Rising population, decreasing land for cultivation, climate change and low incomce from farming are posing major threads to national food security, experts warn
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NAY PYI TAW : DuPont, the Delaware-based chemical company, will start providing agricultural assistance to Myanmar in the fourth quarter after it opens its first office in the country. Delete the scoop?
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Kullman continued, "We have three clear strategic priorities to generate superior shareholder returns:
Extend our leadership in the high-value, science-driven segments of the agriculture-to-food value chains, and leverage the linkages across these segments,
Strengthen and grow our leading position as a provider of differentiated, high-value advanced materials through science-based solutions and,
Develop world-leading industrial biotechnology capabilities to create transformational, new bio-based businesses like biofuels and biomaterials."
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The SABRE Awards, from PR leader The Holmes Report, are the world's largest awards competition for the public relations industry.
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Starting in 2011, DuPont set out to establish itself as a leading global voice in the critical dialogue around the issues related to feeding the growing, global population. DuPont conceived of the idea for a dynamic scoring model that could assess the strengths and vulnerabilities of more than 100 different countries around food security issues, and commissioned the Economist Intelligence Unit, the research arm of the Economist Group, to create the tool. Delete the scoop?
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JOHOR BARU: THE National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has reminded employers, especially those in the construction and petrochemical industry, to provide quality equipment and comply with the occupational safety and health standards. Delete the scoop?
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JOHOR BAHARU, 21 Mei (Bernama) -- Institut Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerja (Niosh) mengesan ada dalam kalangan majikan di negara ini yang bertindak menyediakan peralatan keselamatan yang tidak berkualiti semata-mata untuk menjimatkan kos operasi syarikat. Delete the scoop?
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Food security means local solutions to a global challenge. Every part of the world is unique. Our food security solutions should be just as unique.
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The consequences of hunger and malnutrition are so devastating, so multi-faceted, that no one country, let alone one company, has all the answers. That is why we are committed to working with others – through collaborations with NGOs, governments, academia and others in the industry – and by working locally with farmers from Kenya to Mexico to the Ukraine to address their unique challenges.
DuPont is setting sizeable goals to help end world hunger and ensure food security that are achievable by the end of 2020. Delete the scoop?
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DuPont-Commissioned Report Addresses the Development of Sustainable Energy for a Growing China
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“DuPont has been using science and collaborative problem-solving to improve the quality of lives for more than two centuries,” said DuPont Greater China President Tony Su. “We look forward to helping China deploy energy technologies that will underpin the health, safety and prosperity of its citizens for decades to come.” Delete the scoop?
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As part of the quarter-century celebration, DuPont highlighted past winners whose breakthrough projects ushered in significant societal change and looked ahead at how packaging can shape society’s future: Delete the scoop?
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DuPont Highlights Priorities for Value Creation at 2013 Investor Day -- Strength in Growing Markets, Robust Pipeline of New Innovations and Delete the scoop?
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The DuPont Bradley Curve Infographic provides an overview of the proven, proprietary system that has helped enable safety success for DuPont and clients around the world.
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On the eve of the 25th Anniversary of the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, DuPont asks you to pause and consider: “How has packaging changed my life?”
A wide variety of packaging breakthroughs have made their mark during the course of this prestigious and juried global awards program.
You are invited to vote for the winner. We value your opinion and ask that you vote only once for your favorite.
Voting will close on May 10.
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The firm has identified textiles, household and fabric care, and animal nutrition as three main growth areas in India
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“We are deepening our understanding of local needs with market research and local talent,” Jim Collins, president, DuPont Industrial Biosciences, said at a press briefing in Mumbai on Tuesday.
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Taking action to ensure food and nutrition security in SE Asia The Nation Southeast Asia's robust growth has created both progress and new challenges for the region's food and nutrition security. While solving...
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14 young faculty members from seven nations receive early career grants.
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The DuPont Young Professor program is designed to help promising young and untenured research faculty working in areas of interest to DuPont, begin their research careers. Professors are nominated by a member of the DuPont technical staff and the nominator serves as the liaison between the company and the faculty member. During the three-year award, each grant recipient is invited to present a seminar on his or her work to the DuPont research community. In addition, a DuPont liaison will periodically visit the professors at their home institutions to build and reinforce the DuPont name and reputation among students and faculty members.
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JOHOR BARU: Malaysians need to look to Scandinavian countries to learn about improving occupational safety and health, said National Institute Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.
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JOHOR BAHRU - Institut Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerja (Niosh) mengesan ada dalam kalangan majikan di negara ini yang bertindak menyediakan peralatan keselamatan yang tidak berkualiti semata-mata untuk menjimatkan kos operasi syarikat.
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"I know there are employers in this country who did not provide quality safety equipment to their employees to save costs." said Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, chairman of NIOSH.
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In order to address the complex challenge of global food security, we need the enthusiasm of the next generation to help solve world hunger.
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“My parents’ generation put a man on the moon; my generation put a computer in every pocket. Feeding the world will be the great challenge of generations to come,” Schickler said. “It is a challenge that will need to engage the best minds in information technology to food processing, international trade to water and land resources, political reform to culinary sciences. Together, I know we can feed the world.”
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Effective packaging is a vital piece of the puzzle in the aim to improve global food security and eliminate food waste. DuPont recognizes and collaborates with innovative companies across the world to produce better and more sustainable packaging technology for the future.
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As the world population continues to grow and become more connected than ever, The DuPont Challenge asks students to consider our most important challenges by researching and writing a 700-1,000-word science essay in one of the four categories:
Together, we can feed the world.Together, we can build a secure energy future.Together, we can protect people and the environment.Together, we can be innovative anywhereDelete the scoop?
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If you can read Thai, please feel free to read the news scoop about DuPont innovation! Source: Krungthep Turakij (Bangkok Business Newspaper)
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DuPont Pioneer collaborates with the Agricultural Department of Uttar Pradesh to provide farmers with hybrid rice seeds and farming techniques to help improve rice yields.
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China’s journey from a state of persistent hunger to a net exporter of food is a success story that offers impor- tant lessons for the rest of the world.
For DuPont food security stories in ASEAN, please click following links for details:
Indonesia
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ3ondZm6dE&feature=relmfu
Vietnam
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9gc4bDzlc9w&feature=relmfu
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Identifies textile, household and fabric care, and animal nutrition biz for partnership with local firms
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"With a growing global population putting increased pressure on existing resources in food, materials and fuels, we need to rethink the way we consume and sustainably produce the resources over the long-term," Jim Collins, president of DuPont Industrial Biosciences business, told reporters here today.
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