Author: Pierre R. Crosson Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317371135 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 171
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At the beginning of the 1970’s, global grain reserves were level and food prices were low however as the decade progressed crop production plummeted leading to a food crisis. Originally published in the aftermath in 1977, Crosson and Frederick set out to explore the ability of agricultural output to meet the global food demands of future generations. This study analyses how resources and environmental factors would affect food production in developing countries and the United States until the end of the 21st Century. The environmental impacts of land levels, fertiliser and pesticide use are explored in relation to the challenges of meeting food demands. This title will be of interest to students of environmental studies.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Report on environmental impacts of food policy in the USA and developing countries - covers food requirements, crop yield and food consumption trends and projections to the year 2000, environmental damage and agricultural production, choice of technology and land utilization, etc. Bibliography after each chapter and statistical tables.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment Publisher: ISBN: Category : Agriculture and state Languages : en Pages : 504
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Abstract: These hearings discuss the problem of finding an equilbrium between food and people--achieving a balance between growth in food production and growth in population. At the present time it is estimated that 15 million people a year die of starvati on. In order to stem this tragic circumstance, an equilibruim between food production and population needs to be achieved. Testimony was received from neumerous private organizations with an interest in food production and population control.
Author: Joachim von Braun Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: 0896295303 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 27
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The world food situation is currently being rapidly redefined by new driving forces. Income growth, climate change, high energy prices, globalization, and urbanization are transforming food consumption, production, and markets. The influence of the private sector in the world food system, especially the leverage of food retailers, is also rapidly increasing. Changes in food availability, rising commodity prices, and new producer-consumer linkages have crucial implications for the livelihoods of poor and food-insecure people. Analyzing and interpreting recent trends and emerging challenges in the world food situation is essential in order to provide policymakers with the necessary information to mobilize adequate responses at the local, national, regional, and international levels. It is also critical for helping to appropriately adjust research agendas in agriculture, nutrition, and health. Not surprisingly, renewed global attention is being given to the role of agriculture and food in development policy, as can be seen from the World Bank's World Development Report, accelerated public action in African agriculture under the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), and the Asian Development Bank's recent initiatives for more investment in agriculture, to name just a few examples.
Author: Rattan Lal Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1420032216 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 482
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Can developing countries meet the food requirements of their growing populations without jeopardizing a natural resource base that is already under great stress? Can increases in food production achieved in the past two decades be sustained in the next two decades? Can developing countries achieve freedom from hunger and malnutrition
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN: 9251305722 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 278
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New evidence this year corroborates the rise in world hunger observed in this report last year, sending a warning that more action is needed if we aspire to end world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. Updated estimates show the number of people who suffer from hunger has been growing over the past three years, returning to prevailing levels from almost a decade ago. Although progress continues to be made in reducing child stunting, over 22 percent of children under five years of age are still affected. Other forms of malnutrition are also growing: adult obesity continues to increase in countries irrespective of their income levels, and many countries are coping with multiple forms of malnutrition at the same time – overweight and obesity, as well as anaemia in women, and child stunting and wasting.
Author: United States. President's Science Advisory Committee. Panel on the World Food Supply Publisher: ISBN: Category : Food supply Languages : en Pages : 1332
Author: Pierre R. Crosson
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Author: Joachim von Braun
Author: Rattan Lal
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Author: United States. President's Science Advisory Committee. Panel on the World Food Supply
Author: Arne Youngerman
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Author: Pardeep Singh