livelihoods, and natural resources in Sri Lanka. Consequently, this study had the following aims: (1) Map the interrelation between climate change, food security and food systems; (2) Elaborate the ways that food sovereignty contributes to securing the rights of people and nature while also explo...
The study aimed to contextualise food security, climate change, and food sovereignty within Sri Lanka's current development discourse by bringing global learning, experience, and scholarship together. While this paper focused on many of the most pressing issues in this regard, it also highlighted ...
South Asia, which has the poorest population in Asia is also affected by this process. Among the nations of South Asia, Sri Lanka has a relatively high degree of social welfare, although food security for its 20.1 million people is not achieved. This is due to the phenomenon of smallholder...
The National Combined Mechanism on Food Security and Nutrition will function under the Chairmanship of the President’s Secretary whereas the Technical Advisory Committee on Food Security and Nutrition will be chaired by the Prime Minister’s Secretary. The Provincial Combined Mechan...
while a minister was similarly dismissed last week after criticising the organic farming drive. After months of protests by farmers, Colombo caved in and partially lifted the agrochemical ban in late November, but the scheme had already crippled Sri Lanka's food security, with one Sri Lankan econ...
(2021). Climate Change, Hunger and Food Security in Asia with Special Reference to Sri Lanka: Can the Sustainable Development Goals Be Achieved by 2030?. In: Venkatramanan, V., Shah, S., Prasad, R. (eds) Exploring Synergies and Trade-offs between Climate Change and the Sustainable ...
具体来说,粮食安全关系到四个维度:生产可行性、可获得性、可利用性以及三个属性的稳定性。围绕这四个维度,又可衍生出对粮食危机及其产生原因和改善方面的分析研究,这也正是爱丁堡大学Food Security MSc的综合课程目标。 根据项目官方信息,目前较受关注的粮食安全面临的挑战有: ...
Multiple facets of food (in) security in Sri Lanka: An input to food policy Multiple Facets of Food (in) Security in Sri Lanka: An Input to Food Policy. In Policy Options to Achieve Food Security in South Asia; Mittal, S., Sethi, D., Eds.; Foundation Books: New Delhi, India, 2011...
And its current economic crisis could add to the threats to its food security. Sri Lanka is running low on foreign exchange – and the money it has is going towards debt settlement. Its foreign reserves stood at $2.8 billion (£2 billion) at the end of July, down from $7.5 billion ...
Weather patterns, food security and humanitarian response in sub-Saharan Africa Although considerable achievements in the global reduction of hunger and poverty have been made, progress in Africa so far has been very limited. At presen... M Haile - 《Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society...