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World agricultural resources and food security : international food security/ edited by Andrew Schmitz, P. Lynn Kennedy, Troy G. Schmitz.
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2017.
Description
1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations.
Availability
Available Online
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Details
Subject(s)
Food security
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Food supply
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Editor
Schmitz, Andrew
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Kennedy, P. Lynn
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Schmitz, Troy Gordon
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Series
Frontiers of economics and globalization ; 17.
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Frontiers of economics and globalization, 1574-8715 ; v. 17
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Subseries of
Frontiers of Economics and Globalization
Summary note
World agricultural resources will be altered by climate change which will require both public and private actions. Global agriculture is affected by invasive alien pest and disease species and by severe weather such as sea-level rise flooding and drought. Rising sea levels will increase salinity in coastal groundwater and the loss of coastal wetlands. Drought will increase the vulnerability of forest ecosystems due to decreased soil moisture and increased evapotranspiration. Many changes will be needed to maintain global food security. Climate change will affect food supply and demand, as well as prices. Research and development have the potential to impact both supply and demand, especially through the adoption of biotechnology. Researching plant and animal breeding for multiple disease resistance against pathogens of global relevance has great evolutionary potential. One such program is aquaculture. Another problem is land constraints as rural and urban areas compete for land. For rural food-insecure households, land competition means necessary changes in production practices. Research and development investments could substantially decelerate food prices to prevent hunger and deteriorating living standards in rural households worldwide. Increasing food security will mean establishing dietary guidelines that alleviate the negative health and economic outcomes associated with malnutrition. It is highly questionable to aggregate all food items based solely on calories per kilogram content when not all calories are equal in their effect on health. Food security also includes increasing diet diversity while decreasing food waste and loss. It is imperative that actions be taken for a food-secure future.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Source of description
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Contents
Prelims
Assessing the impact of agricultural R&D investments on long-term projections of food security
The nexus of dietary guidelines and food security
Food security through biotechnology: the case of genetically modified sugar beets in the united states
What would happen if we don't have GMO traits?
Climate change and food security: threats and adaptation
Climate change and food security: Florida's Agriculture in the coming decades
Vegetable production, diseases, and climate change
U.S. Agricultural policy: impacts on domestic and international food security
Sugarcane yields and production: Florida and Louisiana
Aquaculture: its role in the future of food
Food security and the Food Safety Modernization Act
Agricultural biotechnology and food security: Can CETA, TPP, and TTIP Become venues to facilitate trade in GM products?
Assessing food security in Ethiopia
The coffee-food security interface for subsistence households in Jimma Zone Ethiopia
Assessing food security in rural Bangladesh: The role of a nonfarm economy
Food costs during the food crisis: the case of Tanzania
Food loss and waste as an economic and policy problem
Index.
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ISBN
1-78714-957-9
1-78714-515-8
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