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Cutting Malnutrition by 2050 Depends on Ag Output, Climate Change
2014-05-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Global malnutrition could fall 84 per cent by the year 2050 as incomes in developing countries grow - but only if agricultural productivity continues to improve and climate change does not severely damage agriculture, Purdue University researchers say.
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Hunger, malnutrition in Canada's Arctic nears crisis
2014-03-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A new report highlighted Thursday growing hunger and malnutrition in Canada's Arctic as development snowballs and tastes change, and called for immediate actions to stop an "emerging public health crisis." The report found that most northern households are twice as likely -- 27 percent versus a national average of 12 percent -- to face hunger or fear of starvation. Northern households with children reported even higher rates of food insecurity. Nearly 115,000 people, mostly indigenous, live...
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CAMBODIA: Researchers blame factory faintings on malnutrition
2013-09-18 16:57:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Researchers have found baseline malnutrition in Cambodian garment workers, which could explain the spate of factory faintings that have plagued the sector in recent years.
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CAMBODIA: Researchers blame faintings on malnutrition
2013-09-18 16:37:24| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Researchers have found baseline malnutrition in Cambodian garment workers, which could explain the spate of factory faintings that have plagued the sector in recent years.
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Namibia drought: one in three at risk of malnutrition
2013-08-14 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One in three people in Namibia is at risk of malnutrition, the UN has warned, as the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa endures its worst drought for a generation. The government declared a state of emergency after the failure of crops in May and pledged $20m (13m) of relief for the worst-hit households. The Kunene region in the north has had no rain for two years, and families have been forced to sell livestock and migrate to cities in search of work. After a summer lacking rains and a...