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  • Wheat in heat: the 'crazy idea' that could combat food insecurity

    March 23, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Senegal, Ndiayene Pendao

    After many years of attempts, scientists have discovered how to create a heat tolerant wheat that has the potential of impacting the growing concerns around food insecurity. Tested in sub-Saharan temperatures in Senegal, the International Centre for Research in the Dry Areas (Icarda) have seen success with their strain of wheat that turns this formerly cold-weather only crop into a fast-growing crop that can withstand 40C temperatures and be grown in the between seasons of planting rice crops.

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  • Protecting crops with predators instead of poisons

    March 15, 2018 |

    Environmental Health News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Insects, small birds, rodents are just a few of the species that are negatively impacting farmers all over the world. Many traditional deterrents are seen as impractical, inconvenient and oftentimes short-term. Predatory birds may be the solution farmers have been searching for.

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  • Malawian Farmers Fight Climate Change Head On

    March 14, 2018 |

    Greentumble |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Malawi

    While climate change continues to complicate the realities of creating seasonal viable crops, farmers in Malawi are adopting conservation agriculture in at attempt to salvage what they can from their crops. Through a variety of "climate change resilience farming methods," local farmers have seen an increase in their crops' resiliency.

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  • Chocolate and agroforestry accelerate in El Salvador

    March 14, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: El Salvador, Zacatecoluca

    Agroforestry has become a powerful tool in El Salvador communities and is helping farmers grow crops they otherwise wouldn't be able to. The practices which has played a major role in bringing cacao back to the region, is also beneficial for the climante and ecosystem.

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  • How close are we to a hamburger grown in a lab?

    March 08, 2018 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States

    Could clean meat be the solution for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, feeding an ever-growing human population and saving water? A growing number of food innovators think so, as do investors such as Bill Gates and Richard Branson. Although too expensive to hit the market immediately, production is in the works to create clean meat from animal cells that may be better for human health and the health of the environment.

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  • Community And Vegetables Grow Side-By-Side In Syrian Refugee Camp Gardens

    February 22, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Iraq

    For Syrian refugees staying in camps in Northern Iraq, gardening and greenery can be a way to stay connected to home while also providing a sense of purpose. The U.K. based nonprofit The Lemon Tree Trust works to help refugees start their own gardens - and eventually sell the produce - by sponsoring a home garden competition and providing toolkits and resources for individuals who'd like to get involved.

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  • Subsistence hunters adapt to a warming Alaska with new tools

    February 22, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, Shishmaref, Alaska

    Adapting to climate change means making pragmatic choices for subsistence hunters. In Alaska, island communities in the Bering Strait are changing the way they secure food for their families. Where once hunters had largely relied on marine mammals for their diets, today, musk oxen and caribou make up a larger part of the local diet. Hunters are also learning to adapt to changing ice conditions by using drones to monitor large areas.

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  • My Perfect Country: Canada

    February 18, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver

    Canada is paving the way in marine solutions, but they didn't get there without failure first. After decades of overfishing, the country is experimenting with a sustainable commercial fishing catch-share system that has relied on quotas, leading to a full retention, fully monitored fishery.

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  • Introducing the cool way to keep fruits fresh

    February 17, 2018 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Massi

    To prolong the shelf life of mangos, a cash crop in Kenya, members of the Masii Horticultural Farmers Cooperative in Machakos County have found a way to build innovative coolers that will work without a need for electricity. Although not without problems, like the ability for the farmer's to actually transport their fruit to the coolers, this innovation has allowed the deterioration process to stall for more than 15 days.

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  • One Fish, Two Fish, Strange Fish, New Fish

    February 13, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Maynard, Massachusetts

    Genetically engineered foods have found their place in the world's diet through a variety of means. AquaBounty Technologies has taken this practice and found a successful way to apply it to the engineering of salmon, introducing a means to potentially cut back on overfishing while also supplying a nutritious alternative to more affluent counties and simultaneously help aid the people of the developing world that have little access to meat. Despite facing years of pushback from North America, the company has successfully been selling the salmon in Canadian grocery stores and hopes to expand the sales soon.

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