Food Security

Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of TOMRA’s Resource Revolution?
September 03, 2015

Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of TOMRA’s Resource Revolution?

Food sorting machines with the ability to think like humans could solve the greatest challenges facing the industry today, says TOMRA Sorting Food.
Dutch saltwater potatoes offer hope for world's hungry
April 29, 2015

Dutch saltwater potatoes offer hope for world's hungry

A small field on an island off the Netherlands' northern coast promises one answer to the problem of how to feed the world's ever-growing population: potatoes and other crops that grow in saltwater.
Roshni Lata of Muanikoso shops for potatoes at a supermarket in Suva, Fiji. (Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU)
April 06, 2015

New potato varieties to improve Pacific food security

Almost 70 new varieties of potato and sweet potato will soon be available to Pacific Island countries and territories, to improve food security across the region.
Potato can be grown on land unsuitable for rice, grain cultivation
January 22, 2015

Are Potatoes the Answer to China's Food Security Problem?

In a meeting on January 6th, the Ministry of Agriculture of China announced plans to double the total area of land devoted to potato cultivation from just over 5 million hectares to 10 million hectares.
India's government asked PepsiCo to develop nutritious processed foods to be included in school lunches around the country, food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said on Tuesday after a meeting with Pepsico chief executive officer Indra Nooyi.
August 27, 2014

India asks Pepsico to make 107 million school lunches healthier

India’s government is seeking help from an unlikely partner to feed millions of its hungriest children: PepsiCo Inc, the world’s largest snack maker.
Nyandarua county in Kenya
July 16, 2014

CIP and GIZ jointly invest in potato project in Nyandarua County, Kenya

Nyandarua county in Kenya will benefit from an investment in a potato project that will involve large-scale production, processing and marketing.
The [C88] potato has become so popular that in some regions, ‘Cooperation 88’ has actually become synonymous with, or even replaced, the Chinese word for potato
June 30, 2014

'Open Source' seed released to nurture patent-free food

An ‘open-source’ seed initiative has released 36 varieties of 14 food crops, which the project’s leaders say could help poor farmers get access to better quality seeds.
Proyecto latinoamericano que une los enfoques de nutrición y agricultura es reconocido por el banco mundial
June 16, 2014

Proyecto latinoamericano que une los enfoques de nutrición y agricultura es reconocido por el banco mundial

El proyecto “Innovación para la Seguridad y Soberanía Alimentaria en los Andes” (IssAndes) recibió una Mención Honrosa en el concurso Harvesting Nutrition 2013 organizado por la plataforma de conocimiento SecurityNutrition del Banco Mundial.
National Geographic fotografía productores de papa peruanos
May 02, 2014

National Geographic fotografía productores de papa peruanos

El fotógrafo Jim Richardson estuvo fotografiando productores de papa de los Andes como parte de una una serie de artículos titulada “Future of Food”.
Recetario gastronómico con papas nativas de estado Mérida, Venezuela
May 01, 2014

Recetario gastronómico con papas nativas de Mérida, Venezuela

El recetario es el resultado de una iniciativa de las autoras en un intento por promocionar las papas nativas a través de su uso gastronómico.
La próxima despensa global: Cómo América Latina puede alimentar al mundo
April 20, 2014

La próxima despensa global: Cómo América Latina puede alimentar al mundo

Los elementos esenciales para el crecimiento agrícola masivo y sostenible de América Latina y el Caribe ya están dados. Sin embargo, para que toda la región alcance su enorme potencial agrícola, será necesario alinear muchas 'partes movibles'. Cómo lograrlo es el tema que cubre este informe.
A potato farmer in Meepitima, Nuwara Eliya collecting the potato harvest (Susantha Wijegunasekera; Sunday Observer)
March 31, 2014

Sri Lanka Government introduces guaranteed price for potatoes

The Sri Lanka government introduces guaranteed price for potatoes, onions and dried chili to stimulate growth of the agricultural sector, achieving national food security.
Washington & Colorado Food Banks Win Big With Super Bowl Bet
February 06, 2014

Washington and Colorado Food Banks Win Big With Super Bowl Bet

The Washington State Potato Commission and the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee (CPAC) made sure that food banks in their respective states are the true winners of this year’s Super Bowl.
Graph representing Per Capita food losses and waste at consumption and pre-consumption stages
February 05, 2014

DuPont highlights Food Chain Collaboration at Fruit Logistica

At the 2014 Fruit Logistica event, being held in Berlin from 5-7 February, DuPont Food Chain Manager for the EMEA region, Mr Luigi Coffano, highlighted the challenges faced by a world population that is growing by 150,000 people every day.
 Freshly dug up potato plant Ethiopia (Wageningen UR)
October 23, 2013

Ethiopia's poor turn to potatoes in quest for food security

Dessie Zuria is one of the most critically food insecure districts in Ethiopia. High altitude forced farmers to grow a single staple – barley. However, the previously unknown potato is helping to transform the lives of thousands of the poorest farmers.
August 20, 2013

West Africa: More Yield with better seed potatoes

Potatoes supply more calories than grain, many vitamins and minerals and are an important source of income for the growers in the rural areas of West Africa. Therefore the German development assistance initiates production of potatoes in areas of famine.
 Semagn-Asredie Kolech with Ethiopian farmers
May 21, 2013

Potato may help feed Ethiopia in era of climate change

Semagn-Asredie Kolech, a Cornell doctoral candidate in the field of horticulture, studies the potato and bridges the tradition of Ethiopian farming with the modernity of agricultural science.
 micronutrients in potato germplasm
February 11, 2013

Una Red mundial para apoyar el mejoramiento de la calidad nutricional de la papa y el camote

Del 14 al 18 de enero, se llevó a cabo en la sede central del CIP, una reunión para la creación de una Red que garantizará el mejoramiento de la calidad nutricional de las raíces y tubérculos.

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