would greatly boost the oceans’ potential contribution of protein and nutrients during a global food emergency, according to the study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study for the first time explored the effects of nuclear war on wild-catch marine fisheries.

Announcement

Cornell’s Prabhu Pingali named board chair of anti-hunger institute

November 6, 2020 sarah Jonas Asia, Farmers, Food Security, Nutrition, Sub-Saharan Africa

Prabhu Pingali, director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, has been named chair of the governing board of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.

Announcement

CCE helps new food truck feed Buffalo families in need

October 16, 2020 sarah Jonas Food, Food Security, New York

With help from Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Buffalo City School District unveiled a new Farm to School food truck, which will bring locally-sourced hot food to inner city families.

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Ceres2030 research offers path to end world hunger within decade

October 12, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Food Security, Global Development

Small-scale farmers see a path to solving global hunger over the next decade, thanks to a Cornell University-hosted project that used artificial intelligence to cull ideas from more than 500,000 scientific research articles.

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Infants in Households With Very Low Food Security May Have Greater Obesity Risk

August 28, 2020 sarah Jonas Food Insecurity, Food Security, Infants, Obesity

Infants from households reporting very low “food security,” a measure of access to adequate and healthy meals, tend to weigh more than those from households with relatively high food security.

Feature

How does plant disease affect my breakfast?

August 10, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Breakfast, Crop Science, Disease, Food Security, Plant Health, Sustainability

If plant diseases are not managed properly, our breakfast tables could be vastly different

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Decline of Bees, Other Pollinators Threatens U.S. Crop Yields

July 28, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Apples, bees, British Columbia, Bumble Bees, Canada, Crops, Farming, Flowers, Food, Food Security, Habitat, Honeybees, insect pollination, Insects, Micronutrients, New Jersey, NJ, Pollination, Pollinators, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, United States, Wildflowers

Crop yields for apples, cherries and blueberries across the United States are being reduced by a lack of pollinators, according to Rutgers-led research, the most comprehensive study of its kind to date. Most of the world’s crops depend on honeybees and wild bees for pollination, so declines in both managed and wild bee populations raise concerns about food security, notes the study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

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Small-farm tech reduces deforestation, climate change

July 23, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Climate Change, Deforestation, Food Security, Maize, soil health

Small farms in Zambia that use the latest hybrid seed for maize, help reduce deforestation and tackle climate change in a new Cornell University study.

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Free trade can prevent hunger caused by future shifts in climate patterns

July 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Climate Change, climate change impacts, Food Security, global warming, International Trade, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Vulnerability

International trade can compensate for regional reductions in agricultural production and reduce hunger when protectionist measures and other barriers to trade are eliminated.

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