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1151. Seminar/Symposium with USDA Chief Economist and IFPRI Senior Research Fellow

This week, Dr. Seth Mayer, Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Keith Weave of the International Food Policy Institute (IFPRI) will visit Japan to give lectures on the outlook for global food supply and demand at the Seminar on Thursday, December 4 and at the Symposium on December 5. 
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1150. Biodiversity, Climate, and Land

Biodiversity loss, climate change, and land degradation are intertwined planetary-level challenges. Following the Biodiversity COP in Colombia in October and the Azerbaijan COP on climate change in November, the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from December 2 to 13, 2024.
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1149. Increase in the Number of People Falling into Severe Food Insecurity

According to the United Nations, devastating conflicts, frequent climate disasters, and economic crises have increased the global need for humanitarian aid. There is an urgent need to build resilient food systems.
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1148. Extreme Heat in 2023 May Have Weakened the Carbon Sink Capacity of Terrestrial Ecosystems

A team of international scientists analyzed the 2023 carbon budget based on global vegetation models and satellite data, suggesting that extreme heat waves could be caused by massive wildfires and severe droughts, which may be due to a decline in the carbon storage capacity of terrestrial ecosystems.
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1147. Key Numbers on the World's Agri-food Systems

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' (FAO) 2024 Statistical Yearbook provides a detailed overview of the most important trends shaping the global agri-food system, highlighting key challenges surrounding global agriculture and food systems, such as rising temperatures, rising obesity rates along with persistent food insecurity, and environmental pressures facing agricultural production.
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1146. Symposium with Dr. Cary Fowler, 2024 World Food Prize Laureate: Archived Video Released

An archived video of the "Symposium with Dr. Cary Fowler, 2024 World Food Prize Laureate – Dr. Fowler’s Journey to Preserve Genetic Diversity and New Mission for Africa’s Adapted Crops and Soils," held on Friday, October 11, has been released.
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1145. FAO Chief Economist Special Seminar Archived Video Released

The archived video of the "Special Seminar by FAO Chief Economist Massimo Torero: Priority Policy and Investment Options for Global Food Security and Nutrition and Resilient Food Systems," held on Tuesday, October 8, has been released.
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1144. Water Security and Equitable Access to Water Services

The 2024 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report highlights how developing and maintaining water security and equitable access to water services, especially access to innovations that allow efficient use of water, is essential to ensuring peace and prosperity for all.
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1143. JIRCAS Crop Genetic Resource Initiatives

Tomorrow, November 22nd, at the JIRCAS International Symposium 2024, we will discuss the role of resilient genetic resources in the age of global boiling. In conjunction with the International Symposium, we have published the latest issue of the JIRCAS Newsletter featuring our efforts to develop crop genetic resources.
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1142. Opportunities and Challenges of Genetic Resources for Resilient Crop Development

In order to maintain food security in the face of climate change, it is necessary to accelerate the development of resilient crops. A review article published in 2021 emphasized the need to improve the accuracy of trait selection using the latest technologies, strengthen investment in research to elucidate the mechanism of stress tolerance in underutilized crops, and improve information on genetic diversity in order to accelerate resilient crop breeding. On November 22, 2024, the JIRCAS International Symposium 2024 will discuss the role of resilient genetic resources in the age of global boiling.
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1141. The Hidden Costs of the Global Agri-food System Amount to $12 Trillion per Year

Based on an in-depth study of 156 countries, SOFA 2024 found that the hidden environmental, health, and social costs of agri-food systems totaled approximately $12 trillion per year. The report estimates the hidden costs of each stage of development of agri-food systems and proposes customized policies and interventions, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities of each system.
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1140. Genealogy and Development of Planetary Boundary Science

In Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Dr. Rockström, a proponent of the planetary boundaries concept, reviewed the genealogy of Earth system science that led to the development of the Planetary Boundaries concept into various scientific disciplines.
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1139. The Role of Diverse Genetic Resources for Resilient Crop Development

Since the late 20th century, agricultural innovations known as the Green Revolution have doubled yields of major crops, and a dire future with population growth leading to even more severe famines seemed no longer forthcoming. However, in the 21st century, the need for resilient crop development is greater than ever amid concerns that climate change will adversely affect crop growth and agricultural productivity. Next week, on November 22, 2024, the JIRCAS International Symposium 2024 will discuss the role of diverse genetic resources in the age of global boiling.
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1138. Global Food Supply and Demand Outlook

We will hold a seminar to deepen our understanding of the future of global food supply and demand by inviting two government officials and researchers who have prepared med- to long-term global food supply and demand forecasts with a special focus on the U.S. agricultural commodity markets by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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1137. Southeast Asia Liaison Office News #5: Vietnamese Fermented Rice Noodles "Bún"

Rice noodles made by fermenting rice are eaten not only in Thailand but also in other Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Today, we will introduce Vietnamese fermented rice noodles "Bún".
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1136. Global Food Price Trends for October 2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released its World Food Price Trends on November 8. The value in October 2024 averaged 127.4 points, up 2% from September and the highest level since April 2023. All commodity price indicators, except for the meat indicator, increased, and the increase in oil prices reached 7.3%. This figure was 5.5% higher than last year, but 20.5% lower than the all-time high in March 2022.
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1135. 2024 Is Expected to Be the Hottest Year in Recorded History

On November 7, the Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that 2024 will almost certainly be the warmest year and the first year above 1.5°C. 
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1134. COP29 Goals and Initiatives

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. One of the initiatives expected to be discussed at COP29 is Methane Reduction from Organic Waste.
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1133. Climate Change Exacerbates Humanitarian Crises Associated with Floods in the Sahel Region

During the rainy season from July to September 2024, much of the Sahel region was hit by very heavy rainfall, and severe flooding hit the most vulnerable areas, significantly deepening the humanitarian crisis and squeezing the response capacity of aid organizations and government agencies. On October 23, World Weather Attribution, which analyzes the causal relationship between extreme events and climate change, emphasized the need to prepare for more extreme precipitation events under global warming in the future.
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1132. International Symposium: Long-term Impacts of Climate Change on Global Food Supply and Demand and Food Security

We are hosting an international symposium featuring Dr. Seth Meyer, Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The symposium will introduce the progress of the "Study on Prediction Models for Ultra-Long-term Global Food Supply and Demand Forecasts" initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) in FY2022, and will include a panel discussion to debate global food security issues.