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Featured Essay no.1: Innovating Foodscapes
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Featured Essay no.1: Innovating Foodscapes

September 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
By: Saher Hasnain The sustainability, health and ethics of the global food system are an increasingly relevant topic of research and policy. Changes in the world’s food system have been incredibly dramatic in the past few...
Traditional Farming Practices for Enhanced Food Security
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Traditional Farming Practices for Enhanced Food Security

September 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
By Chika Ezeanya Ph.D. The current definition of food security explains the concept as, the availability of food to individuals within national boundaries. That definition in some way, mandates governments to encourage...
GMOs and food security in the Islamic world
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GMOs and food security in the Islamic world

September 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
By Sameh Soror Humankind is facing big challenges in the form of Energy, water, poverty, education etc. The first millennium development goal (MDGs) as identified by the UN , was eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. To...
Changing Dynamics of Food Security
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Changing Dynamics of Food Security

September 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
by Fatimah Mohamed Arshad Divides in Muslim World The World Summit on Food Security (1996), defines food security as “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and...
A Red Alert for Yellow Rust
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A Red Alert for Yellow Rust

September 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
By Paula Hammond It may look harmless – pretty even – but in the wheat belt that stretches from Morocco to Turkey, it’s a sign of ruined crops and dashed hopes. It’s known as yellow rust, but to farmers in the...
Food Security in the Muslim World
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Food Security in the Muslim World

September 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
Welcome to localhost/muslim’s exciting issue on “Science & Food Security in the Muslim World.” According to WHO, food security is “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to...
The State of Food Insecurity in the World
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The State of Food Insecurity in the World

September 1st, 2014 | by MuslimScience
FAO’s most recent estimates indicate that, globally, 842 million people – 12 percent of the global population – were unable to meet their dietary energy requirements in 2011–13, down from 868 million reported for the...
New potential drug targets for malaria
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New potential drug targets for malaria

August 26th, 2014 | by MuslimScience
A host of enzymes essential for the survival of the malaria parasite and its reproduction suggest the potential of new drugs to stop transmission of the deadly disease. By Biplab Das   An international research team has...
A Tenacious Explorer of Abstract Surfaces
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A Tenacious Explorer of Abstract Surfaces

August 13th, 2014 | by MuslimScience
As an 8-year-old, Maryam Mirzakhani used to tell herself stories about the exploits of a remarkable girl. Every night at bedtime, her heroine would become mayor, travel the world or fulfill some other grand destiny. Today,...
Water Proposed as Sustainable Development Goal
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Water Proposed as Sustainable Development Goal

August 13th, 2014 | by MuslimScience
On 19 July 2014, the Open Working Group adopted a proposal for Sustainable Development Goals to be forwarded to the 69th session of the General Assembly for its consideration. ‘Ensure availability and sustainable management...