TUNIS, Tunisia, May 20 -- The African Development Bank issued the following news release on May 20, 2022: Amid a looming food crisis, Ethiopia has emerged as an African country that has taken significant steps to achieve self-sufficiency in food production. With support from the African Development Bank's agricultural Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation program, Ethiopia has not imported grain in 2022, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina emphasized during a mee  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 19 -- Crop Science, a journal from the Crop Science Society of America that says it includes crop breeding and genetics; physiology and metabolism; ecology, production, and management, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May/June 2022 edition: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Genome-wide association mapping of Hagberg falling number, protein content, test weight, and grain yield in U.K. wheat * Bayesian GGE model for heteroscedastic multie  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSRep) -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following report on entitled "What the U.S. Should Do Now to Minimize the Risk of Global Food Shortages": * * * KEY TAKEAWAYS Russia's invasion of Ukraine has increased concerns about a global food shortage, which could cause widespread famine, mass migrations, and political instability. While food assistance will be necessary, a long-term solution requires U.S. lawmakers to remove regulations that impede food production and t  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 (TNSpol) -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute for International Leadership issued the following news: As Russian troops attack the sovereign nation of Ukraine, the world is witnessing not only a humanitarian crisis, but the corrosion of global supply chains. Most notably, the Ukrainian grain industry has suffered significant losses. As of April 11, Ukraine had lost at least $1.5 billion in grain exports since the beginning of the war in February. These losses indica  more

BASEL, Switzerland, May 20 -- Precision Agriculture, a peer-reviewed journal that says it provides a forum for advancing precision farming, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2022 edition: Original Papers: * Prediction of grain yield and nitrogen uptake by basmati rice through in-season proximal sensing with a canopy reflectance sensor * Recalibrating plant water status of winter wheat based on nitrogen nutrition index using thermal images * Implementing variabl  more

NEW YORK, May 20 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on May 19, 2022, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the United Nations Security Council meeting on food insecurity and conflict: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Secretary of State of the United States of America. And again, good morning to everyone. Thank you all very much for being here. My thanks to the secretary-general, to Executive Director Beasley, to Director General Qu  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on May 19, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS), released the following statement today after the Senate passed and sent to President Biden's desk a $39 billion emergency spending bill to aid the Ukrainian people, nearly half of which is SFOPS funding. "For months, the Ukrainian people ha  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs issued the following statement by Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna involving a hearing on May 11, 2022, entitled "The Global Food Security and COVID-19 Crises: U.S. Response and Policy Options: * * * I first and foremost want to express my gratitude for convening this hearing on the pressing topic of rising global food insecurity - a problem that has deepened dramatically in recen  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs issued the following written statement by David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, involving a hearing on May 11, 2022, entitled "The Global Food Security and COVID-19 Crises: U.S. Response and Policy Options: * * * I. INTRODUCTION Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, members of the Senate State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropri  more

NEW YORK, May 19 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following remarks on May 16, 2022, by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a New York Foreign Press Center briefing on global food security: * * * MODERATOR: Good afternoon. Welcome to the New York Foreign Press Center. My name is Melissa Waheibi, and I'm today's moderator. I'm honored to welcome Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, who will speak on the launch of the Days of Ac  more