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    food security Insights
    Food
    North America
    Insights
    June 11, 2014

    High Water Stress Jeopardizes One-Third of World’s Corn Crop

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk
    Water limits to corn production are likely to be exacerbated as climate change alters global precipitation patterns. Photo Credit: Jane/Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk
    Food
    Insights
    June 4, 2014

    Sustainable Fish Farming: 5 Strategies to Get Aquaculture Growth Right

    • aquaculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • world resources report
    Aquaculture production will need to more than double again between now and 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population. Photo credit: WorldFish/Flickr
    • aquaculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • world resources report
    Climate
    Insights
    May 28, 2014

    Restoration: It’s About More than Just the Trees

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • deforestation
    • food security
    Agroforestry in Indonesia's Lubuk Beringin village. Photo credit: Tri Saputro, Flickr
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • deforestation
    • food security
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    February 12, 2014

    Improving Food Security in the Sahel Is Difficult, but Achievable

    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    A local farmer in Burkina Faso, Yacouba Sawadogo, innovates. Photo Credit: Chris Reij, WRI
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 19, 2013

    India’s Watershed Development Boosts Food Security, Improves Livelihoods

    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • water risk
    India has long-battled its water scarcity issues throughout an approach called watershed development. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • water risk
    Food
    Insights
    December 3, 2013

    The Global Food Challenge Explained in 18 Graphics

    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    A farmer walks her cow through paddies in Bangladesh. Photo credit: jankie, Flickr
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    Food
    Insights
    October 31, 2013

    One-Quarter of World’s Agriculture Grows in Highly Water-Stressed Areas

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk
    New WRI analysis shows that 57 percent of the world's cotton is grown in water-stressed areas. Photo credit: Stephen Morton, Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk
    Food
    Insights
    October 22, 2013

    New Protocol Will Take a Bite Out of Global Food Loss and Waste

    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    According to WRI research, one out of four food calories produced ultimately not consumed. Photo credit: Koshy Koshy, Flickr
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    October 16, 2013

    Farmer Innovation: Improving Africa’s Food Security through Land and Water Management

    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Food
    • food security
    Yacouba Sawadogo, a farmer, digs planting pits to restore degraded land. Photo credit: Chris Reij, WRI
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Food
    • food security
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    August 15, 2013

    Burkina Faso Farmers Lead the Way on Food Security and Climate Change Resilience

    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Food
    • food security
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Food
    • food security
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    July 31, 2013

    3 Unexpected Ways to Improve Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    June 27, 2013

    Learning from African Farmers: How “Re-greening” Boosts Food Security; Curbs Climate Change

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    Food
    Insights
    April 22, 2013

    Food and Fuel: 2 Grand Challenges Facing Us this Earth Day

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • Freshwater
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • Freshwater
    Food
    Insights
    January 31, 2013

    4 Grand Challenges to Energy, Food, and Water

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • food security
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • food security
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    January 30, 2013

    5 Sobering Realities about Global Water Security

    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • water risk

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