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... two emergency meetings organized by fao in rome on 25 july and 18 august helped set the stage for today’s african union pledging conference, raising international awareness of the importance of not only providing food assistance but also supporting food producers and getting food production in the horn back up and running as soon as possible ... lasting solutions require sustained supporta paper developed for the addis abba meeting by the african union in collaboration with the three rome-based un food agencies (fao - the un food and agriculture organization, ifad - the international fund for agricultural development, and wfp, the world food programme) highlights not only the need for a twin-track approach of simultaneously tackling immediate needs as well as the root causes of the problem, but also the necessity of predictable and sustained aid flows to move the horn of africa towards stability and improved food security ... africa for africafao lauded the african union for convening the conference and encouraged au members and other african nations to boost investment in agriculture and play a leadership role in responding to the crisis, and pledged the support of the fao-wfp led food security cluster in helping coordinate the response

... water is key to food security 23-08-2011 q&a with fao assistant director-general for natural resources, alexander mueller a farmer in burundi waters her crops ... the vulnerability of rain-dependent food production systems and the people who depend on them has been brought into stark relief by the situation in east africa ... everybody understands that water is crucial for growing food - but often in an abstract way ... while many people in the horn of africa are pastoralists, not crop farmers, the current situation there makes it painfully clear the risks and vulnerability associated with rainfed food production systems, especially as the impacts of a changing climate are now making themselves felt ... over the last 50 years, the earth's population doubled and the global food system responded remarkably to the increase in food demand ... the achievement occurred mainly through intensification of agricultural production, i ... meanwhile, agricultural production has grown between 2 ... that is happening on only 20% of the world's cultivated land -- yet at the same time, that irrigated land accounts for 40% of all agricultural production and 60% of cereal production ... we have not seen the wholesale commitment to modernize irrigated production and marketing into changing local and global markets - even when land and water resources have been available but aren't other world regions running out of water? increasing regions of the world are indeed facing water scarcity and face the risk of progressive breakdown of their productive capacity under a combination of demographic pressure and unsustainable agricultural practices ... toward 2050, rising population and incomes are expected to require 70 percent more food production globally, and up to 100% more in developing countries ... but some regions are coming very close to their potential to intensify food production, which is already leading to tension on access to natural resources, in particular water

... led by professor matthias zessner from the tu vienna, the research team argued that a low meat diet has substantial ecological advantages, whilst finding that switching to organic food is less effective than eating more vegetables and less meat ... “this would not only lower cancer rates and reduce the number of cardiovascular diseases, the area required for the production of food would be reduced from 3600 square meters to 2600 square meters per person,” said zessner ... the researchers suggested that making the switch would also reduce energy consumption in food production, whilst considerably less fertilizer would be needed ... “our carbon dioxide emissions would decrease as well – a well-balanced diet would save a third of co2 and other greenhouse gases in food production,” they suggested ... “however, eating organic food has less far-reaching consequences,” they argued ... whilst organic food production needs less fertilizer, the lower rates of production intensity mean that even larger areas of farmland are needed, they said ... switching to organic food production would therefore even exacerbate the problem of limited cultivable land, increasing the dependence on food imports, they argued

... the latest world bank food price report issued on 15 august 2011 has chartered a 33 percent rise in the real cost of food from july 2010 to july 2011, as food security becomes an increasing global concern ... dr barthwal-datta, a postdoctoral research fellow who leads sydney university’s food security research program says, “communities in conflict have less access to food because their agricultural lands are being destroyed and their infrastructure is being destroyed ... ciss is examining how political, economic, demographic and environmental pressures will impact food security dynamics in the region in the coming decades, and the consequences of this for regional stability ... dr barthwal-datta says asia is a region vulnerable to greater food insecurity because a majority of people in the asian region are spending 80 percent of their income on food ... accordingly, food price spikes are potentially devastating and can make buying sufficient food impossible ... “we know that states in the region haven’t been very good at managing their food insecurity problems ... the same time there’s huge potential within the region to move towards greater food security by investing in agriculture and smallholder farmers ... this will not only increase food production but actually support the livelihoods of these people,” dr barthwal-datta says ... australian food news also notes that drought is currently exacerbating agricultural production problems, with unseasonally dry weather in the horn of africa, the southern states of the united states and mexico, south american countries such as peru and bolivia, and hunan province in china

... uk-based food and ingredients company ehl claims to have seen a “sharp increase” in sales of its allergen-free curry powder, which were up 35 per cent over the last year ... com that the demand is almost entirely from food manufacturers in the uk ... this, it believes, is due to the number of allergy sufferers and consumer awareness, as well as stringent regulations regarding allergens within the food industry ... ehl said its curry blend, which was first launched in 2000, is free of any ingredients which are allergens, adding: “we have a strict controls, such as a separate production line, in place to avoid cross contamination ... ” in particular, it does not contain mustard, the fourth most common food allergen in the uk ... nor does it contain celery, which ranks among the most important plant food allergen sources in central europe’s adult population, according to the authors of a recent study that pinpointed a novel allergen in celery stalks ... ehl imports, blends and packs food ingredients such as herbs, spices and seasoning and boasts of more than 200 accredited organic ingredients ... it said that although it has been a requirement for allergens to be segregated in food production facilities to avoid cross-contamination for some years now, it was the food labelling changes in september 2010 which put uk retailers at the forefront of providing the maximum possible nutritional information on labels in the clearest possible way

