Currently in the global agriculture diaspora food security is a recurring issue. The issue has grown of recent years to include household food security, nutrition security and even water security. Although these areas are interrelated they all have a multitude of factors which can affect them, either positively or negatively.
Climate Change, recurring pest and diseases, politics and development issues, agri science and biotechnology, and even war; these all affect a nation’s or a region’s ability to be food secure. This week, using the‘Picture Wall Link’format we look at some of these factors that affect food security around the world. We begin at home, here in Trinidad and Tobago with another tech4agri video post.Recently I completed this video for the Youth Ag Summit. Click on each picture link for more!
The organizers of the upcoming Youth Ag Summit to be held in Canada asked youth to speak about food insecurity from their point of reference i.e. a neighborhood community, country, etc. Here is my take on What Food Insecurity means to an island nation.
Can we feed the world? The answer is YES! Distinguished professor and director of the organisation ‘Agriculture for Impact’ tells us more. Source: Digital-development-debates.orgResearchers have cracked the genome for several varieties of chickpea. This means they can now use modern breeding techniques to build the crop’s resistance to pest and disease etc. Science at work! Source: Generationcp.orgCurrently Mali is facing civil war as certain regions were taken by force and French military authority moves in. Despite this dire situation people must eat. This link tells you the food access disaster that can occur as Mali’s planting season draws near. Source: FAO Media CentreUsing the online newspaper service paper.li This youth in leadership has created ‘Food Security Upgrade’ Similar to the printed press, news on food security issues is organised by the creator Codrin Paveliuc-Olariu and delivered to your email inbox daily. Subscribe! Source:Paper.li/CodrinPOOver in the Phillipines, tissue culture and other techniques are being used to produce sweet potato. Previously seen as a poor man’s crop it is now a versatile and demanded food source as it can withstand increasingly inclement weather brought on by climate change. Source: Sunstar.comUsing an old method stepped in agroecology, Indian farmers are battling climate change to effectively grow rice, a staple crop in that region. Source: RTCC.org
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Keron Bascombe
Keron is a Trinidad and Tobago-based agriculture journalist, mobile content creator, and the founder of Tech4agri, a social enterprise. Tech4agri employs digital media, journalism, and communication services to assist, inform, and empower agricultural and related stakeholders. It is the first entity to use mobile technology, media, and information sharing in an innovative way, allowing us to connect with ground-level stakeholders as we seek to meet their developmental needs locally, within our Caribbean region, and internationally, given the nature of our fields. Tech4agri has a solid foundation, having supported agriyouth as a blog since 2011 before transitioning to social enterprise in 2014.
