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	<title>State of the Planet &#187; food security</title>
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		<title>Phosphorus: Essential to Life—Are We Running Out?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/01/phosphorus-essential-to-life-are-we-running-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renee Cho</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[eutrophication]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="110" src="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Fertilizingcornfield-150x110.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Fertilizing a corn field in Iowa. Photo credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture" />Phosphorus is essential to human health and vital for food production. But are we using up phosphorus faster than we can economically extract it?
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		<title>Video: Is Drought In East Africa The New Normal?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/03/video-is-drought-in-east-africa-the-new-normal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 03:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco Fiondella</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[famine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="110" src="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Picture-1-150x110.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Picture 1" />A video interview with climate scientist Bradfield Lyon, who explains his latest research on what's driving rainfall patterns in parts of East Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the Link Between Water Stress and Food Prices</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/16/finding-the-link-between-water-stress-and-food-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lakis Polycarpou</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate and Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irrigated Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Scarcity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Water Day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="110" src="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/foodriots-150x110.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="foodriots" />Over the past decade, average global food prices have more than doubled, with 2008 and 2010 seeing excruciating price spikes that each had far-reaching economic, geopolitical and social consequences.]]></description>
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		<title>A Famine Foretold</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/25/a-famine-foretold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco Fiondella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture-Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Earth Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="110" src="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Screen-shot-2011-08-23-at-3.35.35-PM-150x110.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Screen shot 2011-08-23 at 3.35.35 PM" />Climate and food security expert Jim Hansen lays out the root causes of food insecurity in East Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>Food Security Under Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/06/1096/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/06/1096/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan Jones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008 the world faced one of its most severe food crises in recent history.  Around the world riots broke out in otherwise food-secure nations &#8212; places like Egypt, Russia, Mexico, and Brazil.  The world&#8217;s governments responded &#8212; a major U.N. conference was held in Geneva.  What they discussed there was the fundamental issue of [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/06/1096/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Operational Coconut Yield Predictions</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/03/31/operational-coconut-yield-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/03/31/operational-coconut-yield-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lareef Zubair</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adaptation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate matters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coconuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crop forecast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sri lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Columbia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka (CRI) has sustained an improved prediction scheme for national coconut production for the last four years. Coconuts are an important source of food and raw materials and also provide income to millions in the tropics. Coconuts are the most important food crop after rice in Sri Lanka and  [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/03/31/operational-coconut-yield-predictions/">...</a>]]]></description>
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