... food companies across europe face an uphill battle to attract the best candidates because many people don’t see food factories as an attractive place to work ... “potential candidates see the food industry as warm and noisy, with salaries and packages that are not very attractive compared with other sectors like banking,” warns pierre boulaire, ceo of international recruitment specialist manageria ... growth forecast the resulting competition for talent is set to increase as food production remains largely impervious to the economic shocks that have ripped through other sectors of the european economy ... “we’re looking at very significant increases in employment over the next 10 years,” says professor colin dennis, president of the institute of food science and technology (ifst) and member of the board for improve, the uk’s food and drink skills council ... “companies are looking not only for food scientists and food technologists but also for a wider range of scientists and engineers to work in the food industry,” he added ... ” matching skills food and drink is already the largest single manufacturing sector across the european union in terms of both turnover and employment, providing jobs for around 4 ... 2 million people, according to fooddrinkeurope (the recently rebranded confederation of food and drink industries) ... “the bit that makes me shake my head is that people are not being told about the great opportunities that are available in the food sector,” says jones ... “in terms of skill set, the industry is not so relaxed about what they’re looking for,” says louise beales of tailor made resources, which specialises in food production recruitment ... ” commercial awareness the overall technical skill set required to work in food production has not changed much in response to increasing automation or changing factory practices, according to beales ... “technicians and production managers are having to become more commercial-facing

... researchers are developing a cost efficient method for the identification of microbial communities present in food, in the hope they can identify changes that lead go spoilage ... researchers will use genetic testing to identify the microbes responsible for gone-off cheese the team of scientists from gatc biotech and the institute of food, nutrition and health at the swiss federal institute of technology zurich (eth zurich) will explore the causes of cheese spoilage using genomic sequencing to identify differences in microbial organisms in gone-off cheeses dr ... wider applications stangier said that although the research project is using cheese as an initial mode, the long term plan is to use the principles and techniques developed for the project to perform similar research in other foods, including other dairy products, meats, fish and other areas of processed food production

... with existing and future sources of food and income washed away, humanitarian aides raced against time to prevent a domino effect ... other interventions included assistance to women to grow fresh, nutritious food in their own kitchen vegetable gardens ... this bridged the gap before the wheat harvest in late spring and surplus production sold on the local market providing valuable income which families used to meet other basic needs ... urgent support still needed to restore rural livelihoodsdespite the above successes, much remains to be done to further restore rural livelihoods and to significantly reduce vulnerability, improve food production and income generation, and increase the resilience of rural communities to future shocks

... writing in journal of agricultural and food chemistry, the researchers based at the beijing university of chemical technology, report a new method for creating large quantities of human-derived gelatine which they say could, in theory, become a substitute for animal-based gelatine currently used in many food products ... the gia report noted that the global gelatine market is growing fast, driven by increasing demand for gelatine for food production in developing countries and as a biomaterial in cosmetics ... practical issues gelatine is widely used as a gelling agent in many industries, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and particularly in the food industry, because of its unique properties

... efsa’s enzymes panel has now spelt out in more detail exactly what food companies and other applicants need to do to show that a particular food enzyme is worthy of eu safety approval ... the new explanatory note is in addition to existing guidance notes for applicants submitting a technical dossier for the safety evaluation of a food enzyme, prior to its authorisation and subsequent inclusion in the relevant eu legislation ... referring to the explanatory note, efsa states: “the purpose is to give examples of scientific data needed for risk assessment established in the cef (food contact material, enzymes, flavourings and processing aids) panel guidance on the submission of a dossier on food enzymes ... enzymes may be added to food to perform a technological function in manufacturing, processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transport or storage ... food enzymes can be used, for example, in certain cases as alternatives to food additives in order to improve the texture, appearance or nutritional value of food, as well as helping in certain food production processes, such as cheese making and beer brewing ... all food enzymes currently on the eu market, as well as new food enzymes, are subject to safety evaluation by the european food safety authority (efsa) and approval via a union list ... the explanatory note published by efsa says that a complete technical dossier is requested for each food enzyme regardless of the source material ... it adds: “this holds especially true for food enzymes produced by genetically modified micro-organisms (gmm) ... “generally, grouping of dossiers on the basis of production organisms and/or food enzyme is not acceptable ... “data need to be specific for the food enzyme under evaluation, especially compositional data (including impurities), tos (total organic solids), specific activity (enzyme activity per amount of tos), production method (including characterisation of the strain and down-stream processes)