In this article we will discuss about the meaning and needs of capacity building. Meaning of Capacity Building: The United Nations and international development agencies coined the term ‘capacity building’ in the early 1990s after an appraisal of the development-assistance programmes in developing countries. Within that context, the term has come to mean different things […]
Building Capacity in Integrating Food Security: Meaning and Needs
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Food Insecurity and Food Security | Biotechnology
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The official definition of food security, adopted at the World Food Summit of 1996, states: “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” The causes of food insecurity involve […]
Role of Modern Biotechnology in Food Security
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In this article we will discuss about the role of modern biotechnology in food security. The Convention on Biological Diversity dictates the use and application of relevant technologies as a means of achieving the objectives of conservation and sustainable use with specific reference to biotechnology. Modern biotechnology is purported, from a technical perspective, to have […]