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World Food Prize awarded to
climate change scientist
DES MOINES, IOWA - Cynthia Rosenzweig,
PhD, was named this year's World
Food Prize Laureate for her pioneering
work in modeling the impact of climate
change on food production worldwide.
According to the World Food Prize Foundation
she completed the first projections
of how climate change will affect food
production in North America in 1985 and
globally in 1994.
Dr. Rosenzweig founded the Agricultural
Model Intercomparison and
Improvement Project (AgMIP), a globally
integrated transdisciplinary network of
climate and food system modelers. AgMIP
is dedicated to advancing methods for
improving predictions of the future performance
of agricultural and food systems
in the face of climate change, providing
the evidence base for effective food system
transformation. Her leadership of AgMIP
has helped decision-makers in over 90
countries enhance their resilience to climate
change, according to the WFPF.
Established in 1986, the World Food
Prize is considered one of the most prominent
global awards for individuals whose
breakthrough achievements alleviate
hunger and promote global food security.
Dr. Rosenzweig received a $250,000 prize.
" I am honored to announce the selection
of Dr. Rosenzweig as the 2022 Laureate
given the tremendous contributions of
her career over the last four decades, " said
Barbara Stinson, president of the WFPF.
" Dr. Rosenzweig has brought
powerful computational tools
into practical application in
agriculture and food systems.
Her work has shaped
our understanding of the
relationship between food
systems and climate change.
She advanced the use of
multiple models and created
networks of scientists to use
them. These innovations have
contributed to many countries' ability to
respond effectively to the crisis we face in
climate change. "
Besides her work at AgMIP, Dr. RosenzRosenzweig
weig
is a senior research scientist at
the NASA Goddard Institute for Space
Studies and adjunct senior research
scientist at the Columbia Climate School.
Dr. Rosenzweig has been a lead or coordinating
lead author on three global
assessments of the Intergovernmental
Niacet seeks to expand plant
in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, NY. - Niacet Corp.,
which was acquired last summer by
Kerry Group, is considering a $48.75 million
expansion at its manufacturing plant
in Niagara Falls, according to paperwork
filed with the Niagara County Industrial
Development Agency.
" This specific project is a novel production
process utilizing a proprietary new
liquid drying technology (NxDT) to more
efficiently produce acetate and propionate
salt preservatives, " Niacet said in its application
for sales tax abatement. " These
salts would then be coated or blended with
various compounds like acids, oils and
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anti-caking agents to give them secondary
functionality in addition to their inherent
preservative qualities. "
Niacet said the expansion would
include a 25,000- to 35,000-square-foot
plant at its current site in Niagara Falls,
as well as a capital investment of $48.75
million. A total of 51 jobs are expected to
be created as part of the expansion.
The company currently operates 18
buildings at the Niagara Falls site totaling
125,000 square feet. The company has 102
employees on site.
Niacet is seeking more than $1.5 million
in sales and property tax breaks from the
Panel on Climate Change, and her work
has contributed to the scientific foundation
of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, which led
to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
in 2015. She led the agriculture sector's
work in the Environmental Protection
Agency's first assessment of the potential
impact of climate change on the United
States in 1988, creating the first national
projections of the effect of climate change
on the nation's agricultural
regions, the WFPF said.
" I am honored to receive
the World Food Prize this
year, as food systems are
emerging at the forefront
of climate change action, "
Dr. Rosenzweig said. " Climate
change cannot be
restrained without attention
to food system emissions,
and food security for
all cannot be provided without resilience
to increasing climate extremes. I salute
the modelers around the world in the
Agricultural Model Intercomparison and
Improvement Project (AgMIP) for their
tireless work helping countries to achieve
food security both now and in the future
under changing climate conditions. As
we move into a crucial decade of action
on climate change, food needs to be 'at the
table.' " MBN
NCIDA to facilitate the plant expansion,
funds the company claims are necessary
to move forward on the project.
The NCIDA board gave tentative
approval to the application on May 11, and
a public hearing has been scheduled.
Niacet was approved last year for a
$13.25 million project to add 3,500 square
feet of space on the south end of its property
in Niagara Falls to install new chemical
processing equipment to produce
anhydrous hydrogen chloride, a chemical
that is used in the semiconductor, pharmaceutical
and technical industries. That
project was delayed due to the COVID-19
pandemic, though, and the NCIDA board
took the opportunity at the May 11 meeting
to extend the incentive package for six
months to give the company more time to
complete the project. MBN
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